Posted on July 1, 2017
A new national program is helping Chicago jobs. Chicago is one of five cities selected to participate in the Citi Foundation and Living Cities City Accelerator. The national program will help the selected cities to refine their approach to procurement to increase the diversity of municipal vendors. In addition to a $100,000 grant, the City […]
Posted on July 1, 2017
The opening of a new training center will create more Chicago vocational jobs. Peoples Energy Training Center is a new utilities training center in the Little Village. The state-of-the-art facility will provide annual training to more than 1,600 utility workers and fire officials across the region, while also providing much-needed vocational programming to help prepare […]
Posted on June 5, 2017
A new investment is going to help small businesses and jobs in Chicago. The city along with Goldman Sachs announced an additional $10 million commitment to the 10,000 Small Businesses (10KSB) program, which will allow this critical resource for small businesses and economic growth to continue through 2020. The funding is from Goldman Sachs and the […]
Posted on June 5, 2017
A new facility is creating more Chicago food service jobs. Preferred Freezer Services has launched a new refrigeration facility on Chicago’s Lower West Side. The $45 million new facility will employ 52 people and benefit food industry businesses throughout Chicago. “Chicago is in the midst of an industrial renaissance, and you can see that at work […]
Posted on June 5, 2017
The investment in a factory may create more Chicago manufacturing jobs. Unilever is making a major capital investment in its factory in Little Village. The improvements will modernize the site, give the factory more flexibility for future growth, and benefit the neighborhood with reduced and rerouted truck traffic as well as significant landscaping for aesthetics […]
Posted on May 6, 2017
The opening of a new grocery store will create more food service jobs in Chicago. Jewel-Osco will build a full-service grocery store and drive-through pharmacy on the northwest corner of 61st Street and Cottage Grove Avenue. The new store will bring high-quality fresh food options to the Woodlawn community. “Today we are taking the next […]
Posted on May 6, 2017
One company is opening a new headquarters to create Chicago administrative jobs. Great Wolf Resorts, Inc., North America’s largest family of indoor waterpark resorts, will open the company’s new corporate headquarters in Chicago. The new office, dubbed Wolf Den Chicago, currently houses 45 Great Wolf Resort pack members, with the ability to expand to up […]
Posted on May 6, 2017
A new building is welcoming new tenants that will create finance jobs in Chicago. Bank of America will be the lead anchor tenant at 110 North Wacker Drive, a new office building on the Chicago river. The agreement completes the next milestone in the highly-anticipated 51-story downtown building, a collaboration between The Howard Hughes Corporation, joint […]
Posted on April 7, 2017
Fulton Market Development is making great strides to support Chicago jobs. City officials break ground on a 12-story building that will support affiliates of McDonald’s Corp. and other companies. The $47.2 million in Fulton Market project will house 960 employees when it’s completed in late 2018 and fully leased. The building will also contribute approximately […]
Posted on April 7, 2017
Millennium Park is a large attraction that helps create many Chicago tourist jobs. Millennium Park welcomed nearly 12.9 million guests in just the second half of 2016—making it the #1 attraction in the Midwest and among the Top 10 most-visited sites in the U.S. Based on new attendance counting technology, the figures put the Park in the company of […]
