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Times Editorial: Inventors, Chicago Southland is here to help
At this very moment, the Chicago market, and more specifically, the Chicago Southland market, is positioning itself to assist...
Sep 8, 2014


Sept 10: Chicago Southland Makers Lab Network Workshop
Chicago Southland Economic Development Corporation, South Metropolitan Higher Education Consortium, and OAI, Inc are hosting a...
Sep 5, 2014


Governors State University cuts ribbon on new science, health and technology wing
“Let’s hope it doesn’t take another 21 years to advance further,” GSU President Elizabeth Maimon said. A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the...
Sep 5, 2014


Oct. 1: CSCVB 2014 annual meeting & awards luncheon
2014 Annual Meeting & Awards Luncheon Wednesday October 1, 2014, 11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. CDT Homewood Suites by Hilton 16245 South...
Sep 4, 2014


Calumet City, Dolton, Dixmoor, Markham, Phoenix and Robbins receive funding for park district impro
The $14.4 million in investments are for park development, recreational opportunities and stormwater management…Please click here to read...
Sep 3, 2014
Training course at PSC opens doors to manufacturing jobs
…The Calumet Manufacturing Careers Internship Program offers [the manufacturing] industry a pipeline of qualified employees through an...
Aug 29, 2014
Huge Innovation Lab Coming to More Than Century-Old Fulton Market Building
A six-building brick manufacturing complex that pre-dates the Chicago Fire will re-open in September as an event space, office complex...
Aug 25, 2014


Park Forest maker space incubator selected as finalist in $50k SBA accelerator competition
Please click here to view a video that Jason Miller of Park Forest produced and submitted to SBA as part of the final selection process....
Aug 22, 2014
Retail and Tourism: A Match Made in Community Development Heaven
Retail development. Tourism development. Both initiatives, which received major blows during the recession, have recently regained strong...
Aug 20, 2014
SSC sees manufacturing as key opportunity for job seekers
South Suburban College was notified in a letter last month from the Illinois Community College Board of their approval for a new...
Aug 18, 2014
Illinois’ business tax burden? Not so bad, report says
Illinois’ tax burden ranks lower than about half the country, according to a report released Wednesday. Illinois was ranked 27th among 50...
Aug 14, 2014
New maker space in Valparaiso
The old Valparaiso Technical Institute building at 1150 W. Lincolnway could become a home for artists and entrepreneurs if the plans of...
Aug 14, 2014


Sept. 5-6: Lansing pop-up market
More than 50 vendors will sell vintage and hand-crafted artisan goods and foods in the Ford Hangar at the Lansing Municipal Airport at...
Aug 11, 2014


SSC approved for new manufacturing certificate program
South Suburban College (SSC) was notified in a letter last week from the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) of their approval for a...
Jul 31, 2014


Ground Breaks on ‘Remarkable’ Pullman Community Center Complex
Ground was broken on the $15 million, 138,000-square-foot complex Saturday, something Chatham resident Shelly Wells Smith called...
Jul 28, 2014


July 31, Aug 6 & 7: Manufacturing Skills Job Training Presentations
The Calumet Green Manufacturing Partnership is now enrolling participants in their grant-funded Manufacturing Skills Job Training and...
Jul 25, 2014


Aug. 5: Wood Street/Ashland Avenue Public Hearing
The open house public hearing is scheduled to present the preferred alternative, a proposed detour route, and obtain public input. The...
Jul 21, 2014
Chicago’s Southland rises from industrial ashes
F. Scott Fitzgerald was dead by the time this line appeared in his unfinished novel, The Last Tycoon: “There are no second acts in...
Jul 17, 2014


Blue Island eyes rowing center, larger marina
Building on the success of rowing events in years past, Blue Island officials are examining the feasibility of building a rowing center...
Jul 14, 2014
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