Chicago Mayoral Candidates Forum To Be Held In Lincoln Square

CHICAGO — A Chicago small business mayoral candidates forum will be held in Lincoln Square on Thursday, Feb. 7, the Lincoln Square Ravenswood Chamber of Commerce announced. The forum will focus on empowering small businesses in Chicago.

The event is being hosted by the Small Business Advocacy Council, more than a dozen chambers of commerce and seven business associations.

The forum will be held at the Davis Theater, 4614 N. Lincoln Ave., at 8 a.m.

Event schedule:

• 7:30 a.m. - attendee registration opens/media check-in
• 8 a.m. - forum begins
• 9:30 a.m. - forum ends. Opportunity for attendees to meet with campaign representatives at Carbon Arc Bar
• 10 a.m. - event ends

Candidates who will participate in the forum:

• Amara Enyia, municipal consultant and Austin Chamber of Commerce Director;
• Robert Fioretti, attorney and former alderman for 2nd Ward;
• Jerry Joyce, Former Asst. States Attorney;
• John Kozlar, attorney and former aldermanic candidate;
• Lori Lightfoot, former President of the Chicago Police Board;
• Garry McCarthy, former Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department;
• Toni Preckwinkle, President, Cook County Board of Commissioners;
• La Shawn Ford, Illinois State Representative;
• Paul Vallas, former CEO, Chicago Public Schools;
• Willie Wilson, businessman.

All candidates on the ballot have been invited, and others may confirm closer to the date, forum organizers said.

The following chambers of commerce and business associations are hosting the forum:

• Albany Park Chamber of Commerce
  
• Anderson Chamber of Commerce
  
• Edgebrook Sauganash Chamber of Commerce
  
• Edgewater Chamber of Commerce
  
• Garfield Park Chamber of Commerce
  
• Institute for Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship
  
• Illinois Sign Association
  
• International Sign Association
  
• Lakeview Chamber of Commerce
  
• Lakeview East Chamber of Commerce
  
• Lincoln Park Chamber of Commerce
  
• Lincoln Square-Ravenswood Chamber of Commerce
  
• Little Village Chamber of Commerce
  
• Logan Square Chamber of Commerce
  
• Northcenter Chamber of Commerce
  
• Old Town Merchants & Residents Association
  
• Park Business Alliance
  
• Roscoe Village Chamber of Commerce
  
• Small Business Advocacy Council
  
• South East Chicago Commission
  
• South Shore Chamber of Commerce
  
• Uptown United/Uptown Business Partners
  
• West Ridge Chamber of Commerce

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