Starting this fall, NIU will become the 26th Star Transfer partner, offering eligible Star Scholars pursing their bachelor’s degree in DeKalb $3,000 per year for two years

Grants leverage downtown growth to make direct investments into neighborhood businesses across City’s South, West and Southwest; Innovative program has awarded $47 million in grants to nearly 200 local businesses since 2016

Upgraded Railroad Tracks Provide Smoother Ride and Eliminate Slow Zones Ahead of Red And Purple Modernization Phase One Project Later This Year

Taste of Chicago welcomes 37 new Chicago-based restaurants, food trucks and shared kitchens; the free-admission festival offers food, music, arts and more this July 10–14 in Grant Park

City Will Install 40,000 More New LED Streetlights by End of Summer on Southwest, Near West and North Sides; Program on Schedule for Completion in Four Years

South Air Traffic Control Tower One of the First LEED Gold-Certified Air Traffic Control Towers in the U.S.

New initiative delivers on recommendations made by the Mayor’s New Transportation and Mobility Task Force

Report Highlights Record-Breaking Tourism Year for Chicago

New 17-Story Office Building at 167 North Green Will Create 250 Construction Jobs and More Than 4,000 Permanent Jobs When Fully Occupied

City has Repaved 2,165 Miles of Streets on Mayor Emanuel’s Watch Through The Building a New Chicago Program

New recruit class builds on two years of consecutive declines in violent crime and 20-year lows in robberies, burglaries and motor vehicle thefts

This first-of-its-kind agreement seeks to foster collaboration in areas of inclusive innovation and entrepreneurship

Annual Program Will Host 200 of the Nation’s Top Technology and Engineering Students

Discuss need for sustainable transportation funding bill

Civil tapestries and one-of-a-kind radio station part of larger, long-term art program envisioned by the South Side artist to engage community members and create new jobs

New, expanded space offers direct access to the Chicago River, connecting residents to outdoor experiences along the North Branch

Red and Blue Line subway camera upgrades complete; part of $38 million Safe & Secure Program funded by Mayor Emanuel’s innovative ride-hailing fee

Mixed-use, mixed-income development will include community space on the ground floor

Latest deployment builds on five-year low in citywide shootings and 20-year lows in robberies, burglaries and motor vehicle thefts

Training Center to City Keep Pace With Unprecedented Infrastructure Investments That Have Created 104,000 Jobs Since 2011 With an Additional 45,000 Jobs to Be Created As a Result of Pending Projects that Have Been Announced

Station rehab latest in a series of track and station improvements completed or underway as part of Mayor Emanuel’s Your New Blue O’Hare branch modernization program

DDB’s Chicago Office to Add 200 Jobs Plus Support Additional Investments in Chicago’s Film and Digital Advertising Space with Multi-Year Army Contract

Rapidly growing technology leader XSELL Technologies will be adding more than 500 jobs from student data annotators to PhDs in data science

Studio ORD selected to design new O’Hare Global Terminal and historic $8.5 billion expansion

The City to conduct 25 service blitzes this year in neighborhoods across Chicago

297 new officers, 68 supervisory promotions to Police force; building on two years of consecutive declines in violent crime

First-of-its-kind facility in Illinois will prepare students with skills necessary for in-demand careers in transportation, distribution and logistics

As citywide rollout of universal full-day pre-k for 4-year olds continues, DFSS will support additional investments in early childhood programs at community-based organizations

BlueCrew chose Chicago for rapid expansion plans and top tech talent; BlueCrew’s platform for flexible W-2 work will bring thousands of hourly jobs to the Chicago market