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December 2005
12/19/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces More Than $630,000 In Support To Help International Titanium Powder Build New Production Facility And Bring 42 New Jobs To LaSalle County
12/15/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces $250,000 Workforce Training Grant to Community College Partners to Boost the Skills of Nearly 2,500 Workers across Central Illinois
12/14/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces Third Forum in Series to Help Illinois’ Businesses Meet the Critical National Need for Products in the $45 Billion Homeland Security Market
12/12/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces First Challenge Grant Award from Millikin Regional Entrepreneurship Center to Accelerate Growth of Local Company
12/12/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces Opportunity Returns Support for Mt. Sterling Food Redistributor to Spur Expansion of Facility and Creation and Retention of 100 Jobs
12/5/2005
Governor Blagojevich Launches Homeland Security Preparedness Seminars for Illinois Businesses
12/1/2005

Governor Blagojevich Announces Opportunity Returns Job Training Grant For Peoria’s ATS To Help Boost The Skills Of Nearly 1,000 Workers

12/1/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces Immediate Effort to Save Alcan Packaging Centralia and Its 221 Jobs
November 2005
11/18/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces Nearly $1 Million in Funding To Launch Electronics Recycling Partnership with City Of Chicago to Divert Up To One Million Pounds of Electronic Waste and Support New Jobs in Growing Industry
11/16/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces Enterprise Zone Expansion to Spur Economic Growth and New Investment in McDonough County
11/8/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces $250,000 In Funding to Expand Vital Services Provided To Farmers reeling from the summer’s Terrible Drought
11/7/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces a $216,000 Workforce Training Grant to Southwestern Illinois College to Help Boost the Skills of More Than 800 Workers at Several Local Companies
11/6/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces $100,000 Grant to Fund Study Aimed At Reducing Asian Carp Population and Supporting New Business Growth in Central Illinois
11/3/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces More Than $200,000 in Opportunity Returns Support to Help Granite City Business Grow
11/1/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces Opportunity Returns Investment Package to Bring Cabinetry Manufacturing Plant And Up To 250 New Jobs to Carroll County
October 2005
10/31/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces Innovative Challenge Grants From Southern Illinois Entrepreneurship Center to Accelerate Growth of Local Companies
10/27/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces a $385,000 Opportunity Returns Investment to Strengthen Tourism in East Central Illinois
10/19/2005
Governor Blagojevich’s Opportunity Returns Program Visits East Peoria To Highlight Innovative Initiative Preparing Students For Challenging Careers In Engineering and Science
10/19/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces $215,000 in Funding To Address Critical Shortage of Health Care Workers in West Central Illinois
10/13/2005
Governor Blagojevich Holds Second Forum in Series to Help Illinois’ Businesses Meet the Critical National Need for Products in the $45 Billion Homeland Security Industry
10/7/2005
Governor Blagojevich Launches Homeland Security Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center at Northwestern University
10/7/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces Important Opportunity Returns Support Is Bringing U.S. Headquarters Of World’s Largest Steel Maker And More Than 200 Jobs To Chicago
10/3/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces a $350,000 Workforce Training Grant to Mchenry County College to Help Boost the Skills of 1,400 Workers at Local Companies
September 2005
9/30/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces A Nearly $435,000 Opportunity Returns Investment to Improve Health Care Availability in Southwest Illinois
9/22/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces Major Partnership With Lowe’s To Help Successful Home Improvement Retailer Build New Distribution Center In Rockford And Bring 500 Jobs To The Region
9/21/2005
Governor Blagojevich Invests Nearly $15 Million into Making Illinois Coal More Competitive While Also Creating Hundreds of New Jobs
9/19/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces More Than $55,000 in Opportunity Returns Grants to Support Innovative Recycling Efforts in Kankakee and Joliet
9/19/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces a More than $27,000 Opportunity Returns Grant to Support Innovative Recycling Effort in Bellwood
9/15/2005
Governor Blagojevich Aggressively Pursues New Business Opportunities by Bringing Foreign Trade Representatives from 21 Countries to Bloomington-Normal on September 20th
9/15/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces Widespread Effort to Increase Electronics Recycling and Expand Recycling Industry throughout the Chicagoland Area
