* Premium listing in LFC online business directory
* Free advertising of your sales & events to over 13,000 subscribers in LFC's Chicago Happenings newsletters
* Use of LFC logo in your marketing material
* An LFC decal for your store's front door
* Printed marketing material for "Unwrap Chicago" awareness campaign
* Electronic marketing material for 4 "Eat, Drink, Buy Local" campaigns - Mother's Day, Back to School, Halloween, Valentines Day
* For an additional $100, your businesses logo included in 5 "Eat, Drink, Buy Local" campaign websites
* Free/reduced admission to LFC events
* Participate in LFC awareness campaigns & events
* Activism for locally owned businesses
* Free advertising of your sales & events to over 13,000 subscribers in LFC's Chicago Happenings newsletters
* Use of LFC logo in your marketing material
* An LFC decal for your store's front door
* Printed marketing material for "Unwrap Chicago" awareness campaign
* Electronic marketing material for 4 "Eat, Drink, Buy Local" campaigns - Mother's Day, Back to School, Halloween, Valentines Day
* For an additional $100, your businesses logo included in 5 "Eat, Drink, Buy Local" campaign websites
* Free/reduced admission to LFC events
* Participate in LFC awareness campaigns & events
* Activism for locally owned businesses
Featured Local Businesses 
 | Wild Blossom Meadery & Winery10033 S. Western Ave , Chicago IL 60643 | Phone (773) 233-7579
Wild Blossom Meadery & Winery was founded to produce the finest honey wines (Meads) in the Midwest. We are Chicago's first winery and Illinois’ only meadery on the Northern Illinois Wine Trail. We are... |
 | Hardscrabble Gifts, LLC3333 S Halsted St , Chicago IL
Hardscrabble is a new mother-daughter-owned gift shop located in Chicago's Bridgeport neighborhood offering nostalgic and sentimental gifts for all occasions alongside many unique, recycled, handmade,... |
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