|
December 2006 |
12/26/2006 |
Gov. Blagojevich Announces More Than
$103,000 For College of Dupage’s Homeland
Security Procurement Technical Assistance
Center to Help Small Businesses Compete For
Homeland Security Contracts |
|
12/21/2006 |
Gov. Blagojevich Commends Recently Released
Technology Report For the Quad Cities That
Will Help Set the Stage For More Economic
Growth and Jobs |
|
12/20/2006 |
Gov. Blagojevich Supports Big Ten and Fox
Leaders in Announcing the Big Ten Network’s
Headquarters in Chicago |
|
12/18/2006 |
Gov. Blagojevich
Announces More Than $1.3 Million in Support
of Commercialization Efforts For
High-Growth, Tech-Based Firms Across The
State |
|
12/14/2006 |
Gov. Blagojevich Announces Investment in
Woman-Owned Venture Capital Fund That
Targets Early Stage, High-Growth Companies |
|
12/12/2006 |
Gov. Blagojevich Announces Enterprise Zone
Expansion That Will Provide Important
Economic Boost For Knox County |
|
12/11/2006 |
Gov. Blagojevich Praises Scientific Report
Supporting the Construction of Important
U.S. Nuclear Science Facility |
|
12/5/2006 |
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $516,000 to Five
Chicagoland Manufacturing Companies On The
Verge of Rapid Growth in The $45 Billion
Dollar Homeland Security Industry |
|
12/4/2006 |
Gov. Blagojevich Announces More Than
$250,000 in Opportunity Returns Support to
Help Company Expand Operations Into Lasalle
County |
|
November 2006 |
|
11/30/2006 |
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $300,000 to Three
Chicagoland Software Companies to Help
Support Developing New Homeland Security
Products |
|
11/29/2006 |
Gov. Blagojevich Commends St. Clair County
Company and Four Other Illinois Firms On
Successful Trade Mission to China |
|
11/28/2006 |
Gov. Blagojevich Proclaims Argonne National
Laboratory Day in Illinois in Celebration of
60 Years of Cutting-Edge Research and
Development |
|
11/21/2006 |
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $500,000 For
Innovative Training Program to Advance
Workforce Skills Across Illinois’ Growing
Life Science Industry |
|
11/20/2006 |
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $60,000 to Help
Create a Comprehensive Database of Homeland
Security Companies and Products in Illinois |
|
11/18/2006 |
Gov. Blagojevich Praises Ribbon Cutting of
Electronic Recycling Permanent Drop-Off
Facility at Goose Island |
11/16/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $150,000 in
Opportunity Returns Support for Important
Franklin County Infrastructure Improvement |
11/15/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $57,000 in
Funding To Establish a Center for Computer
Security Training at Harper College |
11/9/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Awards $1 Million to
Improve Energy Efficiency of Public Schools
in Southwest Illinois |
11/3/2006
|
Blagojevich Administration Celebrates
Groundbreaking of New Danville Biofuels
Plant That Will Help Lessen Illinois’
Depedence On Foreign Oil and Create 15 New
Jobs |
11/3/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces a $300,000
Investment to Bring International Homeland
Security Company to Illinois |
11/3/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich and the Chicago-Israel
Business Initiative Announce Trade Mission
to Israel |
11/3/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Praises the Completion of
Greenville Business Expansion That Is
Keeping Almost 240 Jobs in Bond County |
11/2/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $880,000
Workforce Training Grant to the Valley
Industrial Association to Upgrade the Skills
of Workers across Northeast Illinois |
11/2/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $11.3 Million in
Opportunity Returns Support to Help Massac
County Manufacturer Expand |
11/1/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Brings 15 Countries to
Southern Illinois for the Region’s First
Ever Reverse Trade Mission |
11/1/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $250,000 in New
Funding To Continue Helping Entrepreneurs
Grow Their Businesses and Create More Jobs
across Southern Illinois |
|
October 2006 |
10/31/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Invests More Than $8
Million into Making Illinois Coal More
Competitive While Also Creating Hundreds of
New Jobs |
10/30/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Praises Corn Products
International’s New Clean Coal Technology
Boiler in Cook County Financed In Part By $6
Million in Opportunity Returns Support |
10/26/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich and City of Chicago
Celebrate U.S. Department Of Labor’s New
Freedom Initiative Award for Disabilityworks
Program |
10/25/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $300,000 in New
Funding To Continue Helping Entrepreneurs
Grow Their Businesses and Create More Jobs
across Northwest Illinois |
10/25/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Celebrates Beginning of
Construction for the Prairie State Energy
Campus |
10/25/2006
|
Blagojevich Administration Holds Illinois
Food Systems Policy Council Meeting At
Richland Community College |
10/25/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $215,000 to Two
Bio-Tech Companies In Support Of Homeland
Security Product Development Efforts |
10/24/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Names Former State
Journal-Register Publisher Patrick Coburn
Chair of Destination Springfield Civic
Leadership Group |
10/23/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $110,000 Homeland
Security Product Development Grant to Help
Mt. Vernon Company Expand |
10/21/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $8 Million Grant
to Support Expansion of Recycling In Chicago |
10/20/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces Grant to Massac
County to Enhance Kincaid Mounds and Boost
Local Tourism |
10/19/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Will Bring About 16
Countries To Southern Illinois For The
