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President Preckwinkle’s Remarks on Release of FY 2012 Forest Preserve District Budget
By Sebastian James at October 27, 2011 | 10:58 am | 1 Comments
One of the greatest environmental advocates in American history, Aldo Leopold, once wrote, “We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.” It is in this spirit of connecting “community” with land conservation, protecting our natural resources, more...
Preckwinkle Submits FY 2012 Budget to County Board
By Sebastian James at October 25, 2011 | 11:38 am | 3 Comments
Cook County Board President today presented her Executive Recommendation for the 2012 Budget to the Cook County Board of Commissioners outlining a budget proposal which reduces the budget by nearly 4%, makes long-term investments to address the structural deficit and continues to roll back the Stroger Sales Tax, a promise that President Preckwinkle made before taking more...
President Preckwinkle and Mayor Emanuel Announce City-County Merger in Workforce Development
By Sebastian James at October 20, 2011 | 1:43 pm | 13 Comments
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced a new collaboration between the City of Chicago and Cook County, in which the two governments will work together to merge, reform and revitalize workforce development and job creation efforts throughout Chicagoland. “This new approach to workforce development will allow our companies more...
Preckwinkle Opens Senior Housing Development in Summit
By Sebastian James at October 20, 2011 | 11:23 am | 0 Comment
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle attended a ribbon cutting in Summit, Ill. for the grand opening of a Senior Housing Development made possible in part by a $2.7 million HOME Investment Partnership Program loan (HOME). “With the economy struggling right now, I am proud that Cook County is able to help residents when we can by providing loans to important more...
President Preckwinkle Speaks to the Cook County Urban Agricultural Network at 1st Annual Southland Harvest Festival
By Sebastian James at October 17, 2011 | 11:45 am | 2 Comments
Joined by Mayor Peloquin of Blue Island who hosted the Harvest Festival, President Preckwinkle spoke to a large crowd assembled at the Tommie Brown Sports Association in Blue Island, to kick-off the creation of the Cook County Urban Agricultural Network. Both President Preckwinkle and Mayor Peloquin urged those in attendance to learn about urban agriculture, as well more...
Preckwinkle Unveils Forest Preserve District’s Comprehensive Desk Audit
By Sebastian James at October 12, 2011 | 2:13 pm | 1 Comments
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Forest Preserve District General Superintendent Arnold Randall released the findings of a comprehensive desk audit today which was performed to assess the Forest Preserve District’s overall effectiveness. President Preckwinkle ordered the desk audit to fulfill her commitment to transparency, accountability, more...
Pres. Preckwinkle Announces up to $1 Million for Sheriff’s Electronic Monitoring Program
By owen.kilmer at October 6, 2011 | 2:25 pm | 1 Comments
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced today that her office has awarded the office of Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart up to $1 million in matching grant funds to provide services for individuals who are put on Electronic Monitoring within the Cook County criminal justice system. The announcement comes on the heels of the latest STAR (Set Targets, more...
Courts and Public Safety , Elected Officials , President's Office
Preckwinkle Hosts Roundtable with Business Leaders to Discuss Minority and Women Owned Business Development in Cook County
By Sebastian James at October 5, 2011 | 3:27 pm | 0 Comment
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle hosted business leaders throughout Cook County to discuss her ongoing dedication to additional opportunities for M/WBE participation, and the County’s efforts to work with private sector partners to increase access to capital and support services for emerging companies. “I have always said that I believe that the more...
Cook County and City of Chicago Announce $11 Million in Identified Savings for 2011
By Sebastian James at October 4, 2011 | 11:56 am | 1 Comments
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Mayor Rahm Emanuel today highlighted the successful first three months of city-county collaboration, and announced that the task force has identified $11 million in savings. “This committee is focused on finding areas of collaboration,” said President Preckwinkle. “This means not only looking for additional more...
Preckwinkle, Alvarez Sue Channahon and Kankakee to Stop Kickback Scheme
By Sebastian James at October 3, 2011 | 11:53 am | 0 Comment
In an effort to stop the unlawful practices of two neighboring towns, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle was joined by Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez in announcing that the County has filed a twelve count complaint against the City of Kankakee, the Village of Channahon and three separate Retail Acceptance Brokers to stop a wrongful sales-tax more...
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