One could blame plenty of people for high property taxes in Cook County’s south suburbs. New prevailing wage requirements are set to take...

The changes, however, also had an unintended consequence: Thousands of homes in south suburbs such as Harvey and Park Forest fell off the...

Come to this hands-on workshop to learn about SSMMA’s GIS economic development tools and how YOU can use them to further community...

Enterprise Zone panelists from left: Doug Beckman of Thornton, John Watson of South Holland, Sandra Zoellner of Park Forest, Enterprise...

The center will be a regional hub for deliveries to customers of purchases made online by Sam’s Club members and serve customers in an...

The Office of Minority Economic Empowerment (OMEE), along with the SBDC Network, will be hosting a business workshop. This introductory...

Park Forest Mayor John Ostenburg greets CSEDC Quarterly Forum attendees on July 27 at Freedom Hall. Assistant Economic Development...

Cook Bounty board meeting on the Prevailing Wage Ordinance. Image courtesy of Mayor Riley Rogers Back in March, south suburban municipal...

The annual property tax bill for the hotel is $1.6 million, or more than the total property taxes paid by Tinley Park’s eight other...

Freedom Hall 410 Lakewood Blvd Park Forest, IL 60466 8:30 a.m. – Coffee and networking 9:00 a.m. – Program begins 10:30 a.m. –...

In March of this year, the Cook County Board approved Ordinance 18-1604 which now requires the recipient of any new property tax...

Photo:(L-R) Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, CSEDC Executive Director & SSMMA Deputy Executive Director of Economic...

website: The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) is working on a new plan to reduce flooding and create new...

The company, The Harp Group, plans a multimillion-dollar renovation for the hotel at the interchange of Interstate 80 and Harlem Avenue,...

In the north Cook suburbs, residential tax bills are up by about 3 percent, and in the south suburbs by about 4.8 percent, according to...

Metro Chicago Exports is a collaboration between the seven counties in Northeastern Illinois (Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry...

In a recent letter to the village, Ryan Hill, Airy’s vice president, said the company has looked at relocating out of Cook County due to...

US Treasury certifies 327 Economic Opportunity Zones in Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner announced May 18 that 327 Opportunity Zone census...

In photo (L-R): Jim Garrett, CDME, President/CEO, Chicago Southland CVB; Stuart Layne, Executive Director, Illinois Bicentennial; Lansing...