The support provided by the Rogers Park Business Alliance has been incredible during the pandemic and coming back out the other side to fully reopening our business. Constant updates on relief funding and options to keep the business alive in the worst possible times.The organization does all sorts of great things to help promote Roger Park and draw positive attention to the neighborhood. Community events, business-to-business events, and more. It’s a great network to be a part of.

Such great activities and programs year round! I got introduced to Rogers Park through Taste of Rogers Park and weve been here almost three years now. Rogers Park Business Alliance finds ways to bring joy and life to Clark St and other areas - those new banners are looking great!

As a small business owner, RPBA has been so helpful to me for many years. They help me navigate through various city processes and organizations. They promote the neighbor and engage in activities that make our community a better place to live. They offer me and others local businesses many opportunities to promote ourselves. They also have saved me a lot of money with rebates and other programs available to my small business.

This organization is truly a model for how neighborhood chamber/economic development organizations can serve the community and small business. Their dedicated staff provides critical support to help businesses grow, promoting them in the media and locally, directing them to funding, helping them navigate city permitting and other regulatory requirements and offers excellent training for aspiring entreprenuers through the GROW program. The special service areas at Howard, Sheridan, Clark/Morse/Glenwood and now Jarvis have seen marked improvement under the leadership of RPBA. These areas are more vital, cleaner and more attractive because of the work of RPBA.

The Rogers Park Business Alliance is a wonderful organization that serves the business and residential community. If youre an entrepreneur in Rogers Park, then RPBA is an organization you will want to be a member of and support. Theyre a much needed resource for business owners.

*Updated experience* After I posted on a few social media outlets, I finally got a call from RPBA. They said I could e-mail them the copies of the receipts to show proof of what I spent. After they saw the receipts, they sent me out an additional $25, which I was supposed to get in the first place.Terrible experience. I participated in the The Live Love Shop Rogers Park rebate program and they claimed they did not receive a receipt I submitted. I spent over $200 in the neighborhood and I was supposed to get a $50 rebate check. This is not the first year that I have had problems with them. I told them that I could bring over the receipts and show them proof, but they did not want to listen to me at all. I dont want anything to do with any of the Rogers Park Business Alliance programs.

I went to 1448 W. Morse Avenue to take computer classes back in June of 2012. I had very limited computer experience and needed a beginners course. I told the young lady who was taking applications for the courses that I did not have a computer and told her of my very limited computer experience. She was very kind and told me that the instructor could handle students at any level. I was charged $50.00. Well, unfortunately it was a very bad experience. The instructor passed out textbooks (to be used only in the classroom). He then said to do the exercises at the end of the chapters. He said that the directions would be easy to follow. I was completely lost through the entire course. There was no instruction, with no explanations. When the instructor would see me trying to go through the book, he told me I would not learn if I did not work on the computer, itself.I wound up going to the Chicago Public Library (Rogers Park Branch) and was given a great start learning parts of the Internet. The computer instructors were very nice and helpful. I saw a flyer at the library giving information about computer courses at Asian Human Services (AHS) at 2838 W. Peterson in Chicago. It was a great experience, I learned so much. The instructors and counselors are helpful, encouraging, and knowledgeable. I learned so much, I cant thank them enough. So for anyone out there who really wants to learn computers, I think you should contact Asian Human Services.