Mayor's Press Releases
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May 13, 2016Mayor Emanuel Announces Chicago’s Old Post Office To Be Redeveloped601W Cos. has Finalized Purchase of Longtime Vacant Facility and is Moving Forward with $500 Million Redevelopment Plan that will Renovate Historic Building and Create Thousands of Jobs
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May 12, 2016Mayor Emanuel Announces Related Midwest To Jumpstart And Lead Development Of 62-Acre Riverfront Site At Clark And RooseveltMixed-Use Development on Long-Dormant Site Will Improve Public Access to the River and City Connectivity While Creating Chicago’s Next Great Neighborhood and Thousands of Jobs
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May 12, 2016Mayor Emanuel Announces North Lawndale Hiring Fair As Part Of 100,000 Opportunities InitiativeEvent Featuring 21 Companies Looking to Hire 300 Young Adults from Across Chicago; Initiative Has Generated Employment for More Than 1,000 Chicago Youth to Date
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May 11, 2016Mayor Emanuel Announces Extension of Application Period for Summer Job Opportunities Available Through One Summer Chicago 2016, Encourages Youth to ApplyDue to high demand, deadline to apply for Mayor’s One Summer Chicago program moved to May 22
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May 10, 2016City of Chicago Announces Milestone in Program to Fast-Track Demolition of Dangerous Buildings100th Vacant Building in High-Crime Police District Demolished Less Than Three Months Following Program Announcement in February
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May 9, 2016Mayor Emanuel Announces 500 People Hired In Manufacturing Jobs Through City Initiative1000 Jobs for Chicagoland Manufacturing Campaign has Raised more than $1 Million to put Chicago Residents on the Path to Manufacturing Careers
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May 6, 2016Mayor Emanuel Announces Expansion of Small Business Opportunity Centers ProgramProgram that Connects Neighborhood Businesses with Capital is Expanding with Three New Partners to Better Reach Entire City
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May 5, 2016Mayor Emanuel Announces Upcoming Public Art Projects, Unveils New Sculpture At Michigan And JacksonNew installations build on the Mayor’s efforts to bring public art directly to Chicago neighborhoods
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May 4, 2016Mayor Emanuel And CPS Open City’s Fifth Parent University In PullmanNewest Site Builds on Mayor’s Commitment to Double Parental Engagement Centers by 2019
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May 2, 2016Vista Tower in Lakeshore East to Break Ground this SummerProject Will Build Chicago’s Third Tallest Building and Create Thousands of Jobs
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May 2, 2016Mayor Emanuel Names Aaron Koch Chief Resilience OfficerPosition created in partnership with 100 Resilient Cities – pioneered by The Rockefeller Foundation
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May 1, 2016Navy Pier And Mayor Emanuel Announce First-Ever Hotel On The PierFirst Hospitality Group to Develop Hotel as Part of Navy Pier’s Centennial Vision; Project will be Completed in 2018 and Create 500 Jobs
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Apr 29, 2016Mayor Emanuel, Chicago Park District and CARA Announce Free Community Runs in Neighborhood Parks1 mile and 5K runs to begin May 21
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Apr 27, 2016Mayor Emanuel, City of Chicago Applaud Work of State and Federal Legislators to Address Lead; Announce Additional Actions to Increase Monitoring, Reassure Public of the Safety of ChicagoCPS and CDPH launch programs to monitor water in schools and the homes of children who test positive for lead; residents can request free water testing by calling 311; results to be posted online
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Apr 26, 2016Mayor Emanuel and Choose Chicago Announce Record Tourism In 2015Domestic Visitors to Chicago Topped 50 Million for the First Time; Total Tourism Expected to Surpass 52 Million, Supporting 3,800 New Jobs in 2015
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Apr 25, 2016Mayor Emanuel and CPS Announce Dunbar High School to Establish City’s First Comprehensive Trades ProgramConstruction Trades Campus at Dunbar to Revitalize Trade Programming and Prepare Students for Careers in Construction Industries
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Apr 24, 2016Mayor Emanuel Announces Pilot To Address Chronic Homelessness With Viable Housing Options For ResidentsMayor’s Homeless Task Force launches pilot seeking to initially house 75 chronically homeless residents and identify more long-term housing solutions for homeless
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Apr 24, 2016Mayor Emanuel Announces 250th Business Is Awarded Microloan Through Chicago’s Microlending InitiativeNeighborhood Small Businesses Have Received Support for Nearly 1,000 Jobs Since 2012
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Apr 22, 2016Mayor Emanuel Announces Open Applications For ThinkChicago: Lollapalooza 2016Annual Program Will Host 200 of the Nation’s Top Technology and Engineering Students in Chicago; Program to Expand Number of Student Participants by an Additional 75
