House Small Business Committee Comes To Deerfield

DEERFIELD, IL — Local small business owners will testify about overcoming challenges facing small businesses when a pair of members of Congress from Illinois and Iowa hold a bipartisan Small Business Committee hearing in the 10th District. Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Deerfield) and Rep. Rod Blum (R-Dubuque), invited constituents and local small business owners to a bipartisan field hearing on the topic of "Bridging the Entrepreneurial Gap: Addressing Barriers to Small Business Formation and Growth."

The U.S. House of Representatives' Small Business Committee wants to hear first-hand from local entrepreneurs to learn about the current challenges to entrepreneurship that small business owners face and how Congress can help them overcome these barriers.

The field hearing will take a look at federal regulations currently inhibiting entrepreneurs, give members of the a chance to learn more about present barriers to entrepreneurship and examine "potential solutions to these challenges and methods utilized by entrepreneurs to achieve prosperity, such as capitalizing on emerging industries and fostering innovation," according to the committee. In an announcement of the event, Rep. Schneider's office said creating an environment where businesses can succeed and create jobs is one of his priorities.

This hearing is free and open to the public, it's taking place in Room 209 of the Deerfield Village Hall at 9:30 a.m. on Monday. Learn more and RSVP here.

MEMBERS OF CONGRESS

• Rep. Brad Schneider (IL-10)
• Rep. Rod Blum, (IA-1)

WITNESSES

Mr. Steven Whittington
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, LifeWorking Enterprise, LLC
Lake Forest

Ms. Meg Barnhart
Founder and Co-Creator, The Zen of Slow Cooking
Lake Forest

Mr. David Borris
Owner, Hel’s Kitchen Catering
Northbrook

Ms. Cheryl Besenjak
Partner, Grow Well Farms, LLC
Hoffman Estates

WHAT:

Committee on Small Business Subcommittee on Agriculture, Energy, and Trade Field Hearing on “Bridging the Entrepreneurial Gap: Addressing Barriers to Small Business Formation and Growth”

WHEN:

• Monday, December 11, 2017
• 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.

WHERE:

• Deerfield Village Hall, Room 209
• 850 Waukegan Rd, Deerfield, IL 60015

RSVP:

» Learn more and RSVP here.

_{Top photo: Rep. Brad Schneider (left), Rep. Rod Blum | Official portraits}