Elgin Business
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Volunteerism leads to app creationOct 31, 2011 6:00 am - A new App Boot Camp and a very low-tech wheelbarrow full of mulch definitely had a connection for Eileen Sweeney, director of Libertyville-based Motorola Mobility Founda...
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It’s crunch time for a Sears incentive planOct 31, 2011 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — With top Sears Holdings Corp. executives saying they’ll decide whether to leave Hoffman Estates by the end of the year and state lawmakers scheduled to mee...
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Realtor group hosting fundraiser for homeless D211 studentsOct 31, 2011 12:00 am - When Cindy Eich discovered more than 150 Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 students were identified as homeless in the 2010-11 school year, she felt a persona...
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Barrington authorizes demolition of two buildingsOct 28, 2011 12:00 am - Two commercial buildings in downtown Barrington now owned by the village are slated for demolition to improve the properties’ marketability to developers. Village board ...
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Tight economy or not, Halloween house decor creeps onOct 27, 2011 11:00 pm - What's the price of throwing a good scare into your neighbors? For Jon Gear of St. Charles, it's $50 to $75. Gear won the “high scare — low budget” category of the St. C...
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Planned Elgin pizzeria gets grant to aid openingOct 27, 2011 5:30 am - Chooch’s Pizzeria is one step closer to opening its doors in Elgin’s downtown. Elgin City Council members gave preliminary approval to a $21,912 grant for brothers Mike...
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Elgin hears big opposition to business licensesOct 26, 2011 11:00 pm - More than 100 Elgin residents and business owners packed the city council chambers Wednesday night demanding the city stop requiring business licenses. They hoped to fo...
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Calm deliberation can bring a solution on SearsOct 26, 2011 5:00 am - The mantra that should be coming out of Springfield this week and next related to a proposal for tax breaks for Sears Holdings Corp. is a simple one: Cooler heads. It s...
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Tax incentive lures Elk Grove manufacturer to SchaumburgOct 26, 2011 12:00 am - An expanding manufacturer of turbine blades in Elk Grove Village will be taking advantage of a Cook County property tax incentive to move to a larger, long vacant quarte...
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Two restaurants, for opposite tastes, coming to SchaumburgOct 26, 2011 12:00 am - Two more new restaurants — quite the opposite of each other — are on their way to Schaumburg. Salad Works will be moving into Unit 170 of the Streets of Woodfield shoppi...