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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

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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

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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.

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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.
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Economic Development, Open Data and Transparency, Technology

Chicago Metro Metal Consortium and IMEC Announce Manufacturing Matchmaking Events

Industrial matching events will connect manufacturing suppliers and end users in the Chicago region The Chicago Metro Metal Consortium, organized by the Cook County Bureau of Economic Development in partnership with IMEC, annouces a series of “Manuf
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Budget and Financial