Lynwood Mayor Eugene Williams Before the COVID-19 crisis struck, many Cook County suburbs were already facing steep financial challenges....

South Suburban property values, scheduled to be reassessed as part of the County Assessor’s triennial reassessment process in 2020, are...

Related stories include: Homewood approves reduced budget amid shutdown, in the Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle;  Tinley Park looks to slash...

“Given the demise of retail development throughout the United States, distribution is the new economic model that consumers have...

If municipal members would like a south suburban business to be included in this resource, please contact SSMMA’s planning director,...

Related stories include: Orland Park board calls on governor, legislature to quickly reopen state economy in the Tribune/Daily Southtown;...

Several restaurants and hotels in the south and southwest suburbs impacted financially by the coronavirus pandemic are in line for...

Amazon, through the project’s developer, Venture One Real Estate, will pay $1 million in impact fees to the village to buy Police and...

As dramatically highlighted in recent headlines, poor and working-class households and communities are by far being hit hardest by the...

That, however, was before COVID-19 and a statewide stay-at-home order that is hobbling eating and drinking establishments. “There are...

The town is refusing to issue business licenses to companies whose property owners are delinquent in paying real estate taxes. “This is...

“The next real big build-out is happening now in the south suburbs,” said Reggie Greenwood, executive director of the Chicago Southland...

The office building located at 4343 Lincoln Highway in Matteson has an annual tax bill of $500,000. South suburban elected officials say...

The deadline to submit LOIs no more than three (3) pages in length will close on March 9, 2020, and the proposed project must further...

This makes the call to action for property tax reform in Springfield this spring even more pressing. The South Suburban Mayors & Managers...

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle addresses county, municipal and business officials at the launch of the Southland...

Local property owners are poised to save a collective $26.5 million this year, nearly half the $53.6 million awarded to area schools in...

Kaegi also introduced a number of reforms that his office is rolling out this year. They include: new legislation that prevents seniors...

“The land bank took it over from the bank, then I bought it from the land bank,” Suglich said. The South Suburban Land Bank Development...