According to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Grant Tracker website, the Little Black Pearl Workshop received a $71,000 grant to help complete the industrial arts glass studio, located at 1060 East 47th Street in Chicago. Specifically the funds were to be “used to complete the installation of a hood and exhaust system in [...]
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Illinois Pays $100k to Host a Football Game Between Two Out-of-State Universities
The Chicago Football Classic Inc. received a $100,000 grant to assist in hosting the Chicago Football Classic. According to the DCEO website the game “will feature Mississippi Valley State versus Southern University.” Southern University is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Mississippi Valley State is located in Itta Bena, Mississippi. The grant was part of [...]
Grant for Costumed Actors Costs Taxpayers $79K
In 2009, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity awarded a $79,000 to the Looking for Lincoln Heritage Coalition (search “Looking for Lincoln” – Grant #09337008). The Grant was awarded to “cover costs associated with hosting a Living History Program” that would include “costumed interpreters” to lead daily tours of historical locations around Springfield. According [...]
Chicago Horticultural Society receives $250k for its Plant Conservation Science Center
In 2009 the Chicago Horticultural Society received a $250,000 grant from the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity “to assist in the development of the visitor interpretive features in the Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Plant Conservation Science Center.” The Center is located at the Chicago Botanical Gardens. According to the DCEO Grant Tracker [...]
State Spends $100k on New Art Exhibit
In 2009, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity awarded a $100,000 Tourism Attraction Grant to the Art Institute of Chicago for the Becoming Edvard Munch Exhibit (under “Search Grants by Organization” search Art Institute of Chicago). According to the project description on the DCEO Grant Tracker, the “funds will be used to assist in [...]
Illinois Begging Companies Not to Leave
Governor Quinn recently announced a new $7 million “business investment package” that will keep U.S. Cellular’s headquarters in Illinois. The package is part of the state’s Economic Development for a Growing Economy Tax Credit Program (EDGE). The program provides tax credits to companies that promise to make capital investments within the state and create 25 [...]
Illinois, Behind in Bills, Decides to Spend More
Despite Illinois’s record deficit and $6 billion in unpaid bills, Governor Quinn recently announced $50 million in new spending for the Neighborhood Recovery Initiative. The Initiative would focus on job training for adults and small businesses and also provide funds for small businesses in troubled neighborhoods with the goal of addressing violent crime problems by [...]