Region’s First Ever Reverse Trade Mission |
10/19/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $150,000 in New
Funding To Continue Helping Entrepreneurs
Grow Their Businesses and Create More Jobs
across the Rock River Valley |
10/19/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $550,000
Workforce Training Grant to Mchenry County
College to Upgrade the Skills of Workers
throughout the County |
10/18/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Welcomes Manufacturer and
Railway Service Provider to Knox County With
Up To $267,000 in Opportunity Returns
Support |
10/17/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces Futuregen for
Illinois Task Force |
10/14/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Praises Ribbon Cutting Of
Macoupin County Business Expansion That Is
Creating 20 New Jobs |
10/12/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces More Than
$130,000 Workforce Training Grant to Zlb
Behring to Upgrade the Skills of Its
Employees in Kankakee County |
10/12/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $3 Million to
Help Boost New Facility That Will Make Gas
from Illinois Coal in Jefferson County |
10/12/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $400,000
Opportunity Returns Grant to Boost Broadband
Connectivity throughout Southern Illinois |
10/10/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $68,000 Workforce
Training Grant to Sterling Steel to Upgrade
the Skills of Its Employees in Whiteside
County |
10/7/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $2.2 Million
Grant for One of the World’s Largest
Land-Based Wind Farms |
10/6/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces Nearly $80,000 in
Workforce Training Grants to Four Companies
in Peoria and Tazewell Counties to Upgrade
the Skills of Their Employees |
10/5/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces Almost $800,000
Business Investment Package to Help Company
Purchase Former Duquoin Bakery |
10/5/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces More Than
$111,000 in Funding To Bring 26 New E-85
Stations to Illinois |
10/5/2006
|
Blagojevich Administration Celebrates New
Ethanol Production Facility That Will Lessen
Our Dependence on Foreign Oil and Bring 45
New Jobs to Central Illinois |
10/3/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces Almost 100,000 in
Workforce Training Grants to Six Companies
in the Rock River Valley to Upgrade the
Skills of Their Employees |
|
September 2006 |
9/29/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $150,000 for New
Entrepreneurship Center in Carlinville to
Help High-Growth Companies and Create More
Jobs in Central Illinois |
9/27/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Celebrates Grand Opening of
Cabinetry Manufacturing Plant Backed By
$630,000 in Opportunity Returns Support |
9/26/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich’s Administration Hosts
Foreign Trade Roundtable in Galena |
9/25/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $125,000 Grant to
Enhance Anderson Japanese Gardens and Boost
Local Tourism |
9/23/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Praises Dedication of the
Lewis and Clark Confluence Tower That Will
Be Important Southwest Illinois Tourism
Asset |
9/22/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces Illinois Food
Systems Policy Council’s First Food Security
Exercise at Richland Community College |
9/21/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Tours Site of Future
Expansion of Will County Biofuels Plant That
Will Lessen Illinois’ Dependence on Foreign
Oil |
9/20/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $400,000 Is
Available To Encourage More
Environmentally-Friendly Building |
9/18/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Celebrates Dedication of
Center for Nanoscale Materials at Argonne
National Laboratory |
9/14/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $250,000 in New
Funding To Continue Helping Entrepreneurs
Grow Their Businesses and Create More Jobs
across North Central Illinois |
9/13/2006
|
Blagojevich Administration Hosts Important
Transportation Security Conference to
Discuss Illinois’ Leading Role in This Vital
Market |
9/12/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Celebrates the Midwest
Launch of Zipcar, a Unique Car Sharing
Service in Chicago |
9/12/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Builds Awareness about the
Benefits of E-85 and Biodiesel in Grayslake |
9/12/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces Illinois’ Exports
Up 16.5 Percent for the First Half of 2006;
Highlights the Continued Success of Illinois
Companies Abroad |
9/7/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich, Bradley and Millikin
Universities Kick Off Homeland Security
Business Competition for Companies across
Central and Southeast Illinois |
9/7/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces Nearly $370,000
in Innovative Grants to Strengthen
Technology Skills and Training across
Southwest Illinois |
9/6/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces More Than
$175,000 in Innovative Grants to Strengthen
Technology Literacy in Southeast Illinois |
9/5/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces Nearly $150,000
in Innovative Grants to Strengthen
Technology Literacy in Southern Illinois |
|
August 2006 |
8/31/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Celebrates Groundbreaking
of New Ethanol Production Facility That Will
Help Lessen Illinois’ Dependence on Foreign
Oil and Bring About 35 New Jobs to Southwest
Illinois |
8/30/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $1 Million
Available For Solar Thermal Energy Grant
Program |
8/30/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Praises US EPA for Signing
Off On More than $2 Billion Clean Coal
Technology Project That Will Create
Thousands of Jobs for Southern Illinois |
8/29/2006
|
Blagojevich Administration Welcomes U.S.
