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Cook County Crosses Million-Pound Threshold In Effort to Rid Itself of Old Paper

Cook County has recycled more than one million pounds of old documents, reports and miscellaneous paperwork in the last year-and-a-half, confronting a decades-old problem of records storage as well as generating savings and revenue for the County…

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Environmental

Grant Will Finance Solar Heating Projects at County Highway Garages

Four Cook County Transportation and Highway Department (CCDoTH) facilities will be largely heated through a solar power project financed through a grant accepted by the County’s Board of Commissioners today.

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Environmental

Civic Federation Supports Cook County’s FY 2015 Proposed Budget

The Civic Federation supports Cook County’s proposed FY 2015 operating budget in a recently released report. November 13, 2014 Dear President Preckwinkle: The Civic Federation recently completed its analysis of your $3.7 billion proposed FY2015 ope
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Budget and Financial, Building and Construction, Environmental, Health

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

Cook County Board Approves Largest Hazard Mitigation Plan in the U.S.

Plan makes county eligible for FEMA hazard mitigation grant funds.

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Budget and Financial, Economic Development, Environmental, Emergency Management