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Apr 22, 2016Mayor Emanuel Names Erin Keane Acting City ComptrollerKeane Joins Budget Director Alex Holt and Chief Financial Officer Carole Brown as City Continues to Improve Long-Term Financial Stability and Address Pension Funding Challenges
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Apr 22, 2016Mayor Emanuel Calls on Congress to Invest Savings from Bipartisan Sentencing Reform Legislation in Underserved CommunitiesMayor Calls on Congress to Seize the Opportunity to Break the Cycles of Violence in Hardest Hit Communities
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Apr 21, 2016Mayor Emanuel Announces Plan to Modernize Cottage Grove Retail Corridor$4.8 Million Streetscaping Project Will Support Businesses from 77th to 83rd Streets
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Apr 21, 2016Mayor Emanuel Welcomes Tech Industry Leaders, Start-Ups And Nearly 150 Investment Firms To 2016 Chicago Venture SummitPrevious Summit Generated More Than $220 Million of Investment into Chicago Area Companies
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Apr 21, 2016City Builds on Road to Reform, Immediately Implements Nearly a Third of the Police Accountability Task Force RecommendationsNew Reforms a “Down Payment” on Recommendations, Opportunity for Reform will Continue
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Apr 19, 2016Mayor Emanuel Opens 1871 Expansion And Announces More Than 700 New Tech Jobs Created In ChicagoTech Companies Join Together to Celebrate Expansion of Chicago’s Technology Startup Hub, 1871
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Apr 17, 2016Mayor Emanuel Announces Initiative To Improve Quality And Reliability Of Chicago’s StreetlightsProject Will Replace 270,000 Lights - Nearly All of the City’s Outdoor Lighting
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Apr 16, 2016Mayor Emanuel Launches Connect Chicago Initiative to Help Close the Digital Divide in ChicagoInitiative Will Make Digital Skills Training Available at Nearly All Chicago Public Libraries
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Apr 15, 2016Mayor Emanuel Announces Day-Long Summit in Honor of Mayor Harold Washington at Chicago Public LibraryPublic is invited to free, all-day event including panel discussions and keynote address
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Apr 14, 2016Mayor Emanuel and City Colleges of Chicago Announce Three More Universities Join Chicago Star Partnership; Star Applications Up 20 Percent for Fall 2016Fifteen Chicago universities committed to providing scholarships and transfer assistance for Chicago Star Scholars
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Apr 13, 2016Mayor Emanuel Names Susan Russell to Serve as Executive Director of the Commission on Animal Care and ControlAppointment comes after expansive search, input from stakeholder groups
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Apr 13, 2016Mayor Emanuel Announces Covenant House International to Expand Shelter for Homeless Youth in ChicagoCovenant House to work with City to address youth homelessness; Chicago selected as organization’s first new site in 16 Years
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Apr 12, 2016Mayor Emanuel Announces Tentative Settlement Reached For Sale and Redevelopment of Old Post OfficeProposed Buyer Agrees to City’s Terms and Deadlines to Move Redevelopment of Longtime Vacant and Decaying Property Forward
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Apr 12, 2016Mayor Emanuel Announces Measures to Better Control Rodents in ChicagoDSS to Add 10 New Rodent Control Crews, Create an Interagency Rodent Task Force
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Apr 12, 2016Mayor Emanuel Names Sophia King 4th Ward AldermanAppointment Comes at Conclusion of Process that Involved 18 Applicants
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Apr 10, 2016Mayor Emanuel Announces Funding To Restore Youth Employment At Shuttered SiteBikes N’ Roses’ Belmont Cragin site to reopen and employ youth via One Summer Chicago and year-round opportunities
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Apr 7, 2016Mayor Emanuel, CNA and The John Buck Company Break Ground on New Global Headquarters Building151 North Franklin Will Create More Than 2,000 Construction Jobs and Support 3,000+ Employees; Will Join 23 Tower Cranes Already Operating Across Chicago
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Apr 6, 2016Mayor Emanuel And Skills For Chicagoland’s Future Announce More Than 1,000 Unemployed And Underemployed Placed In Jobs In 2015Partnership with City Will Place More Than 1,100 This Year and 5,000 by 2018; More Than 40 Percent are from Neighborhoods with High Unemployment
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Apr 4, 2016Mayor Emanuel Announces Plan to Modernize Industrial CorridorsInitiative Will Create Jobs and Drive Neighborhood Investment by Updating Industrial Corridors
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Apr 1, 2016Ulta Beauty Opening Satellite Office in ChicagoDowntown Work Space Offers National Beauty Retailer’s Employees More Flexibility; Supports Growth