Department Of Energy Officials to Tuscola;
Continues Coordinated Effort to Bring
Futuregen to Illinois |
8/28/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces A $630,000
Opportunity Returns Grant to the City Of
Harrisburg to Help Local Company Expand
Business Operations and Create 40 New Jobs |
8/25/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $150,000
Recycling Grant to Southern Illinois
University Carbondale as Part of an
Innovative Waste Management Program |
8/24/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces Illinois Has Once
Again Led the Nation in New Jobs Created |
8/23/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces More Than $1.5
Million in Opportunity Returns Funding For
Important Infrastructure Improvements across
Northwest Illinois |
8/23/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $687,500 in
Opportunity Returns Funding For Important
Clinton and Randolph County Infrastructure
Improvements |
8/23/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces More Than $3.5
Million in Opportunity Returns Funding For
Important Infrastructure Improvements across
Southern Illinois |
8/23/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces More Than $3.5
Million in Opportunity Returns Funding For
Important Infrastructure Improvements
throughout Southeast Illinois |
8/23/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $350,000 in
Opportunity Returns Funding For Important
Kankakee County Infrastructure Improvement |
8/23/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $754,000 in
Opportunity Returns Funding For Important
Infrastructure Improvements in East Central
Illinois |
8/23/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces More Than $4.2
Million in Opportunity Returns Funding For
Important Central Illinois Infrastructure
Improvements |
8/23/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces Almost $2.8
Million in Opportunity Returns Funding For
Important Infrastructure Improvements across
North Central Illinois |
8/23/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces More Than $1.1
Million in Opportunity Returns Funding For
Important Infrastructure Improvements across
West Central Illinois |
8/22/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces the
Groundbreaking for a Critical Waterway
Infrastructure Improvement Project in the
City Of Knoxville |
8/15/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces a New $25 Million
Investment to Help Build Five
State-Of-The-Art Ethanol and Bodies Plants
across Illinois |
8/10/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich’s Top Economic Development
Official, U.S. Senator Durbin and U.S. Rep.
Johnson Visit Tuscola And Mattoon As
Coordinated Campaign to Bring Futuregen to
Illinois Continues |
8/9/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces A Nearly $90,000
Opportunity Returns Grant to Support
Recycling Efforts and Job Creation in
Decatur |
8/9/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $100,000 in
Opportunity Returns Grants to Support
Recycling Efforts throughout St. Clair and
Madison Counties |
8/9/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $100,000
Opportunity Returns Grant to Support
Recycling Efforts and Job Creation in Quincy |
8/8/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces Widespread Effort
to Increase Electronics Recycling and Expand
the Industry throughout the Chicagoland Area |
8/8/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $49,050
Opportunity Returns Grant to Support
Additional Recycling Collection in Crawford
County |
8/7/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces More Than
$177,000 in Opportunity Returns Grants to
Support Innovative Recycling Efforts
throughout Southern Illinois |
8/7/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces Almost $180,000
in Opportunity Returns Grants to Support
Innovative Recycling Efforts throughout
North Central Illinois |
8/4/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $563,000 to Four
High-Tech, Chicago Area Companies to Help
Support the Development of New Homeland
Security Products |
8/3/2006
|
Blagojevich Administration and City Of
Chicago Kick-Off Tall Ships© Chicago 2006
Festival |
8/3/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich, Mayor Daley Announce the
“Olympics of Biotech” Is Coming Back To
Illinois after Its Most Successful
Conference Ever In April |
8/1/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Continues Strong Push To
Bring World’s Cleanest Coal Plant to
Illinois |
|
July 2006 |
7/31/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces More Than $4.5
Million in Opportunity Returns Support to
Bring New Manufacturing Facility to Lee
County |
7/31/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Congratulates the
University of Chicago For Winning The U.S.
