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Feb 10, 2016
Mayor Emanuel Introduces Ordinance To Support Home Buyers And Strengthen Neighborhoods Across Chicago
Oct 19, 2015
Department Of Streets and Sanitation To Coordinate Bagged Leaf Collection This Fall
Mar 20, 2015
Mayor Emanuel Starts Street Sweeping Early To Clean Up Chicago's Neighborhoods From Winter Debris
Dec 31, 2014
Part II Zoning Review Fees
Nov 5, 2014
City Council Approves Ordinance To Strengthen Law, Encourage Landlords To Install Smoke, Carbon Monoxide Detectors
Jul 1, 2014
Application Period Opens for $1 Lots in East Garfield Park
Oct 21, 2013
Mayor Emanuel Announces Recycling Expansion Complete as Final Phase Reaches the Last 72,000 Households
Jun 24, 2013
City of Chicago Rolls Out Phase Two Of The 2013 Citywide Recycling Expansion
Jun 4, 2013
City of Chicago Announces Second Phase of Citywide Recycling Expansion
Apr 11, 2013
Mayor Emanuel Announces $18 Million In Savings from Grid Garbage Transition
Apr 3, 2013
Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation To Transition Far South and Southwest Side Communities to Grid Garbage Collection System
Apr 2, 2013
Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation Announces 2013 Clean and Green Citywide Beautification Effort
Dec 10, 2012
City Of Chicago To Roll Out Grid Garbage Collection System to 56,000 Southwest Side Residents Beginning Monday
Oct 30, 2012
City of Chicago Announces Fourth Phase of Grid Garbage Collection System
Jul 6, 2012
City of Chicago Announces Second Phase of Grid Garbage Collection
Jun 11, 2012
City of Chicago Begins Grid Garbage Collection on Chicago's North Side
May 17, 2012
Mayor's Community Wrap-Around Strategy
May 1, 2012
Mayor Emanuel Announces Groundbreaking Agreement with Laborers 1001 Union Projected To Save Taxpayers $30 Million Over the Next Six Years
Apr 5, 2012
Mayor Rahm Emanuel Announces Citywide Recycling in 2013
Mar 14, 2012
City Council Passes Graduation Phase-Out Program for Minority and Women Owned Businesses
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