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December 2004
12/15/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Enterprise Zone Expansion to Spur Economic Growth and New Investment in Logan County
12/14/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Nearly $600,000 in Opportunity Returns Funding To Spur Business Expansion and Job Retention in Macoupin County
12/13/2004 Governor Blagojevich Appoints Former Governor Thompson And Former U.S. Commerce Secretary Daley As Co-Chairs Of Task Force Seeking $1 Billion U.S. Nuclear Science Project For Illinois
12/8/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Inaugural Challenge Grant from Northwest Region Entrepreneurship Center to Lasalle County Company
12/7/2004 Governor Blagojevich Brings Energy Efficiency Program to Rockford
12/6/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Nearly $44,000 in Opportunity Returns Funding To Support Recycling Efforts and Job Creation in Centralia
12/6/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces $400,000 Opportunity Returns Grant to Support Clean, Renewable Energy Production from Olney Wastewater System
12/6/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces More Than $1.7 Million in Opportunity Returns Support to Bring New Distribution Center and 100 New Jobs to Champaign-Urbana
12/1/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Nearly $100,000 in Opportunity Returns Funding To Support Recycling Efforts and Job Creation in Dewitt and Mclean County
12/1/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Nearly $22,000 in Opportunity Returns Funding To Support Recycling Efforts and Job Creation in Galena
November 2004
11/30/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces $150,000 in Opportunity Returns Funding To Support Recycling Efforts and Job Creation in Belleville and Highland
11/29/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces More Than $50,000 In Funding For Innovative Boot Camp Aimed At Enhancing Quality Of Workforce And Increasing Competitiveness Of Region’s Manufacturers
11/29/2004 Governor Blagojevich Brings Energy Efficiency Program To Quincy
11/22/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Opportunity Returns Funding To Support Recycling Efforts and Job Creation in Decatur
11/22/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces More Than $50,000 in Funding for Innovative Boot Camp Aimed At Enhancing Quality of Workforce and Increasing Competitiveness of Region’s Manufacturers
11/18/2004 Governor Blagojevich Praises General Assembly For Passing Resolution Supporting State’s Efforts To Land High Tech Federal Government Project Worth $1 Billion Investment In Illinois
11/17/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces U.S. Cellular’s Plans To Open New Call Center in Bolingbrook
11/16/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Significant Opportunity Returns Support for Ameriquest Mortgage Company Plan to Open and Expand Major Illinois Facilities Creating 2,100 Jobs
11/9/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces $110,000 in Opportunity Returns Funding To Spark Company Expansion and Job Creation in Litchfield
11/8/2004 Governor Blagojevich and Target Announce Major New Target Distribution Center Bringing New Jobs to Dekalb
11/5/2004 Governor Blagojevich’s Opportunity Returns Program Announces Major Incentive Package To Support Hospira’s Construction Of New Technical Center In Lake Forest
11/5/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Opportunity Returns Grant for Habitat for Humanity Construction in Sangamon County
11/4/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Partnership with Hewlett Foundation to Accelerate Growth of Ethanol Market and Energy Independence in Illinois
11/3/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Foreign Trade Mission to China to Help Establish New Markets for West Central Illinois Businesses
October 2004
10/28/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Loan for Purchase of Central Region Lumber Company
10/26/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Almost $800,000 in Opportunity Returns Funding To Revitalize Jacksonville Company and Ensure the Safety of 100 Jobs
10/25/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces $1.635 Million Commitment of Opportunity Returns Funding For Ford Heights Area
10/25/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Opportunity Returns Grant to Help Stop Scott County Flooding Which Is Hurting Local Business
10/20/2004 Governor Blagojevich Highlights New Study Lauding Illinois as One of the Top States in Attracting Foreign Investment
10/18/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces More Than $8.2 Million in Opportunity Returns Financing To Facilitate Merger That Will Create and Retain Hundreds of Jobs
10/15/2004 Governor Blagojevich’s Opportunity Returns Program Launches Innovative E-Learning Initiative in Madison and St. Clair County
10/14/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces $270,000 in Funding For Expansion of Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center Spurring Innovation and Job Creation
10/14/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Critical Opportunity Returns Financing to Help Peoria Start-Up Increase Competitiveness
10/12/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces $6 Million to Support Use of Clean Coal Technology to Reduce Emissions
10/12/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Nearly $100,000 Opportunity Returns Grant to Fund Emergency Repairs to Hancock County Water System to Protect Public Health
10/12/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces $100,000 Opportunity Returns Grant to Fund Emergency Repairs for Dewitt County Sewer System to Protect Public Health
10/7/2004 Governor  Blagojevich Aggressively Pursues New Business Opportunities By Bringing Foreign Trade Representatives From 21 Countries To Peoria
September 2004
9/30/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Formation Of and Funding For the Southern Illinois Tourism Education Alliance
9/29/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Critical Opportunity Returns Grant To Trigger Development Of Springfield Medical District And Bring New Jobs To The Region
9/27/2004 Governor Blagojevich Responds to Mitsubishi Layoffs with Opening of Center Designed To Help Workers Target New Opportunities
9/24/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces $37,000 Opportunity Returns Marketing Grant to Capitalize On Tourism Appeal of Route 66 and Spur Economic Growth in Central Region
9/23/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Aggressive State Incentive Package That Will Bring Petsmart Inc. Distribution Center and New Jobs to Ottawa
9/21/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Formation of Task Force in Effort to Land High Tech Federal Government Project Worth $1 Billion Investment in Illinois
9/20/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces $40,000 in Opportunity Returns Funding to Support Business Forum Designed to Increase Access to Capital and Opportunities to Succeed
9/14/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Almost $2.5 Million in Opportunity Returns Grants and Incentives to Jumpstart Major Expansion Projects for Decatur Company
9/13/2004 Governor Blagojevich Combats Galesburg Maytag Layoffs with Suite of Services Designed To Create New Opportunities and Jobs for Workers and Their Families
9/9/2004 Governor Blagojevich Brings Energy Independence and Jobs to Southeastern Illinois
9/9/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces $80,000 Opportunity Returns Grant for Champaign to Promote Energy Efficiency and Reduce Cost of Doing Business
9/9/2004 Governor Blagojevich Brings Energy Independence and Jobs to Southeastern Illinois
9/9/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces $200,000 in Opportunity Returns Funding To Help Small Manufacturers Market Their Businesses and Increase Competitiveness
9/3/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces $50,000 Opportunity Returns Grant to Fund Emergency Repairs to Sanitary System in Heyworth and Avert Potential Public Health Crisis
August 2004
8/31/2004 Governor Blagojevich announces important workforce training grants to strengthen steelworker skills and boost competitiveness of steel industry in southwest region
8/30/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces $400,000 in Opportunity Returns Funding To Illinois Hispanic Chamber Of Commerce to Diversify Economy and Grow Small Business Across The State
8/24/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Fall Slate of Movies and Television Programs Shooting In Illinois Worth $15 Million for the State Economy
8/23/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Funding For New “Green” School Building That Will Act as Model for Widespread Energy Cost Savings
8/19/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Conference for Small Businesses Designed to Increase Access to Capital and Opportunities to Succeed
8/18/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces $500,000 in Opportunity Returns Financing To Bring New Kaplan, Inc. Support Center and More Than 300 New Jobs to Chicago
8/17/2004 State Fair Agriculture Day Sparks Optimism for New Energy Saving-Clean Coal Initiative Supported By Opportunity Returns Grant
8/16/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Almost $3.5 Million in Opportunity Returns Funding To Install New Water Treatment Plant and Spur Business Development in Batavia
8/12/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Kane County Project to Use Energy Efficiency to Improve Local Economy and Business Competitiveness
8/9/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Important Funding For Planning Grant to Strengthen Worker Skills in Northeast Region
July 2004
7/28/2004

