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Cook County Volunteers Repair Homes on National Rebuilding Day
By Communications Staff at April 30, 2013 | 11:02 am | 0 Comment
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced today that more than 100 volunteers, including Cook County employees, completed major repairs to the homes of two elderly residents in celebration of National Rebuilding Day. The non-profit agency Rebuilding Together Metro Chicago partnered with the County to fix the two homes, located in south suburban Harvey. more...
President Preckwinkle and the Council of Economic Advisors Release Report On Promoting Regional Economic Development
By Communications Staff at April 4, 2013 | 4:50 pm | 0 Comment
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle today announced a new Economic Growth Agenda outlining strategies to strengthen economic development throughout Cook County and the Chicago metropolitan region. President Preckwinkle and her Council of Economic Advisors (CEA), a group of business, non-profit and civic leaders who promote regional economic growth, offered more...
Joe Orr Road Realignment Creates ‘Islands of Opportunity’
By mary.paleologos at January 31, 2013 | 11:18 am | 0 Comment
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced today that Joe Orr Road’s recent realignment and eventual extension into Indiana will yield economic benefits for the south suburban region. The first phase of the project, from east of Stony Island Avenue to Torrence Avenue in Lansing, moved and reconstructed Joe Orr Road further south and expanded it to more...
Cook County Board Creates Land Bank
By Communications Staff at January 17, 2013 | 9:02 am | 4 Comments
The Board of Commissioners unanimously approved an ordinance to create the Cook County Land Bank Authority today, making it the most populous county in the United States to establish the innovative planning tool. The Land Bank Authority is being created as an agency of the County so it can help return vacant and abandoned properties to productive use. It will promote more...
Economic Development , Elected Officials , Featured News , President's Office , Property and Taxes
President Preckwinkle and Commissioner Gainer Introduce Ordinance Creating A Cook County Land Bank
By Communications Staff at December 18, 2012 | 3:04 pm | 2 Comments
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Cook County Commissioner Bridget Gainer today introduced legislation creating a Cook County Land Bank Authority, an agency of the County tasked with acquiring vacant and abandoned properties throughout the region to seek to return them to productive use. The Cook County Land Bank Authority, created under the County’s more...
President Preckwinkle Welcomes Delegation from Nanchang, China and talks about Economic Development
By Communications Staff at November 28, 2012 | 8:40 am | 0 Comment
Originally published on the Commit to Cook website, November 27, 2012 On November 20, President Preckwinkle welcomed a delegation of 25 high-level government officials from Nanchang, China, hosted by WorldChicago, who were interested in gaining knowledge on economnic development and energy in the United States. The meeting, held at 69 W. Washington, 35th Floor, more...
Agencies , Economic Development , Featured News , President's Office
Statement from President Preckwinkle on the Passage of the Cook County Land Bank Advisory Committee
By Communications Staff at July 24, 2012 | 11:55 am | 6 Comments
“I am pleased that the Board of Commissioners approved the Land Bank Advisory Committee and kicked off the important process of creating a Cook County Land Bank, a critical tool to help combat the foreclosure crisis and eradicate blight in our communities. The committee is tasked with advising my office on a responsible, legal and effective model for the Land Bank, as more...
Preckwinkle Announces Council of Economic Advisors
By Sebastian James at July 19, 2012 | 3:17 pm | 3 Comments
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced today the creation of a Council of Economic Advisors, a group of more than 20 distinguished business and civic leaders from across the region who will advise Cook County on how to promote long-term economic growth within Cook County as well as the larger economic region. The Council will be co-chaired by John W. more...
Governor Quinn Signs Bill Increasing Participation of Minority and Woman-owned Businesses in FPDCC Contracts
By Sebastian James at July 18, 2012 | 3:25 pm | 0 Comment
Governor Pat Quinn today signed a new law today allowing the Forest Preserve District of Cook County to establish provisions to address the underuse of minority and women-owned businesses (MBE/WBE) with respect to construction and procurement contracts. The bill was a high priority to Cook County Board President Preckwinkle’s administration and she hand-delivered it more...
Economic Development , Elected Officials , Forest Preserve District , News
Preckwinkle Removes Barriers To Small Business Growth
By Sebastian James at July 17, 2012 | 11:22 am | 1 Comments
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle today announced new initiatives aimed at removing barriers for small, minority and women owned businesses and stimulating economic growth. At a news conference Tuesday, President Preckwinkle announced three policy initiatives focused on building the capacity for small businesses to create jobs and grow, to do more business more...
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