SomerCor at the SDA Achieve Summit Featured in the Chicago Tribune

SomerCor served as a title sponsor of the 2026 Southland Development Authority Summit.

In partnership with the Cook County Small Business Source, the SomerCor team was on hand to promote the power of ownership through the hashtagSBA 504 loan and the SomerCor Cook County Down Payment Assistance Program (DPAP).

Oftentimes you’ll hear, you need to count on a big company, a national brand to come in and turn things around in your neighborhood,” said SomerCor President & CEO, Manny Flores. “Baloney — right here are creative tools in the toolbox that make it possible for people from a community, if they have a vision and they work hard, to be able to invest in their own business and their own family and in their own community.

Check out full coverage of this event featured in the Chicago Tribune Daily Southtown. Also, be sure to download the program flyer and connect with a member of SomerCor’s loan origination team to learn more about how the SBA 504 loan program helps small businesses access capital and DPAP.