Mayor's Press Releases
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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