9/14/2005
Governor Blagojevich Celebrates the Expansion of Southwest Illinois’ Biotechnology Infrastructure
9/13/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces $225,000 in Opportunity Returns Grants to Support Innovative Recycling Efforts throughout Southwest Illinois
9/13/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces Nearly $210,000 in Opportunity Returns Grants to Support Innovative Recycling Efforts throughout Southern Illinois
9/13/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces $129,000 in Opportunity Returns Grants to Support Innovative Recycling Efforts throughout Southeast Illinois
9/13/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces Nearly $72,000 in Opportunity Returns Grants to Support Innovative Recycling Efforts in Rockford
9/13/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces More Than $370,000 in Opportunity Returns Grants to Support Innovative Recycling Efforts throughout North Central Illinois
9/13/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces $100,000 Opportunity Returns Grant to Support Innovative Recycling Efforts in Urbana
9/13/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces Nearly $305,000 in Opportunity Returns Grants to Support Innovative Recycling Efforts throughout Central Illinois
9/9/2005
Governor Blagojevich Encourages Illinois Small Businesses to Reduce Energy Costs through Small Business $Mart Energy Initiative
9/8/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces $215,000 in Workforce Training Grants to Joliet Junior College to Help Boost the Skills of More Than 1,100 Workers at Area Companies
9/7/2005
Governor Blagojevich Praises Groundbreaking for Sanfilippo’s New Facility Backed By $5 Million in Opportunity Returns Support
August 2005
8/30/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces Major Investment Package for Andrew Corporation to Help Company Upgrade Its Facilities and Keep More Than 900 Jobs in Illinois
8/29/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces $800,000 Workforce Training Grant to Help Mt. Vernon Company Increase Efficiency, Reduce Costs and Enhance Competitiveness
8/25/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces Second Forum in Series to Help Illinois’ Businesses Meet the Critical National Need for Products in the $45 Billion Homeland Security Industry
8/23/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces Nearly $1 Million in Opportunity Returns Grants for Crucial West Central Illinois Infrastructure Improvements
8/23/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces Nearly $600,000 in Opportunity Returns Funding For Important Clinton County Infrastructure Improvements
8/23/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces $2.1 Million in Opportunity Returns Funding For Critical Southern Illinois Infrastructure Improvements
8/23/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces Nearly $5 Million in Opportunity Returns Funding For Crucial Southeast Illinois Infrastructure Improvements
8/23/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces More Than $1 Million in Opportunity Returns Funding for Critical Northwest Region Infrastructure Improvements
8/23/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces Nearly $750,000 in Opportunity Returns Grants for Critical Stephenson County Infrastructure Improvements
8/23/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces More Than $160,000 in Opportunity Returns Grants for Critical Grundy County Infrastructure Improvements
8/23/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces Nearly $4 Million in Opportunity Returns Funding for Important North Central Region Infrastructure Improvements
8/23/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces Almost $2 Million in Opportunity Returns Grants for Crucial East Central Illinois Infrastructure Improvements
8/23/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces More Than $2.3 Million in Opportunity Returns Funding For Critical Central Illinois Infrastructure Improvements
8/15/2005
Governor Blagojevich Praises Grand Opening Of W. Newell & Co., Supervalu’s New Produce Operation Bringing More Than 150 New Jobs to Champaign-Urbana
8/15/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces That Officemax Is Consolidating Its Corporate Headquarters in Illinois
8/11/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces Important Initiative That Will Deliver Additional Homeland Security Contract Opportunities to Illinois Businesses
8/4/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces Continued Investments In Southwest Illinois Convention and Tourism Industry
8/3/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces Awarding Of a More than $34,000 Innovative Grant to Strengthen Technology Literacy In Quincy
8/3/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces More Than $245,000 in Innovative Grants To Strengthen Technology Literacy in Southwest Illinois
8/3/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces Nearly $230,000 in Innovative Grants To Strengthen Technology Literacy in Southern Illinois
8/3/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces Nearly $78,000 in Innovative Grants To Strengthen Technology Literacy in Southeast Illinois
