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Regional planning agency seeks $24M grant to finish Marquette Greenway
Graphic is courtesy of the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Committee Gaps in the long-planned 58-mile Marquette Greenway trail...
Oct 12, 2017
Grant opportunity: America Walks/Everybody Walk
America Walks, partners of the Every Body Walk! Collaborative, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and other generous sponsors, are excited to...
Oct 9, 2017
Richton Park streamlines for solar
Village of Richton Park will participate in SolSmart, a rigorous national designation program recognizing communities for making it...
Sep 25, 2017
MWRD’s massive stones, flood project mean dry homes near Homewood/Flossmoor
Image courtesy of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago For starters, let’s talk about the big slabs of...
Sep 13, 2017
Most work on Southland sewer line expected to be done by early December
The sanitary sewer line serves communities, such as Tinley Park and Country Club Hills, and video inspection of the line by the district...
Sep 12, 2017
Funding opportunity: Infrastructure For Rebuilding America grants
US Dept. of Transportation web site: The Infrastructure For Rebuilding America  (INFRA) program provides dedicated, discretionary funding...
Aug 28, 2017
New pedestrian bridge installed in Tinley at Bannes
Image courtesy of the Village of Tinley Park From the Village of Tinley Park: Workers installed a new pedestrian bridge Thursday morning...
Aug 15, 2017
IDOT to put brakes on roadwork due to state budget impasse
The Illinois Department of Transportation will shut down roadwork statewide if lawmakers don’t pass a budget by the end of the month,...
Jun 15, 2017
MWRD calls for green infrastructure projects
Rain garden on Longwood Drive in Blue Island. Image courtesy of MWRD Press release from the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of...
Jun 14, 2017
Grant opportunity: Chi-Cal Rivers Fund 2017
Note: Cook County’s Department of Environment and Sustainability is offering technical assistance in applying for incentives or grants. ...
May 25, 2017
Metra Board approves $3 million contract to renovate Hazel Crest Station
The Metra Board of Directors today approved a $3 million contract to renovate the Hazel Crest Station on the Metra Electric Line. The...
May 25, 2017
Regional water project increases by $45M, officials say
The higher cost to modernize Oak Lawn’s regional water network — which carries water to municipal systems serving some 350,000 area...
May 15, 2017
ComEd & Metropolitan Mayors Caucus collaborate to create national model to advance smart city so
ComEd and the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus (MMC) announced today a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will support the study and...
May 5, 2017
Water rate hikes in Oak Forest, Flossmoor
Flossmoor board approves $24.7 million budget, water rate increase. Read more.
May 1, 2017
Chicago Heights, Park Forest, Markham among pilot sites to help study and establish community shared
Cook County Announces Pilot Sites to Help Establish Community Shared Solar Power Initiative will broaden the reach of solar energy to...
Apr 3, 2017
New plan released to help reduce flooding in the Calumet Corridor
The Calumet Corridor planning process was funded by the Cook County Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR)...
Mar 24, 2017
Chatham Street Bridge opens in Blue Island completing 1st leg of eastern portion of Cal-Sag Trail
Image courtesy of the City of Blue Island. Blue Island’s Chatham Street Bridge officially opened this week, completing the second of two...
Mar 22, 2017
March 20: Chatham Street Bridge grand opening in Blue Island
Location: 13051 Greenwood Ave, Blue Island, Illinois 60406 Meet on the south end of the bridge (at Canal St) on Monday, March 20 at...
Mar 16, 2017
Nicor seeks first rate hike in 9 years
The proposed increase by the state’s largest natural gas utility would boost heating bills for suburbanites by about 8 percent. The...
Mar 13, 2017
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