Governor Blagojevich Announces Opportunity Returns Is Spurring Major Expansion for Decatur Company

7/23/2004 Governor Blagojevich Praises Senator Durbin, Congressmen Costello and Shimkus for Landing $265.3 Million to Expand Scott Air Force Base’s Mission
7/22/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Up To $1.5 Million to Assist Laid Off Mitsubishi Workers and Their Families
7/21/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces $250,000 in Funding For North Central Region Entrepreneurship Center to Spur Innovation and Job Creation
7/16/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Immediate Effort to Try and Prevent Severe Layoffs at Mail Center in Flora
7/16/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Grant to Increase Access to Internet and Promote Economic Opportunity in Rural Southern Region Communities
7/15/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Immediate Effort to Try and Prevent Eldorado Distribution Center from Closing
7/14/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces $750,000 Opportunity Returns Grant for Critical Infrastructure Improvements in Amboy
7/12/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces More Than $400,000 in Opportunity Returns Funding To Support Recycling Efforts and Job Creation in Southern Region
7/11/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces $750,000 Opportunity Returns Grant for North Central Region Business Expansion Creating 50 New Jobs
7/8/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces $300,000 in Funding for Northwest Region Entrepreneurship Center to Spur Innovation and Job Creation
June 2004
6/28/2004

