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Eight suburbs are considering creating a collaborative program that would help existing Northwest suburban businesses accelerate to the next level.

The private-public partnership, which would be run as a regional nonprofit called Next Level Northwest, is being discussed by Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove, Elk Grove Village, Hanover Park, Hoffman Estates, Mount Prospect, Rolling Meadows and Schaumburg.