Mayor's Press Releases
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Apr 3, 2015Mayor Emanuel, Chicago Park District Announce Summer Park Program Online Registration to Begin April 13Standard programs run the week of June 15 through the week of August 17, standard day camps run for six weeks from June 29 through August 7
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Apr 2, 2015Mayor Emanuel Announces Commitment From Chicago-Based Technology Companies To Add Nearly 1,000 Additional Jobs In 2015Since 2011, Chicago Has Added More Than 15,000 Jobs in the Technology Economy
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Apr 2, 2015Mayor Emanuel And CPS CEO Byrd-Bennett Announce Safe Haven Expands To 120 Locations For 2015 Spring BreakSafe Have Program Provides Students with a Positive and Safe Environment During Spring Break
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Mar 31, 2015Mayor Emanuel Attends Quarterly Meeting Of Mayor's Commission For A Safer ChicagoNew Action on Community-Driven Proposals to Reduce Violence and Improve Safety
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Mar 30, 2015Mayor Emanuel And Sprint Announce More Than 300 Jobs And Major Infrastructure Investment Coming To ChicagoInvestments Will Create more than 300 Jobs for Residents Throughout the City and First in the Nation Upgrade to New, Faster Network
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Mar 30, 2015Mayor Emanuel Announces Spring Clean And Green Day Of Service To Beautify Neighborhoods Across ChicagoResidents Can Help To Clean Their Communities On April 18
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Mar 27, 2015Mayor Emanuel, Congressman Rush And CTA President Claypool Announce Expanded Second Chance ProgramProgram Has Provided Job Training For More Than 500 Ex-Offenders Who Face Barriers To Employment; New Training To Offer Pipeline To Middle-Class Jobs In High-Demand Field Of Diesel Mechanics
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Mar 25, 2015Mayor Emanuel Announces $5 Million In Funding Available To Chicago Small BusinessesExpanded Small Business Opportunity Centers Program Will Allow More Neighborhood Small Business Owners Access Capital
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Mar 20, 2015Mayor Emanuel Starts Street Sweeping Early To Clean Up Chicago’s Neighborhoods From Winter DebrisMore than 40 sweepers will work during regular early morning hours in communities across the City; regular sweeping season to begin April 1
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Mar 19, 2015Mayor Emanuel, Cook County Board President Preckwinkle And World Business Chicago Announce Expansion Of Chicago Anchors For A Strong Economy ProgramProgram Designed to Encourage Chicago’s Leading Institutions to Support Neighborhood Small Businesses; Potential to Drive $80 Million in Additional Revenue to Small Businesses
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Mar 18, 2015City Colleges of Chicago’s Kennedy-King College Wins National Award for Rapid Improvement in CompletionTop Ten Finalist for the 2015 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, Kennedy-King Receives Rising Star Award for Tripling of Graduation Rates
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Mar 18, 2015Mayor Rahm Emanuel And Metropolitan Planning Council Launch “Great Rivers Chicago”Project will develop action plan for community, economic and recreational development along Chicago’s rivers
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Mar 17, 2015Mayor Emanuel Announces Nearly 125 Additional Miles Of RepavingPart of Mayor’s Commitment to Repave 300 Miles Annually; More than 1,000 Miles Repaved During Mayor Emanuel’s First Term in Office
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Mar 16, 2015Mayor Emanuel, Chicago Public Schools Announce Seven High Schools Achieve Interbaccalaureate World School StatusCPS Continues to Expand Access to the IB Diploma in Neighborhoods Across the City; Boasts Largest IB Network in the Country
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Mar 15, 2015Mayor Emanuel, Community Members From Across Chicago Hold Rally To Urge Governor Rauner To Restore $28 Million In Grant Funding For Park ProjectsRally held at Gately Park in Pullman, which stands to lose $2.5M for a public indoor track as a result of funding freeze
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Mar 13, 2015Mayor Emanuel, Chicago Public Library, and the Chicago Public Library Foundation Announce Chicago Cities for Citizenship RFP for Non-ProfitsChicago Cities for Citizenship Will Provide up to $220,000 in Funding to Immigrant-Serving Non-Profits to Offer Naturalization Workshops and Financial Education in Citizenship Corners at Chicago Public Library branches
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Mar 12, 2015Mayor Emanuel And Alderman Suarez Announce Newest Tenant At $60 Million Redevelopment Of “The Fields”Companies Locating in The Fields are Expected to Create Over 1,000 New Jobs in the Avondale and Logan Square Neighborhoods; Part of $60 Million Redevelopment of Former Marshall Field's Warehouse Facility
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Mar 12, 2015Mayor Emanuel Calls On Governor Rauner To Reverse Harmful SuspensionIllinois Department of Natural Resources freezes state grants for park improvements, undercutting Chicago’s dramatic park expansion, corresponding economic development
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Mar 11, 2015Mayor Emanuel Joins Neighborhood Business and Community Leaders to Discuss Economic GrowthConversation Addressed Issues from Small Business Promotion to Infrastructure Investment
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Mar 6, 2015Mayor Emanuel Announces Livingston International to Open U.S. Headquarters in ChicagoInternational Customs and Trade Compliance firm is 32nd Company to Locate Headquarters in Chicago since 2011; Company to Add 75 Jobs in 2015; Part of Mayor Emanuel's Commitment to Create Jobs for Resident's in Neighborhoods Across Chicago
