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Cook County Awards Funding to 24 Public Schools for Renewable Energy Education Initiative

Under Cook County’s Solar Schools Grant program, the Cook County Department of Environment and Sustainability awarded grant funding to 24 public schools to support the construction of small photovoltaic (PV) systems used to educate students first-
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Environmental

President Toni Preckwinkle Unveils Preliminary Budget Forecast for Fiscal Year 2023

Notes potential future fiscal challenges while highlighting smallest gap since taking office
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Budget and Financial

President Preckwinkle Announces Partnership with United Way of Metro Chicago on $15 Million ‘Transforming Places’ Pilot Program

Cook County’s investment is the first outcome of the Cook County Equity Fund’s recommendation to pursue place-based, community-driven and sustainable economic development. COOK COUNTY — (June 22, 2022) 
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Economic Development

President Preckwinkle Announces over $14 million in Initial Awards of Cook County’s Gun Violence Prevention and Reduction Grants

COOK COUNTY — Today, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle was joined by Cook County Commissioner Bill Lowry and Avik Das, Executive Director of the Justice Advisory Council, to announce the first set of awards for the Cook
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Community, Economic Development, Health, Public Safety and Jails