Department Of Energy’s new $2.5 Billion
Management Contract For Argonne National
Laboratory |
7/28/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $735,000 to
Increase Commercialization Efforts for
Tech-Driven Companies at the University Of
Illinois and Across the State |
7/27/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $50,000
Opportunity Returns Grant for Rail Study in
Richland County |
7/27/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Sends Top Economic
Development Official to Washington, Dc to
Talk With Congressional Delegation About
Next Steps In Bringing Futuregen to Illinois |
7/26/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $250,000
Opportunity Returns Grant to the City Of
Staunton to Help Build New Assisted Living
Center That Will Create Nearly 20 Jobs |
7/26/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich and Target Announce Opening
of Major New Distribution Center Bringing At
Least 500 New Jobs to Dekalb |
7/26/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Continues Commitment to
National Railroad Hall of Fame in Galesburg |
7/25/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Praises the Decision that
the World’s Cleanest Coal Plant Is One Step
Closer To Coming to Illinois |
7/24/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces an Almost
$285,000 Opportunity Returns Grant for
Centralia Housing Rehabilitation Project |
7/20/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces Grand Opening of
A Community Technology Center with A $35,300
Grant to Strengthen Technology Literacy in
Aurora |
7/20/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces a $330,000
Opportunity Returns Grant for Edgar County
Housing Rehabilitation Project |
7/18/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces Up To $2 Million
in Assistance to Help the Approximately
1,000 Workers and Their Families When
Whirlpool’s Herrin Plant Closes |
7/18/2006
|
Illinois Gov. Blagojevich Announces
Approximately $7 Million in Opportunity
Returns Support for Schneider National |
7/17/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $200,000 for New
Entrepreneurship Center in Centralia to Help
High-Growth Companies and Create More Jobs
in Southern Illinois |
7/13/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $450,000
Investment in Peoria-Based Venture Capital
Fund to Fuel Economic Growth and Job
Creation for Early Stage, Tech-Based
Companies |
7/12/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Creates Pioneering
Initiative To Drive Growth and Redevelopment
along Illinois’ Rivers – Helping Restore
Them as Economic Engines |
7/11/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Celebrates Opening of New
Warehouse Facility for Coles County
Manufacturer |
7/11/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $328,000
Opportunity Returns Grant for Bond County
Housing Rehabilitation Project |
7/11/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces Almost $1 Million
in Opportunity Returns Grants for Central
Illinois Housing Rehabilitation Projects |
7/10/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces Almost $620,000
in Opportunity Returns Grants for Warren and
Henderson County Housing Rehabilitation
Projects |
7/10/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces Almost $1 Million
in Opportunity Returns Grants for Fulton
County Housing Rehabilitation Projects |
7/10/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces Nearly $1.3
Million in Opportunity Returns Grants for
Southern Illinois Housing Rehabilitation
Projects |
7/7/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $50,000 Grant to
Enhance General John A. Logan Museum and
Boost Local Tourism |
7/6/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $445,000 in
Homeland Security Product Development Grants
to Four, Chicago-Based Advanced Technology
Companies |
7/5/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $500,000
Investment in Venture Capital Fund to Fuel
Economic Growth and Job Creation for Early
Stage, Tech-Based Companies |
7/3/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Welcomes Back State of
Illinois Trade Mission to Israel |
|
June 2006 |
6/29/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces New Tourism Web
Site to Encourage Fans to Visit Locations of
Movies Filmed Across the State |
6/29/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces New Enterprise
Zone That Will Spur Economic Growth and
Attract New Investment in Waukegan and North
Chicago |
6/27/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces More Than $1
Million in Support to Help Global Internet
Exchange Provider Expand Operations in
Illinois |
6/26/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $1 Million
Available For Solar Energy Rebate Program |
6/26/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $68,000 High
Technology School-To-Work Grant to Bring
College Students to Sugar Grove to Train for
Advanced Technology Careers |
6/22/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $1 Million for
New Initiative to Encourage Innovation in
Key Sectors of the Chicagoland Economy |
6/21/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces More Than $2
Million in Opportunity Returns Support to
