Yearly Archives: 2017
Garfield Park to Welcome New State-of-the-Art Safety Training Academy
By: Ashmar Mandou The City will develop a new, state-of-the-art Public Safety Training Academy in Chicago’s West Garfield Park neighborhood to provide the best tools, technology and training to first… Read more
Proposed Section 5310 Program of Projects – Released for Public Comment
The Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) will hold a public comment period on twelve projects proposed as part of the 2016 and 2017 fiscal years Section 5310 Program of Projects. Public… Read more
Next Steps for Illinois’ NextGrid Utility of the Future Study
Consistent with the announcement at the June 28, 2017 Regular Open Meeting at the Illinois Commerce Commission, Ameren Illinois and Commonwealth Edison (ComEd) released an informal Request for Information (RFI)… Read more
Taste of Cermak Road Returns
The annual Taste of Cermak Road, presented by Mayor Robert J. Lovero, is set to take place on Thursday, July 27th beginning at 5p.m. to 9p.m., at various locations along… Read more
IRS Summertime Tax Tip
The IRS wants taxpayers to know it stands ready to help in the event of a disaster. If a taxpayer suffers damage to their home or personal property, they may… Read more
Rock Out at Ruido Fest
By: Ashmar Mandou One of the largest outdoor, Alternative Latin music event is returning to Chicago for a third year in a row. Ruido Fest will take over Addams/Medill Park… Read more
Musicians Converge for 15hr Festival of Songs, Poetry, and Art
Theater Oobleck’s “Baudelaire in a Box” project, a seven-year adaptation of Charles Baudelaire’s scandalous 19th-century classic “Les Fleurs du mal (The Flowers of Evil)” as an epic illustrated song cycle,… Read more
Illinois Department of Insurance’s Life Policy Locator Recovers $4.6M for Illinois Families
The Illinois Department of Insurance (DOI) announced that Illinois families have now claimed more than $4.6 million in life insurance since July 1, 2016 using the Illinois Life Policy Locator… Read more
Family of Henrietta Lacks to speak at UIC
Family members of Henrietta Lacks, a black woman whose cancer cells became one of the most important cell lines in medical history, will be at the University of Illinois at… Read more
Chicago to Debut Inaugural Latino Theater Festival
Major Latino theater companies from Latin America, the Caribbean and around the city will be showcased at DESTINOS (dĕ-stee-noce), the first Chicago International Latino Theater Festival, an ambitious month-long festival… Read more
