Mayor's Press Releases
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Sep 3, 2013Mayor Rahm Emanuel Attends Launch of New Cisco STEM Lab at Michele Clark High SchoolOf the five Early College STEM Schools, Michele Clark had the highest growth in Freshman On Track rate from the 2011-12 school year to the 2012-13 school year
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Aug 29, 2013Mayor Emanuel Announces First Construction Work Project Requiring Hiring of Neighborhood ResidentsAt Least 7.5% of Labor From Construction Area for Projects Worth More Than $100,000
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Aug 29, 2013Mayor Emanuel Breaks Ground for Cermak Avenue Green Line StationNew Station Near McCormick Place Part of $92 Million in CTA Station Developments that will Foster Economic Growth Throughout the Near South Side
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Aug 27, 2013Mayor Emanuel Leads Groundbreaking on Bloomingdale Trail2.7-Mile Multipurpose Elevated Trail to Open Fall 2014 as Centerpiece of The 606, Linking Five Community Parks and Amenities
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Aug 27, 2013Mayor Emanuel Announces Release of Food Desert Data and New Interactive Efforts to Combat Food Deserts in ChicagoEfforts to Reduce Food Deserts Have Reduced Food Deserts in Low-Income Areas by More than 20 Percent; New Release of Data Will Help Communities Join the Fight to Alleviate Food Deserts
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Aug 23, 2013Mayor Emanuel Celebrates Achievements of One Summer Chicago Students Participating in Civic Engagement and Passage Outreach ProjectsAlmost $300,000 Donation to One Summer Chicago Program Created 120 Jobs for Young Chicago Students, Adding to the More than 18,000 Youth Job Opportunities the Program Offers
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Aug 23, 2013Mayor Rahm Emanuel Announces Advisory Committee for School Repurposing and Community DevelopmentCommunity Leaders, Planning Experts, Social Service Providers and Government Professionals to Make Recommendations on the Planning and Process for Repurposing Closed School Facilities
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Aug 23, 2013Most Popular Convention Destination in the CountryChicago Moves Up Three Rankings from 2012, Recognized for World-Class Business Tourism Industry that Drives More than 130,000 Jobs
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Aug 23, 2013Mayor Emanuel Announces Beginning of Construction of Intermodal Facility at O'Hare International AirportNew Facility at O’Hare Will Create 3,000 Construction and 100 Permanent Jobs; City’s Second TIFIA Loan Closes for a total of nearly $400 million in Investment;