Keep Winnebago County Manufacturer in
Illinois |
6/20/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $550,000 in
Homeland Security Product Development Grants
to Help Four Tech-Based, Champaign Companies
Expand |
6/19/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces More Than $1.7
Million in Opportunity Returns Support to
Help Suburban Company Expand At New Will
County Distribution Center |
6/16/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces Winners Of
Innovate Illinois 2006 |
6/14/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces State Of Illinois
Trade Mission to Israel and Innovative
Illinois, Israeli Business Science Exchange
Program |
6/12/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich’s Administration to
Host Foreign Trade Seminar in Peoria |
6/12/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces Almost
$950,000 in Support to Help Company
Permanently Relocate To Cahokia Facility |
6/7/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces Almost $1
Million in Opportunity Returns Support to
Help Bring Pabst Brewing Company
Headquarters to Illinois |
6/6/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces Comprehensive
Investment Package to Help Bring the World’s
Cleanest Coal Plant to Illinois |
6/5/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces More Than $2
Million to Help Company That Is Purchasing
and Expanding Former Sauget Zinc Plant |
6/1/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces Triumph Foods
Will Build $135 Million, State-Of-The-Art
Processing Plant in East Moline |
|
May 2006 |
5/29/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Sets the Stage for More
Film and Television Productions Coming To
Illinois |
5/25/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces Agreement
with Dynegy To Provide $1 Million To Improve
Energy Efficiency Of Public Schools In
Madison, Monroe And St. Clair Counties |
5/25/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Co-Sponsors Innovative
Business Plan Competition That Will Provide
$25,000 Award to Top Company Who Locates In
Illinois |
5/23/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Stages Homeland
Security Contracting Forum in Moline |
|
5/22/2006 |
Gov. Blagojevich Announces 15 Southern
Illinois State Finalists Selected For
Innovate Illinois 2006 |
|
5/22/2006 |
Gov. Blagojevich Announces 12 Northern
Illinois State Finalists Selected For
Innovate Illinois 2006 |
|
5/22/2006 |
Gov. Blagojevich Announces Six Central
Illinois State Finalists Selected For
Innovate Illinois 2006 |
5/18/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Highlights Largest
Three-Month Consecutive Job Gain In Seven
Years |
5/18/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich, City Of Chicago and
Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce Announce
Kick-Off Of Disabilityworks Initiative to
Promote Employment Opportunities for People
with Disabilities |
5/17/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces Grant Awards
from Western Illinois Entrepreneurship
Center to Accelerate Growth of Promising
Firms and Create New Jobs across Region |
5/16/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Aggressively Pursues
New Business Opportunities by Bringing
Foreign Trade Representatives from 21
Countries to Champaign-Urbana, Danville and
Rantoul |
5/15/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces Almost $1
Million in Opportunity Returns Support to
Help Coles County Manufacturer Expand
Operations and Create 35 New Jobs |
5/12/2006
|
Blagojevich Administration Highlights
Innovative Initiative to Drive Growth and
Redevelopment along Rockford’s Riverfront |
5/10/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Celebrates the
Announcement Of A Third Shift At Chrysler
Group’s Newly Retooled Belvidere Assembly
Plant That Will Create another 1,000 New
Jobs |
5/10/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $51,000 in
Funding To Sponsor Workshop Series Aimed At
Helping Manufacturers across Northwest
Illinois Increase Efficiency and
Competitiveness |
5/10/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces Immediate
Effort to Try and Prevent Closing of Maytag
Herrin Laundry Products Plant |
5/9/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces Winners of
Homeland Security Business Plan Contest in
Western Illinois |
5/9/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces another
Opportunity Returns Summit to Continue
Fostering Collaboration on Important
Southern Illinois Economic Development
Initiatives |
5/8/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces a $65,000
High Technology School-To-Work Grant to
Train Zion-Benton High School Students for
Careers in the Growing Field Of Laser
Technology |
5/4/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Applauds Passage of the
Expanded Film and Television Production Tax
Credit |
5/3/2006
|
Illinois Submits Four Sites for $1 Billion
Coal Plant-Of-The-Future |
5/3/2006
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Gov. Blagojevich Applauds Passage of
Innovative Initiative to Drive Growth and
Redevelopment along Illinois’ Rivers –
Helping Restore Them as Economic Engines |
5/2/2006
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Gov. Blagojevich Expands Program to Help
