By Mayor Rahm Emanuel

Tighter spending controls, reforms, and improved revenues help reduce projected 2013 deficit by almost 20 percent; Results in smallest gap since 2008 recession

Additionally, Park District Secures Funding to Build New Park on Nearby Site of Long-Vacant Former Asphalt Factory

Events and Festivals Achieved an Increase in Attendance and Revenue

Visit Included Signing a Memorandum of Understanding and a Ceremonial Unveiling of a Gift to Chicago, Highlighting the Two Cities Growing Relationship

“Service Tracker” Helps Public Track Progress of Service Requests to Completion; System Accepts Photos, Helps the Development of Applications, and Will Take Text Messages

Professional Services Firm to Make $165 Million Investment in Aon Center; Will Host International Partners Conference in Chicago This Week

Demand-driven Initiative to Address Workforce Skills Gap in Chicago and Cook County; Modeled on National Skills for America’s Future Initiative

Chicago’s Numbers Near 80 Percent, Making Chicago Lives Healthy the Largest Wellness Program in the Country; City Colleges of Chicago Union Agreement Will Grow Pool Even Further

Mayor and CPS Leaders Visit Over 20 Schools In Neighborhoods Across the City

Innovative Agreement Will Reduce Costs and Incorporate Best Practices from Public and Private Sector to Improve Efficiency and Service

More than 50 Additional Federal Agents from FBI, DEA, ATF, USMS Join Concentrated Police Resources to Reduce Violence, Improve Quality of Life

Property in Englewood Community will be 100th Building Demolished as Part of Mayoral Initiative to Identify, Secure and Demolish Vacant Buildings

Digital Design and Development Firm to Nearly Double Staff In Coming Years

Pilot Program Grew Out of Idea Presented to Mayor By Chicago Youth Commission; Students at Five Different High Schools Will Participate In the Program

Funds Remaining from Scofflaw Income Tax Collections Will Support Additional Youth Jobs through 11 Community Organizations

Provide an Additional 220 Homeless Individuals with Job Preparation and Placement Services to Prevent and End Homelessness

Whopping 99.8 Percent of Respondents Choose to Join the Program

First Major City in the U.S. to Extend Protections to Cover Residents, Contractors and Elected Officials

City Colleges of Chicago Launches Total of 10 New or Enhanced Degree and Certificate Programs in Both the Healthcare and Transportation, Distribution and Logistics Fields

Four-Year Agreement Reached and Overwhelmingly Ratified

World’s Leading Enterprise Cloud Computing Company to Double Local Workforce with New Facility

Reduced CTA Fares for Students Extended an Extra 30 Minutes to Accommodate Student Activities After the School Day Ends

Offers Five Percent MBE/WBE Credit to Big Firms that Agree to Mentor Protégés

Park District Expands Programs for Campers, At-Risk Youth, as Army Corps of Engineers Begins Work

Bringing Total to $275,000 to Assist Students in Illinois without Legal Status Obtain a Higher Education

Announcement Made at Newly Rehabilitated Morse Red Line Station

Mayor and CPS Leadership Visit 19 Schools Across Chicago

Task Force to Help Identify and Recover Millions in Healthcare Fraud

United Airlines Will Shift Corporate HQ to Willis Tower; Extend Commitment to Downtown through 2028

All 34 Come from New Potential Vendors as Ordinance Sparks Renewed Interest in Joining Food Truck Trend

Local Companies Driving Growth of Technology Economy; Combined Will Add 150-200 Jobs in Coming Years

Residential Partnership Focuses on Single Family and Multi-Unit Buildings; Will Save Up to $400 Per Unit Annually While Creating Hundreds of Jobs

Part of a Nearly 650-Mile Network of Bikeways to Be Established by 2020

Three-Year Investment Creates Opportunity for Over 5,000 Children Starting in Fall 2013

Mayor Urges Local Developers to Set the Bar and Showcase Chicago’s Innovation