8/3/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces More Than $63,000 in Innovative Grants To Strengthen Technology Literacy in Northwest Region
8/3/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces Nearly $125,000 in Innovative Grants To Strengthen Technology Literacy in Rockford
8/3/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces Awarding Of $40,000 Innovative Grant To Strengthen Technology Literacy In Peoria
8/3/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces Nearly $62,000 in Innovative Grants To Strengthen Technology Literacy across East Central Region
8/3/2005
Governor Blagojevich Announces Nearly $175,000 in Innovative Grants to Strengthen Technology Literacy in Central Illinois
8/2/2005
Governor Blagojevich’s Opportunity Returns Team Hosts Business Energy Roundtable Bringing Regional Stakeholders Together to Tap into New Opportunities
July 2005
7/28/2005 Forest City Unveils State-Of-The-Art Tech Park
7/28/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces Significant Opportunity Returns Investment in Chicagoland Company to Fuel Major Economic Expansion and Job Creation
7/25/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces $750,000 in Funding To Help Local Communities Rehabilitate Homes of People with Disabilities
7/20/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces Grant Awards From Western Illinois Entrepreneurship Center to Accelerate Development of Start-Up Firms and Create Nearly 100 New Jobs across Region
7/15/2005 Governor Blagojevich’s Opportunity Returns Program Celebrates Groundbreaking of New Foodservice Distribution Facility in Lincoln
7/14/2005 Governor Blagojevich Holds CEO Security Council Forum To Help Companies Across The State Learn More About Illinois’ Homeland Security System And What They Can Do To Keep Their Employees Safe And Businesses Operational During A Major Disaster
7/14/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces Almost $210,000 in Funding To Address Critical Shortage of Health Care Workers in Northwest Illinois
7/13/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces Nearly $3.4 Million in Opportunity Returns Grants for Southern Region Housing Rehabilitation Projects
7/13/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces More Than $1.5 Million in Opportunity Returns Grants for Central Region Housing Rehabilitation Projects
7/12/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces an Almost $200,000 Opportunity Returns Grant for Housing Rehabilitation Project in Fulton County
7/12/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces Almost $1.2 Million in Opportunity Returns Grants for West Central Region Housing Rehabilitation Projects
7/12/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces a $376,000 Opportunity Returns Grant for Effingham County Housing Rehabilitation Project
7/12/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces an Almost $400,000 Opportunity Returns Grant for Bond County Housing Rehabilitation Project
June 2005
6/30/2005 Governor Blagojevich Holds CEO Security Council Forum To Help Companies Across The State Learn More About Illinois’ Homeland Security System And What They Can Do To Keep Their Employees Safe And Businesses Operational During A Major Disaster
6/29/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces Nearly $66,000 in Additional Opportunity Returns Support to Launch Momentous Exhibit at Rockford Museum and Boost Local Tourism
6/28/2005 Governor Blagojevich Commends Belleville Company and Three Other Illinois Firms on Highly Successful Trade Mission to India
6/27/2005 Governor Blagojevich Holds Food Security Forum To Create Jobs in the Illinois Homeland Security Industry
6/23/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces $250,000 in Funding For Launching Of Illinois Hispanic Entrepreneurship Center Designed To Help Spur Innovation and Job Creation
6/23/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces $300,000 Business Investment in Mattoon Precision Manufacturing in Southeastern Illinois
6/16/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces $300,000 to Support Lewis and Clark Confluence Tower to Build On Southwest Illinois Tourism Assets
6/16/2005 Governor Blagojevich Highlights That Illinois’ Job Growth Rate Continues To Lead Nation
6/15/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces $500,000 Grant to Market Taste of Chicago; Celebrates Taste of Chicago’s 25th Birthday
6/15/2005 Governor Blagojevich Launches Program To Help Small Businesses Reduce Energy Costs Through Energy Efficiency
6/10/2005 Governor Blagojevich Delivers Funding To Launch High Tech Business Incubator in Peoria and Fuel Economic Growth across Region
6/10/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces Major Opportunity Returns Support for Decatur Manufacturing Expansion, Economic Development in Central Illinois Continues
6/10/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces $500,000 in Funding To Support Major Advancements in Information Trust and Security
May 2005
5/24/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces Food Security Forum to Highlight Business Opportunities in Global Homeland Security Marketplace
