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Cook County, Illinois Files Fair Housing Act Lawsuit Against Wells Fargo & Co. for Predatory and Discriminatory Mortgage Lending & Foreclosure Practices

Cook County Minority Communities Devastated by Foreclosures

December 1, 2014

Economic Development

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

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

November 19, 2014

Economic Development

Groundbreaking Event on the Renovation of the Jane R. Perlman and Victor Walchirk Apartments in Evanston, Illinois

199-unit project is the first to be renovated by the Housing Authority of Cook County under the federal Rental Assistance Demonstration program.

October 29, 2014

Building and Construction, Economic Development, Housing and Property

Preckwinkle announces the launch of Connect to Cook – An Interactive Web-Based Economic Development Tool

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle today announced the launch of Connect to Cook, a robust web-based GIS application aimed at encouraging economic development within Cook County.

October 24, 2014

Economic Development, Open Data and Transparency, Technology

Unprecedented Regional Collaboration Leads to Metro Chicago Exports Launch

JPMorgan Chase pledges $500,000 to launch the initiative. Metro Chicago Exports is an unprecedented regional collaboration to capture export opportunities.

September 29, 2014

Economic Development