Business Resources
One of the main goals for Community Development staff is to connect the needs of Hanover Park's existing and future businesses to the organizations who have the resources to turn those needs into reality. Village staff works with the following governments and other organizations whose sole purpose is to assist with the growth and development of your business.
- Bartlett Area Chamber of Commerce
- Northwest Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
- Harper College Small Business Development Center
- College of DuPage Center for Entrepreneurship
The Bartlett Area Chamber of Commerce now encompasses both Bartlett and Hanover Park. This Chamber offers many services including: business marketing tools, business after-hours events, networking opportunities, ribbon cutting events and partnering with other neighboring Chambers of Commerce to co-host large business events.
Make sure that your Hanover Park business becomes a member of the Bartlett Area Chamber of Commerce today. Visit their website to learn more about the Chamber.
The Village of Hanover Park continues to embrace the diversity of this community by encouraging our businesses to join the various Chambers of Commerce. The Northwest Hispanic Chamber of Commerce encourages, promotes, and advances commerce, trade, business, finance, and professional interests within the Hispanic business community. Members of the Chamber will receive personalized service and increased opportunities to participate in many events such as a Business Expo and events centered around Hispanic Heritage Month.
Harper Community serves part of the Hanover Park community, but the staff at Harper College's Small Business Development Center (SBDC) offers assistance to any entrepreneur who is looking to start up a for-profit business in Illinois. Learn about the services offered at Harper College's SBDC.
College of DuPage's Center for Entrepreneurship offers a variety of services and provide resources to help individuals and groups who are looking to open a business. The Center for Entrepreneurship hosts several seminars and workshops for business owners to grow their skill set and business. Visit the Center for Entrepreneurship's website.
- Schaumburg Township District Library
- REV3 Innovation Center
- Fox Valley SCORE & SCORE Chicago
- Polish American Chamber of Commerce
- Women's Business Develop. Ctr.
Hanover Park is partially serviced by the Schaumburg Township District Library. Library resources and knowledgeable librarians can help you find information for:
- Analyzing market demographics
- Building prospect lists
- Finding grants
- Researching stocks and mutual funds
- Writing a business plan
View the Business Research Tools. Please contact Patti Smolin via email to discuss this great resource.
Choose DuPage, DuPage County, Northern Illinois University and other organizations have partnered together to offer future DuPage entrepreneurs a physical space to start and grow a business. The REV3 Innovation Center, located on NIU's Naperville Campus, is a business incubator facility that offers state-of-the-art spaces and technology to assist with entrepreneurs to develop their ideas, inventions and products.
The goal is to assist entrepreneurs build viable businesses. REV3 Innovation Center is a wonderful resource for DuPage County. Visit their website to find out how this valuable resource can help your ideas become reality.
Hanover Park is located within two counties (Cook and DuPage), but small businesses in both counties have access to a wonderful resource, SCORE. This is a large volunteer organization, made of successful business leaders, that assists small business entrepreneurs with a series of services (many are free)! SCORE offers confidential business counseling, free or low-cost seminars and free business in dozens of locations throughout the Chicagoland area.
View more information on services for small business in DuPage County. Check out more information on services for small businesses in Cook County.
The Polish American Chamber of Commerce is at the forefront of promoting foreign and domestic trade to benefit the members of the Chamber and all potential business members in the state of Illinois. Become a part of this Chamber and it will provide you with access to referrals from the Chamber, advertising, and many other discounts on Chamber events. To find more information on how the Polish American Chamber of Commerce can help your business grow, please visit their website.
Hanover Park Community Development staff is always willing to meet with existing and future businesses who want to expand, locate or relocate to Hanover Park. Call 630-823-5780 to get your Hanover Park-based business off the ground!
The Women’s Business Development Center (WBDC) was founded in 1986 to provide services and programs to support and accelerate women’s business ownership and strengthen the impact of women on the economy by creating jobs, fueling economic growth, and building strong communities. The WBDC carries out these activities through its two (2) Women’s Business Centers (WBC), Small Business Development Center (SBDC), Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC), and ScaleUp Aurora Initiative.
The Women’s Business Development Center aims to:
- Increase awareness of entrepreneurship as a viable means of economic self-sufficiency
- Accelerate the growth rate of enterprises owned by women and other diverse business owners
- Stimulate public policy and system changes that support and strengthen economic empowerment of women and other diverse business owners
- Increase the economic impact on individuals, families, and communities of women and other diverse business owners
For more information, please visit WBDC's website.