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Mayor Lightfoot, Cook County Board President Preckwinkle and Governor Pritzker Partner to Host ‘Readiness Summit’ For Cook County Nonprofits, Community Organizations, and Small Businesses

2022 ‘Readiness Summit’ will prepare local organizations to receive incoming, once-in-a-lifetime federal funding from the American Rescue Plan Act and other economic recovery funds

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Economic Development

Cook County Board Approves $2.6 million in Loans for Affordable and Permanent Supportive Housing Projects

COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Board of Commissioners today approved $2.6 million in HOME Investment Partnership Program Loan funding for three new affordable and permanent supportive housing projects located in Arlington Heig

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Economic Development
Economic Development, Transportation

President Preckwinkle Issues Proclamation to join House America: An All-Hands-on-Deck Effort to Address the Nation’s Homelessness Crisis

(COOK COUNTY, IL) - Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle yesterday issued a proclamation to join House America: An All-Hands-on-Deck Effort to Address the Nation’s Homelessness Crisis, a federal initiative la

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Cook County Closes $2.47 Million in C-PACE Financing for Calumet City’s Wilder Fields Project

(Calumet City, IL) — The Cook County C-PACE Program, administered by the Illinois Energy Conservation Authority NFP (“IECA”), an Illinois tax-exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, announced today that it closed Calumet City’s first project…

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Economic Development, Environmental