Earlier this month, Google unveiled its second office in Chicago and announced plans for the space to serve as a hub for its growing Cloud team in the region. What started out as a small sales office in River North, is now home to some of Google’s most critical areas including product, engineering, technical infrastructure, finance, advertising and more. Since moving to their Fulton Market office in 2015, the company has doubled its local workforce from 600 to nearly 1,200 Chicago-based employees. As Google unveiled its second office in Chicago, it also announced its new partnership with Mayor Lori Lightfoot to help grow digital skills, careers and small businesses in neighborhoods across the city. Google will collaborate with Chicago’s Neighborhood Business Development Centers (NBDC) to support digital skills training and increase access to free tools and resources as part of the company’s national Grow with Google initiative. Google will also be leading a series of events in different communities to help Chicago neighborhood businesses learn how to grow using digital marketing tools, analytics and other resources. Google executives stood alongside Governor JB Pritzker and Deputy Mayor Samir Mayekar to cut the ribbon and officially open the new space.