The city of Chicago unveiled an initiative to cut red tape to make it easier and faster to open and run small businesses, at a time when many local owners face a litany of challenges.

“As my administration continues our work to modernize and enhance the responsiveness of city government, Cut The Tape for Small Business sets a clear direction for how we will engage, serve and partner with entrepreneurs now and into the future,” Mayor Brandon Johnson said in a news release last week.

The announcement, on Small Business Saturday , comes more than a year after the Chicago-based Small Business Advocacy Council pressed for reforms to the city’s bureaucratic rules and procedures that often stymies businesses. The advocacy group’s proposal was endorsed by more than 30 chambers of commerce, busin

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