5/17/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces CampCEO to Encourage Innovative Spirit and Entrepreneurship in Young Adults throughout Illinois
5/12/2005 Governor Blagojevich Aggressively Pursues New Business Opportunities for Northwest Region by Bringing Foreign Trade Representatives from Fifteen Countries to Quad Cities
5/9/2005 U.S. Cellular Opens New Call Center in Bolingbrook
5/9/2005

Governor Blagojevich Announces Major Business Expansion and Job Creation in Lincoln

5/6/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces Continued Growth of E-85 in Illinois; New Station Offering E-85 in Bloomington
5/6/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces Southern Illinois Tourism Conference Highlighting State and Regional Efforts to Increase Tourism
5/5/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces Trade Mission to Canada to Establish New Markets for Illinois Environmental Businesses
5/5/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces Opportunity Returns Investment in Metform to Fuel Expansion Project and Job Creation
5/3/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces Continued Growth of Central Illinois Tourism Industry
5/3/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces Continued Employee Training Investments in Northeast Illinois Manufacturing Workforce
5/2/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces Funding For New “Zero Energy Homes” To Support Low-Income Residents
5/2/2005

Governor Blagojevich Announces $40,000 in Funding To Support Key Study Aimed At Increasing Access to State-Of-The-Art Communication Technology in the Quad Cities

April 2005
4/29/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces Major Opportunity Returns Support To Help Sara Lee Locate Up To 400 New Jobs At Its New Corporate Headquarters In Downers Grove
4/28/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces Critical Farmersville Road Upgrades To Support Central Illinois Coal Industry
4/26/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces Nearly $560,000 to Advance the Health of Southern Illinois’ Workforce
4/25/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces $615,000 to Advance the Health of Southwest Illinois’ Workforce
4/20/0005 Governor Blagojevich Announces Groundbreaking For Pella Corporation’s New Manufacturing Facility Backed By $7 Million Opportunity Returns Investment
4/14/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces Continued Growth of E-85 in Illinois; New Station Offering E-85 in Lincoln
4/13/2005 Governor Blagojevich Proposes Ethanol Production from Corn Residues and New Biofuel Sources
4/12/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces Nestle USA Is Expanding Its ITASCA Operation and Bringing Nearly 100 New Jobs to Northeast Illinois
4/11/2005 Governor Blagojevich Continues Opportunity Returns Strategy to Protect Thousands of Jobs at The Rock Island Arsenal And Attract New Businesses That Will Create Hundreds More
4/6/2005 Governor Blagojevich Signs Executive Order Calling For Strategic Land-Use Planning With Illinois’ Military Installations to Ensure Bases Remain Invaluable To Our Nation
4/6/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces Significant Opportunity Returns Investment in Prominent Pharmaceutical Company Fueling Major Economic Expansion and Bringing 500 New Jobs to Chicagoland Area
4/5/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces Almost $3.6 Million In Critical Workforce Investments In Northeast Illinois Health Care Industry
4/4/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces $1 Million Investment in Technology Innovation Campus Further Strengthening Biotech Industry in Illinois
March 2005
3/29/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces Immediate Effort to Support the INTERMET Employees Who Are Losing Their Jobs in Decatur
3/29/2005 Governor Blagojevich Launches New Web Site to Help Entrepreneurs Grow Their Businesses And Create More Jobs across Illinois
3/24/2005 Governor Blagojevich Partners with Maytag to Make Its Southern Illinois Facility More Efficient and Effective
3/22/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces Opportunity Returns Grant for Continued Revitalization of Chanute Air Force Base
3/21/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces New Round of Challenge Grants from Northwest Region Entrepreneurship Center to Accelerate Growth of Local Companies
3/21/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces $100,000 Opportunity Returns Investment to Train Workforce in Southwest Illinois
3/18/2005 Governor Blagojevich Supports Federal Legislation To More Than Double Ethanol Production
3/16/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces Homeland Security Investments to Build Illinois’ Economy, Secure America’s Future
3/15/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces $80,000 In Employer Training Grants To Lewis And Clark Community College To Help Upgrade The Skills Of Nearly 900 People Across Southwest Illinois
3/15/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces $42,000 Opportunity Returns Training Grant For Major Marion Employer
3/14/2005