First Lady Patti Blagojevich Announces State Partnership with Three Springfield Groups Aimed At Improving Technology Literacy 

6/23/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces $75,000 in Opportunity Returns Funding to Help American Red Cross Open Energy Efficient Building with Green Roof
6/22/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces a $65,000 Opportunity Returns Planning Grant to Village Of Franklin to Improve Health, Safety and Economic Outlook
6/22/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Funding for Innovative Program to Support Young Film Fans
6/22/2004

Governor Blagojevich Announces Founding of Western Illinois Entrepreneurship Network to Spur Innovation and Create Jobs Throughout the West Central Region

6/15/2004 Governor Blagojevich Extends Innovative Financing Tool to Help Pike County Company Grow Its Operation and Create New Jobs
6/10/2004

Governor Blagojevich Announces Foreign Trade Mission to Europe to Help Establish New Markets for Illinois Companies

6/9/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Nearly $2.5 Million in Opportunity Returns Funding To Support Expansion of Major Williamson County Employer
6/9/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces $500,000 Opportunity Returns Grant to East Dubuque Fertilizer Producer to Strengthen Company and Create Hundreds of Jobs
6/8/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces More Than $1.2 Million in Funding to Help Fortune 500 Company Grow in Rochelle
6/8/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Opportunity Returns Grant For Lake Vermilion
6/7/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Almost $1.7 Million In Opportunity Returns Grants For West Central Region Housing Rehabilitation Projects
6/7/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces $1.65 Million In Opportunity Returns Grants For Central Region Housing Rehabilitation Projects
6/7/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Almost $600,000 In Opportunity Returns Grants For North Central Region Housing Rehabilitation Projects
6/3/2004 Governor Blagojevich Sends Representative To Washington, DC Today in Ongoing Campaign to Save All Illinois Military Bases
6/3/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Funding to Facilitate New Production And Job Creation for Northwest Region Company
6/3/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Almost $600,000 in Opportunity Returns Grants for Southwest Region Housing Rehabilitation Projects
6/3/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces $295,000 in Opportunity Returns Grants for Southeast Region Housing Rehabilitation Projects
6/3/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces More Than $4.1 Million in Opportunity Returns Grants for Southern Region Housing Rehabilitation Projects
6/2/2004

Governor Blagojevich Announces More Than $2.2 Million in Opportunity Returns Funding For Important North Central Region Infrastructure Improvements

6/2/2004

Governor Blagojevich Announces $400,000 Opportunity Returns Grant for Vital Sanitation Project in Pembroke Township

6/2/2004

Governor Blagojevich Announces Nearly $2 Million in Opportunity Returns Funding For Important Northwest Region Infrastructure Improvements

6/2/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Nearly $4 Million in Opportunity Returns Funding For Critical Central Region Infrastructure Improvements
6/2/2004

Governor Blagojevich Announces More than $1 Million in Opportunity Returns Grants for Critical Northern Stateline Region Infrastructure Improvements

6/2/2004

Governor Blagojevich Announces More than $1 Million in Opportunity Returns Grants for Crucial West Central Region Infrastructure Improvements

May 2004
5/26/2004

Opportunity Returns Funds Research Center Designed To Revitalize Manufacturing In Northern Stateline Region