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Mar 5, 2015Mayor Emanuel Announces Summer Job Program To Engage and Educate Immigrant Students, Families and Communities About Administrative ReliefCity to Create Hundreds of Additional Summer Jobs Through Successful One Summer Chicago Program for Youth Looking to Educate Communities on President Obama’s Executive Actions on Immigration
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Mar 5, 2015Mayor Emanuel Opens Yelp’s Chicago OfficeCompany Adds 400 Jobs for Residents in Neighborhoods Across Chicago; Announces Partnership with Skills for Chicagoland’s Future to Identify and Recruit Qualified, Under and Unemployed Jobseekers
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Mar 3, 2015Mayor Emanuel Announces CDPH Expanding Innovative Heart Screening Program To Four More NeighborhoodsNearly 11,000 at risk residents screened in first year of program
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Mar 3, 2015Mayor Emanuel Announces Mead Johnson Nutrition to Move Global Headquarters to Chicago31 Companies Have Chosen to Locate Their Headquarters in Chicago Since 2011; Attracting Corporate Headquarters is a Key Component of the Plan for Economic Growth and Jobs
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Mar 3, 2015Chicago Named Top Metro for New and Expanding CompaniesSite Selection Magazine Recognized Chicago Area as Top Metro for Second Year; Chicago reports more than 620 Corporate Expansions which Created Over 21,000 Jobs and Generated $6.8 Billion in Investment in 2014
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Feb 26, 2015Mayor Emanuel Announces Expansion, Upgrade of Domestic Violence Pilot ProgramSouth East Side Police District Added to Pilot; Includes Stronger Role for Advocates, Improvements in Technology, New Police Staffing
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Feb 22, 2015Mayor Emanuel, Chicago Park District To Rehab, Build 77 Playgrounds This Year Through Chicago Plays! ProgramAdditionally, Chicago Public Schools to Build 27 School Playgrounds in 2015
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Feb 19, 2015Nearly $8 Million Donated To National Park Foundation In Support Of Pullman National MonumentDONORS STEP UP TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR CHICAGO’S FIRST NATIONAL PARK
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Feb 17, 2015Mayor Emanuel, Rep. Quigley, MWRD and Ald. Laurino Announce Funding Secured for Albany Park Storm Water TunnelConstruction on Critically Needed Drainage Improvement to Commence Summer 2015; Additional $10 Million in Funding Secured for Homeowners Who Suffered Damage in 2013 Floods
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Feb 17, 2015Mayor Emanuel Announces $10 Million Private Investment, Tripling One Summer Chicago Plus Youth Job OpportunitiesCity of Chicago’s and Inner City Youth Empowerment’s Investment Will Provide 5,000 Job Opportunities to Reduce Youth Violence Through Proven Program
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Feb 13, 2015Mayor Emanuel, Chicago Park District Announce Spring Park Program Registration to Begin February 23In 2014, there were more than 330,000 enrollments in Park District programs
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Feb 9, 2015Mayor Emanuel Announces Opening of New Cermak CTA Green Line StationNear South Side Station to Deliver Major Service Improvement for Motor Row and Nearby McCormick Place
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Feb 6, 2015West Monroe Partners Expands HQ in Chicago, Plans to Add More than 150 JobsCompany Expansion Reflects Chicago’s Continued Growth, 73,000 Jobs Have Been Created in Chicago Since 2011
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Feb 5, 2015Mayor Emanuel, Secretary Foxx Announce Your New Blue O’Hare Branch Modernization Project To Receive $120 Million In Federal FundingThe $120 Million Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) funding is part of a four year, $492 million CTA Modernization Project – Your New Blue
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Feb 5, 2015Mayor Emanuel and Choose Chicago Announce Record Tourism in 2014Chicago Saw Record Room Demand, Record Meetings and Conventions Bookings in 2014; Making Chicago a Premier Destination for Tourism and Entertainment is a Key Part of the Plan for Economic Growth and Jobs
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Feb 4, 2015Mayor Emanuel Joins Freedman Seating to Open New FacilityCompany’s Expansion Expected to Create 75 New Jobs Over Next Two Years
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Feb 4, 2015Mayor Emanuel Joins Labor Environmental and Business Leaders to Announce Framework to Bring Clean Jobs to ChicagoFramework will drive energy efficiency and renewable energy investments that will create thousands of new jobs each year
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Feb 3, 2015Mayor Emanuel Announces First Step Against Problem LandlordsList Identifies Residential Building Owners Repeatedly Cited for Failure to Provide Tenants with Basic Services and Protections
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Feb 2, 2015Mayor Emanuel, City Of Chicago Officials Provide Update On Continued Winter Weather Response And Efforts To Help Keep Residents Safe5th Largest Snowstorm in History of Chicago Drops More Than 19 Inches of Snow on City
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Jan 30, 2015Mayor Emanuel Announces Deal with T-Mobile, AT&T, Sprint and Verizon to Bring a Fast 4G Network to the Chicago Transit Authority’s SubwayChicago will be the Largest Public Transit System in the U.S. with 4G Coverage in all Subway Stations and Tunnels; Targeted to be Completed by the End of 2015