Governor Blagojevich Supports Chicagoland Chamber Of Commerce As It Launches Healthcare Survey To Identify Insurance Needs Of Small Businesses

3/10/2005 Governor Blagojevich Continues Promoting Coal’s Vital Role In Lessening Our Dependence On Foreign Energy
3/9/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces $50,000 In Opportunity Returns Funding To Support Center Of Hope’s Recycling Efforts In Rockford
3/8/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces $500,000 in Funding To Help Make E-85 Available At More Illinois Gas Stations and Reduce Our Dependence on Imported Oil
3/7/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces $100,000 Grant to Promote Earned Income Tax Credit Program for Low-Income Residents Statewide
3/3/2005 Governor  Blagojevich Announces Nearly $100,000 in Opportunity Returns Grants to Eliminate the Digital Divide in Several Counties throughout Southern Illinois
3/1/2005 Governor  Blagojevich Announces Critical Opportunity Returns Job Training Grant to Help Increase Competitiveness of Small Manufacturers in Rockford Area
February 2005
2/28/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces A Nearly $1 Million Opportunity Returns Investment in Illinois’ Emerging Biofuel Industry
2/25/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces Opportunity Returns Summit to Foster Collaboration on Important Southern Illinois Economic Development Initiatives
2/24/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces Opportunity Returns Grant to Help Strengthen Technology Literacy in Rockford
2/24/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces Opportunity Returns Grant to Help Strengthen Technology Literacy across Northwest Region
2/23/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces Nearly $1.7 Million in Opportunity Returns Support for Hanover Park Manufacturer To Fuel Major Plant Expansion And Job Growth
2/23/2005 Governor Blagojevich Brings Energy Efficiency Program to Bloomington-Normal
2/22/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces $200,000 Opportunity Returns Investment to Improve Illiopolis Water Infrastructure
2/22/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces Opportunity Returns Grants To Eliminate the Digital Divide in Southern Illinois
2/21/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces Major Opportunity Returns Investment to Bring Leading Manufacturer and 480 Jobs to Macomb
2/17/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces Business Roundtable Bringing Regional Stakeholders Together To Discuss Key Transportation Projects Vital To East Central Region’s Growth And Prosperity
2/15/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces Foreign Trade Mission to Canada to Help Establish New Markets for Illinois Food Businesses
2/14/2005 Governor Blagojevich Continues Coordinated Campaign to Save Illinois’ Military Bases
2/7/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces Critical Opportunity Returns Investment in HN Automotive, Bringing New Jobs To Effingham And Southeast Illinois
2/7/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces $2.8 Million in Opportunity Returns Support Fueling USF Holland Expansion and Bringing 230 New Jobs to Madison County
2/7/2005 Governor Blagojevich Highlights $2 Billion Clean Coal Technology Project That Will Create Thousands of Jobs for the Illinois Economy
January 2005
1/27/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces Expansion Of Central Illinois Entrepreneurship Center Network And Creation Of Springfield E-Center To Spur Innovation And Job Growth
1/26/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces Major Investment In Chrysler Group’s Belvidere Plant To Revamp Facility And Bring 1,000 New Jobs To Northern Stateline Region
1/25/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces A $1.3 Million Opportunity Returns Investment In Bp’s Olefins And Derivatives Unit To Locate Headquarters And 340 Jobs In The Chicagoland Area
1/20/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces Formation of Central Illinois Entrepreneurship Center Network and Expansion of Millikin University E-Center to Spur Innovation and Job Growth
1/19/2005 Governor Blagojevich Brings Energy Efficiency Program to Carbondale and Union County
1/19/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces $25,000 Opportunity Returns Grant to Support Brookport’s Long-Term Economic And Community Development Plan
1/18/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces Business Roundtable to Help East Central Region Businesses Capitalize On Foreign Trade Opportunities
1/13/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces Opportunity Returns Grants to Help Strengthen Technology Literacy across West Central Region
1/13/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces Enterprise Zone Expansion to Spur Economic Growth and Job Creation in Stephenson County
1/13/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces Opportunity Returns Grants To Eliminate the Digital Divide in Southwest Illinois
1/12/2005 Governor Blagojevich Announces Illinois Movie and Television Productions Generated $77 Million and Almost 15,000 Jobs for State Economy In 2004
1/5/2005 Governor Blagojevich Promotes Entrepreneurship in West Central Region through Inaugural Business Plan Competition