5/26/2004 Opportunity Returns Helps Create and Retain Rockford Jobs And Builds A Stronger Regional Workforce In Northern Stateline
5/25/2004 Governor Continues Fight To Save Peoria Air National Guard Base
5/25/2004 Governor Continues Fight To Save Springfield Air National Guard Base
5/24/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Almost $4.4 Million in Opportunity Returns Funding For Crucial Southern Region Infrastructure Improvements
5/24/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Almost $740,000 in Opportunity Returns Grants For Crucial East Central Region Infrastructure Improvements
5/24/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces More Than $1.5 Million in Opportunity Returns Funding For Important Southwest Region Infrastructure Improvements
5/24/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Nearly $4 Million in Opportunity Returns Funding For Crucial Southeast Region Infrastructure Improvements
5/19/2004 Governor Aggressively Pursues New Business Opportunities For Northern Stateline Region By Bringing Foreign Trade Representatives To Rockford
5/18/2004 Governor Announces Important Opportunity Returns Grant To Strengthen Worker Skills In East Central Region
5/17/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Critical Opportunity Returns Grant To Strengthen Worker Skills In The Central Region
5/14/2004 Governor Announces Groundbreaking At New Manufacturing Plant Creating More Jobs in Pekin Thanks To Opportunity Returns
5/13/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Immediate Effort To Try And Prevent Quebecor From Closing Effingham Plant
5/13/2004 Governor Announces $95,000 In Opportunity Returns Grants To Transform Brownfields In East Central Region
5/13/2004 Governor Announces More Than $52,000 In Opportunity Returns Grants To Transform Southwest Region Brownfields
5/13/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Nearly $150,000 In Opportunity Returns Funding To Transform Brownfields In Northwest Region
5/13/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Almost $320,000 In Opportunity Returns Funding To Clean Up Brownfields And Spur Business Development In Northeast Region
5/12/2004 Governor Blagojevich Praises Argonne Partnership With Oak Ridge National Laboratory And Private Sector To Develop State-Of-The-Art Supercomputer
5/12/2004 Governor Announces Foreign Trade Mission To China To Help Establish New Markets For Illinois Businesses
5/12/2004 Governor Announces $115,000 Opportunity Returns Grant To Transform Southern Region Brownfield
5/12/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces $425,000 In Opportunity Returns Funding To Clean Up Brownfields And Spur Business Development
5/10/2004 Governor Continues Fight To Save The Rock Island Arsenal
5/10/2004 Governor Announces $250,000 Opportunity Returns Grant To Fund Wind Turbine In Pike County That Breaks Ground Today
5/6/2004 Governor Blagojevich Once Again Travels To Washington, DC To Fight For Illinois' Military Bases
5/5/2004 Governor Announces Opportunity Returns Grant To Fund Study Aimed At Identifying New Job Opportunities Along I-88 Corridor
5/4/2004 Governor Announces Innovative Opportunity Returns Grant To Strengthen Worker Skills In The Southeast Region
5/3/2004 Governor Announces Foreign Trade Mission To Canada To Help Establish New Markets For Illinois Plastic Businesses
5/3/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Opportunity Returns Grant For Company Expansion That Is Bringing 30 New Jobs To Duquoin

April 2004

4/29/2004 Governor Announces Immediate Effort To Try And Prevent Butler Manufacturing From Closing Galesburg Plant
4/29/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Key Opportunity Returns Employer Training Grant To Southern Region Company
4/27/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces More Than $100,000 In Opportunity Returns Grants For Northern Stateline Bike Trails
4/27/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces $92,000 Opportunity Returns Grant For North Central Bike Trail
4/21/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Almost $450,000 In Opportunity Returns Grants For Northwestern Illinois Bike Trails
4/20/2004 Governor Blagojevich Hires Public Affairs Firm To Join The Fight To Save Scott Air Force Base
4/20/2004 Governor Blagojevich Hires Military Affairs Firm To Join The Fight To Save Rock Island Arsenal And Air National Guard Bases In Peoria and Springfield
4/19/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces $600,000 In Opportunity Returns Grants For Southwestern Illinois Bike Trails
4/15/2004 Governor Announces Innovative Grant To Strengthen Technology Literacy In Northern Stateline Region
4/15/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Creation Of Enterprise Zone To Spur Economic Growth In Former Savanna Army Depot Area
4/13/2004 Governor Announces Opening Of Galesburg Training Center To Create New Opportunities For Thousands Of Displaced Workers And Their Families
4/12/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Key Employer Training Grant For Crawford County Oil Refinery
4/8/2004 Opportunity Returns Grant To South Beloit Will Spark Important Redevelopment And Job Creation
4/8/2004 Governor's Opportunity Returns Grant Will Spark Innovative Redevelopment And Job Creation In Southern Region
4/7/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Groundbreaking For Manufacturing Plant Expansion Backed By Over $7.7 Million In State Funding
4/4/2004 Governor Awards $5 Million For Brownfield Rehabilitation Project
4/2/2004 Governor Blagojevich Welcomes New Communities To Illinois Main Street Program