Small Businesses Reduce Energy Costs through
Energy Efficiency |
5/1/2006
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Gov. Blagojevich Announces $110,000 in
Funding To Address Critical Shortage of
Manufacturing Workers in Northern Stateline
Region |
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April 2006 |
4/27/2006
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Gov. Blagojevich Announces $300,000 in
Homeland Security Product Development Grants
to Two Suburban Chicago Manufacturing
Companies That Will Help Create 34 New Jobs |
4/26/2006
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Gov. Blagojevich Announces Support for
the Largest Polish-American Trade Show in
the United States |
4/26/2006
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Gov. Blagojevich Announces CampCEO to
Encourage Innovative Spirit and
Entrepreneurship in Young Adults throughout
Illinois |
4/21/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Proclaims Particle
Accelerator Day in Illinois |
4/20/2006
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Gov. Blagojevich Announces $250,000
Opportunity Returns Grant for Port
Redevelopment Project That Could Generate
Hundreds of Central Illinois Jobs |
4/19/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $300,000
Grant That Is Helping Better Built® Network
Bring Energy Savings to Central Illinois
Homeowners |
4/19/2006
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Gov. Blagojevich Announces More Than
$163,000 in Workforce Training Grants to
Upgrade the Skills of Almost 330 Illinois
High-Tech Employees |
4/18/2006
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Gov. Blagojevich Announces $200,000 For
New Entrepreneurship Center To 3Help
High-Growth Companies And Create More Jobs
Across Chicago’s South Suburbs |
4/17/2006
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Gov. Blagojevich Announces $150,000
Homeland Security Product Development Grant
for Fulton County Manufacturing Company That
Will Help Create More Than 20 New Jobs |
4/14/2006
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Illinois Finalist Sites Named For $1 Billion
Coal Plant-Of-The-Future |
4/10/2006
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Gov. Blagojevich Welcomes the World To
Chicago for the “Olympics of Biotech” |
4/10/2006
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Gov. Blagojevich Announces Memorandum of
Understanding Signing Between the State Of
Illinois and the Province Of Ontario at Bio
2006 Conference |
4/7/2006
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Gov. Blagojevich Welcomes Delegation of Top
Israeli Scientists to Illinois – Provides a
Forum to Discuss Illinois’ Homeland Security
Market Development Activity |
4/6/2006
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Gov. Blagojevich Announces More Than
$200,000 in Grants to Train Chicago Public
School Teachers and Students in the Growing
Field Of Biotechnology |
4/3/2006
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Gov. Blagojevich Announces More Than
$122,000 in Opportunity Returns Planning
Grants for Central Illinois Infrastructure
Improvement Projects |
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March 2006 |
3/31/2006
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Gov. Blagojevich Announces Support for
High-Profile Aviation Security Conference at
Southern Illinois University Carbondale |
3/29/2006
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Gov. Blagojevich Invests $15,000 to
Promote Minority Participation at Bio 2006
Annual International Convention and Future
Illinois Biotech Initiatives |
3/24/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces Support for
the First-Ever Midwest Regional Cyber
Defense Competition |
3/23/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces Inaugural
Meeting of the Illinois Food Systems Policy
Council at Richland Community College |
3/22/2006
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Gov. Blagojevich Announces $74,000 High
Technology School-To-Work Grant to Bring
College Students to Edwardsville to Train
for Careers in Biotechnology |
3/22/2006
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Gov. Blagojevich Announces a $72,500
High Technology School-To-Work Grant to
Train Peoria Students for Careers in the
Growing Field Of Biotechnology |
3/20/2006
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Gov. Blagojevich Announces Innovative
New Web Site to Market Illinois Goods and
Services |
3/16/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $67,000 in
Opportunity Returns Planning Grants for
Northwest Illinois Infrastructure
Improvement Projects |
3/16/2006
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Gov. Blagojevich Announces $23,500
Opportunity Returns Planning Grant for Knox
County Infrastructure Improvement Project |
3/16/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces Nearly
$160,000 in Opportunity Returns Planning
Grants for Southern Illinois Infrastructure
Improvement Projects |
3/15/2006
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Gov. Blagojevich Announces $150,000
Grant for Homeland Security Product
Development |
3/10/2006
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Gov. Blagojevich Announces $200,000 For
