Chicago area governments laying off workers as revenues fall amid coronavirus
Lynwood Mayor Eugene Williams Before the COVID-19 crisis struck, many Cook County suburbs were already facing steep financial challenges....
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May 8, 2020
Cook County Assessor’s Office announces changes to assessments and appeals due to COVID-19
South Suburban property values, scheduled to be reassessed as part of the County Assessor’s triennial reassessment process in 2020, are...
May 8, 2020
Budgeting during a crisis: A four-step plan to respond to the COVID-19 Recession
Related stories include: Homewood approves reduced budget amid shutdown, in the Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle; Tinley Park looks to slash...
May 7, 2020
Tax breaks for developers stir debate as e-commerce projects consume land
“Given the demise of retail development throughout the United States, distribution is the new economic model that consumers have...
May 6, 2020
Call for input: Businesses still open or reopening during pandemic
If municipal members would like a south suburban business to be included in this resource, please contact SSMMA’s planning director,...
May 5, 2020
Pritzker announces phased plan to reopen Illinois by region
Related stories include: Orland Park board calls on governor, legislature to quickly reopen state economy in the Tribune/Daily Southtown;...
May 1, 2020
Emergency grants bolster south suburban restaurants, hotels affected by pandemic
Several restaurants and hotels in the south and southwest suburbs impacted financially by the coronavirus pandemic are in line for...
Apr 24, 2020
Amazon plans 1.2 million-square-foot fulfillment center in University Park
Amazon, through the project’s developer, Venture One Real Estate, will pay $1 million in impact fees to the village to buy Police and...
Apr 23, 2020
Southland Development Authority launches new Equitable Recovery Stimulus Program
As dramatically highlighted in recent headlines, poor and working-class households and communities are by far being hit hardest by the...
Apr 23, 2020
Access to stimulus money a long process for some small south suburban businesses
That, however, was before COVID-19 and a statewide stay-at-home order that is hobbling eating and drinking establishments. “There are...
Apr 16, 2020
Court to decide whether Riverdale can refuse to renew business licenses for property tax scofflaws
The town is refusing to issue business licenses to companies whose property owners are delinquent in paying real estate taxes. “This is...
Apr 8, 2020
Officials stress safety as building trades continue working during pandemic
“The next real big build-out is happening now in the south suburbs,” said Reggie Greenwood, executive director of the Chicago Southland...
Mar 5, 2020
South suburban elected officials optimistic about getting blighted sites back on tax rolls
The office building located at 4343 Lincoln Highway in Matteson has an annual tax bill of $500,000. South suburban elected officials say...
Feb 11, 2020
Funding opportunity: Southland Economic Transformation Grant Fund
The deadline to submit LOIs no more than three (3) pages in length will close on March 9, 2020, and the proposed project must further...
Feb 7, 2020
We need near-term solutions while also tackling tax reform
This makes the call to action for property tax reform in Springfield this spring even more pressing. The South Suburban Mayors & Managers...
Feb 6, 2020
Preckwinkle and south suburban mayors band together to revive Chicago’s Southland Region
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle addresses county, municipal and business officials at the launch of the Southland...
Feb 5, 2020
Homeowners expect property tax relief as state gives $26.5 million in grants to 20 south suburban sc
Local property owners are poised to save a collective $26.5 million this year, nearly half the $53.6 million awarded to area schools in...
Jan 31, 2020
South Triad Reassessment meeting with Assessor Kaegi
Kaegi also introduced a number of reforms that his office is rolling out this year. They include: new legislation that prevents seniors...
Jan 29, 2020
South Suburban Land Bank erases property tax debt and helps redevelop the south suburbs
“The land bank took it over from the bank, then I bought it from the land bank,” Suglich said. The South Suburban Land Bank Development...
Jan 17, 2020
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