March 2004

3/31/2004 Governor Blagojevich Announces Effort To Try And Save Emi Manufacturing Plant In Jacksonville
3/31/2004 Governor Blagojevich Brings Nationally-Proven Technology And Engineering Program To West Central Region
3/30/2004 Governor Announces Funding To Bring New Distribution Center To Global III Intermodal Facility
3/29/2004 Governor Blagojevich Names Opportunity Returns Regional Director For Central Illinois
3/29/2004 Opportunity Returns Grant Will Fund Engineering And Technology Skills Training In Northeast Central High School
3/25/2004 Governor Announces Opportunity Returns Job Training Grant For Belleville Company
3/25/2004 Opportunity Returns Grant Will Fund Engineering And Technology Skills Training In North Central High Schools
3/24/2004 Governor Announces Critical Planning Grant To Strengthen Worker Skills In The Northern Stateline Region
3/24/2004 Governor Blagojevich Sends Team To Washington To Promote Illinois' Bid For Futuregen
3/19/2004 Governor Awards $440,000 Training Grant To Mchenry County College
3/18/2004 Governor Announces Critical Planning Grant To Strengthen Worker Skills In The Southwest Region
3/16/2004 Governor Announces Important Funding For Planning Grant To Strengthen Worker Skills In The Northwest Region
3/15/2004 Governor Blagojevich Names Opportunity Returns Regional Director For Southeastern Region
3/15/2004 Governor Announces Important Planning Grant To Strengthen Worker Skills In The Southern Region
3/11/2004 Governor Announces Critical Planning Grant To Strengthen Worker Skills In The West Central Region
3/4/2004 Governor Announces Vital Planning Grant To Strengthen Worker Skills In The North Central Region
3/3/2004 Governor Announces Creative Marketing Tool To Fuel Business Growth Throughout Illinois
3/1/2004 Governor Blagojevich Names Opportunity Returns Regional Director For East Central Region

February 2004

2/27/2004 Important Metropolis Economic Development Facility Moves Closer To Completion
2/24/2004 Governor Announces More Valuable Job Training Grants For The Rock River Valley Region
2/23/2004 Governor Announces Grants To Ina And Carrier Mills That Will Strengthen Technology Literacy
2/23/2004 Governor Announces Employer Training Grants That Will Improve Productivity At St. Clair And Madison County Companies
2/17/2004 Governor Helps Strengthen Technology Literacy In Freeport
2/17/2004 Governor Announces Important Grant To Help Eliminate The Digital Divide In Alton
2/12/2004 Governor Names Roxanne Nava As The Assistant Director Of The Department Of Commerce And Economic Opportunity
2/9/2004 Governor Announces Technology Grants To Cairo And Vienna For Eliminating The Digital Divide
2/9/2004 Governor Announces Valuable Job Training Grants For The North Central Region
2/9/2004 Governor Takes Another Important Step Towards Eliminating The Digital Divide In Belleville
2/8/2004 Governor Announces First Grants In Creative Cow Power Program
2/5/2004 Governor Improves Technology Literacy In Rockford
2/4/2004 Governor Announces Creative Grant To Strengthen Technology Literacy In Carbondale
2/4/2004 Governor Announces Important Grants To Strengthen Technology Literacy In East St. Louis And Venice
2/3/2004 Governor Announces Vital Grant To Strengthen Technology Literacy In North Central Illinois
2/3/2004 Governor Announces Innovative Grants To Strengthen Technology Literacy In Northwest Illinois

January 2004

1/28/2004 Governor Blagojevich Brings Opportunity Returns to West Central Illinois
1/22/2004 Governor Awards Environmental Grant To Mclean County
1/22/2004 Governor Announces Important Grant To Help Morrison Beef Company Increase Sales Through Targeted Marketing And Promotion
1/20/2004 Illinois EPA Promotes Business Efficiency By Proposing Streamlining Regulations For Several Important Industries
1/14/2004 Governor Announces Important Job Training Grant For Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
1/13/2004 Governor Announces Vital Job Training Grant For The World's Leading Farm Equipment Producer
1/12/2004 Governor Announces Major Opportunity Returns Training Grant For Southwestern Illinois College
1/9/2004 Governor Announces The Amateur Trapshooting Association Will Hold Its Grand Event In Illinois