New Entrepreneurship Center To Help
High-Growth Companies and Create More Jobs
Across Chicago’s South Side |
3/3/2006
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Gov. Blagojevich Announces Illinois’
Third Consecutive Year of Increased Exports |
3/2/2006
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Gov. Blagojevich Celebrates Survey
Ranking Chicagoland Area as the Top Metro
Region in the Nation for New and Expanded
Corporate Facilities |
3/1/2006
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Gov. Blagojevich Urges Illinois
Companies to Participate In “Olympics of
Biotech” In Chicago This April |
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February 2006 |
2/28/2006
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Blagojevich Administration Briefs
Congressional Staff and Leading Private
Sector Defense and Security Officials on
Illinois’ Strategic Approach to Meeting the
Critical National Need for Products in the
Homeland Security Market |
2/24/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $350,000 in
New Funding To Continue Helping
Entrepreneurs Grow Their Businesses and
Create More Jobs across East Central
Illinois |
2/22/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $220,000 in
Funding To Address Critical Shortage of
Industrial Workers in Northwest Illinois |
2/17/2006
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Gov. Blagojevich Announces another
Opportunity Returns Summit to Foster
Collaboration on Important Southern Illinois
Economic Development Initiatives |
2/15/2006
|
Gov.’s budget for DCEO continues making
crucial investments in Illinois economy to
help businesses thrive and create jobs
across the state |
2/13/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Unveils Innovative
Initiative to Drive Growth and Redevelopment
along Illinois’ Rivers – Helping Restore
Them as Economic Engines |
2/8/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces Nearly $1.8
Million in Support to Help Carlisle Syntec
Improve and Expand Its Operations in Bond
County |
2/8/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces That True
Partners Consulting Is Bringing 30 New Jobs
to Chicago |
2/7/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces More Than
$1.7 Million in Opportunity Returns Support
to Help Build State-Of-The-Art Processing
Plant That Will Bring At Least 100 Jobs to
Stephenson County |
2/3/2006
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Gov. Blagojevich Praises Groundbreaking
of High-Tech Business Incubator in Peoria
That Will Fuel Economic Growth across Region |
2/2/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $177,000 in
Local Planning Grants to South Suburban
Chicago Communities |
2/1/2006
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Gov. Blagojevich Celebrates Launch Of
The Dodge Caliber At The Chrysler Group’s
Newly Retooled Belvidere Assembly Plant |
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January 2006 |
1/31/2006
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Gov. Blagojevich Announces $240,000 in
Funding To Address Critical Shortage of
Manufacturing Workers in Southern Illinois |
1/27/2006
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Gov. Blagojevich Announces $30,000 Grant
to Help Attract Business and Spur
Development along the U.S. Route 34
Logistics Corridor |
1/26/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces Winners of
Homeland Security Business Plan Contest in
Rock River Valley |
1/23/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces Launch of
Homeland Security Field of Study at
Illinois’ Universities to Promote Future
Careers in This Vital Industry |
1/13/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $56,000 in
Funding To Sponsor Workshop Series Aimed At
Helping Manufacturers across Southwest
Illinois Increase Efficiency and
Competitiveness |
1/12/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Commends Two Franklin
County Companies and Four Other Illinois
Firms on Highly Successful Trade Mission to
Chile |
1/9/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $5 Million
Investment for New Coal Gasification Project
at Taylorville Energy Center |
1/9/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $500,000 in
New Funding To Continue To Help
Entrepreneurs Grow Their Businesses and
Create More Jobs across Western Illinois |
1/9/2006
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Gov. Blagojevich Announces a $500,000
Workforce Training Grant to Enhance the
Skills of 2,200 Employees at Caterpillar
Suppliers across Illinois |
1/9/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $325,000 in
Grants to Help Develop High-Tech, Homeland
Security Products and Create 40 New Jobs |
1/9/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces $2.4 Million
in Funding to Begin Expansion of Western
Illinois University’s Quad Cities Campus |
1/9/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces Funding For
Eigerlab Research Center to Revitalize
Manufacturing and Fuel Economic Growth in
Northern Stateline Region |
1/5/2006
|
Gov. Blagojevich Announces Nearly
$107,000 in Funding To Richland Community
College to Launch Homeland Security Food
Systems Policy Council |
