Here are some upcoming summer events from the Metropolitan Planning Council:

Power and Privilege: How do we keep racial equity at the forefront as we make our way through COVID-19
Wednesday, July 29, 10 - 11:30 a.m. CDT

Have you been wondering how do we keep racial equity at the forefront as we make our way through COVID-19? This session is designed to elicit conversations about the implications of imbedding concepts of racial equity into practices, generate concrete ideas of what that could look like, and have participants make initial commitments to bringing ideas into their own practice.

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Partnership with Small Business Administration Helps Businesses, Lenders During COVID-19 Pandemic

CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation has announced that recordings of two webinars hosted Thursday to help businesses and lenders with the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loan Forgiveness Applications are available to anyone who missed the sessions but may still require assistance.

Hosted in partnership with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), the first webinar focused on businesses and the steps they need to take to complete their loan forgiveness applications. The second webinar, for lenders, detailed the process in how those loan forgiveness applications should be reviewed.

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The Secretary of State's office announced they will focus services to new drivers, customers with expired driver's licenses/ID cars and vehicle transactions only, from June 1 to July 31. Find all you need to know before you go by visiting https://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/.