Cook County Bureau of Economic Development participates in Chicago-China Gateway Cities Partnership Event

On December 19, 2014 By

Michael Jasso, Director of Planning and Development/CCBED, participated as a panel member at the December 18, 2014 Chicago-China Gateway Cities Partnership Event, organized by World Business Chicago and hosted by the University of Chicago Innovation Exchange on the occasion of the 25th session […]

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Cook County Land Bank Authority Board of Directors Meeting – Public Notice

On December 16, 2014 By

The Cook County Land Bank Board of Directors will meet on Thursday, December 18, 2014 at the hour of 8:00 AM  at the Metropolitan Planning Council located at 140 South Dearborn Street, Fourteenth Floor, Suite 1400, Chicago, Illinois. For more information and to view the agenda, visit CookCountyLandBank.org Cook County Land Bank […]

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President Preckwinkle Welcomes 40 Manufacturers at Inaugural Matchmaking Event

On December 10, 2014 By

The Chicago Metro Metal Consortium (CMMC), Cook County and the Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center (IMEC) hosted a metal manufacturers event at UIC for a morning of “speed-dating”  to meet new suppliers and end users.  The matching event, held on December 9, was the first in a series of industry-specific events to be held throughout the […]

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Preckwinkle Introduces Major Economic Development Initiatives to the Cook County Board of Commissioners

On December 4, 2014 By

Four clusters of communities in Southern Cook County to be designated as “Illinois Enterprise Zones”

First BUILT in Cook loan approved for the Cullerton Avenue Industrial Area in the Village of Franklin Park

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle introduced a series of ordinances designed to generate economic development in […]

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From the monthly archives: December 2014