Cook County Business
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Prescribed burns part of conservation, nature’s cycleMar 03, 2024 4:58 pm - Long before Europeans settled in Illinois and transformed the Prairie State into what it is today, fire fueled the land. Landscape scale fire, both natural and indigenous...
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One acre at a time: Barrington’s Citizens for Conservation reconnects the suburbs with Illinois’ Prairie State originsMar 03, 2024 4:55 pm - Every Thursday and Saturday morning, Matt Van Acker puts on his work gloves, grabs his curved hand saw and leaves his home in Barrington on foot, walking south across a v...
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Nurse practitioner helps revive Rolling Meadows community clinic he went to as a kidMar 03, 2024 9:59 am - Adam Chavez was 9 years old when he and his family moved to a Rolling Meadows apartment complex, where he could visit a neighborhood resource center’s clinic for physicals and vaccinations. Now a nurse practitioner, Chavez is helping bring those health care services back.
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How to foster workplace productivity in a post-pandemic environmentMar 03, 2024 5:39 am - Now that hybrid work schedules have become the norm for office workers, the best way to ensure productivity is making sure they are happy and feel a sense of connection t...
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The Biz Week That Was: New steakhouse, restaurant week, and a therapeutic pool among highlightsMar 03, 2024 5:37 am - Perry’s Steakhouse to open third Chicago-area location as part of Hawthorn mall redevelopment in Vernon Hills Texas-based Perry’s Steakhouse & Grille plans to open i...
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Is the autoworkers union endorsing Foster or Rashid in the 11th District? It depends who you askMar 01, 2024 4:30 pm - Just weeks after members of a local labor union for automobile factory workers first appeared in a commercial supporting U.S. Rep. Bill Foster’s reelection campaign, a mu...
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Mosaic Construction completes construction of New K-12 STEM learning facility for Noggin BuildersMar 01, 2024 12:38 pm - Mosaic Construction, LLC, a full-service commercial and multifamily design-build firm, has completed construction of an innovative K-12 STEM learning facility for Noggin Builders at 4165 Dundee Road in Northbrook.
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South Barrington Park District again auctions land, but identity of winning bidder isn’t clearFeb 29, 2024 2:59 pm - Thirty-four acres of undeveloped South Barrington Park District land called “Area N” has once again sold at auction, but the identity of the winning bidder isn’t clear. A...
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Mosaic Construction completes new K-12 STEM learning facility for Noggin BuildersFeb 29, 2024 2:01 pm - Mosaic Construction, LLC, a full-service commercial and multifamily design-build firm, recently completed construction of an innovative K-12 STEM learning facility fo...
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Harper College’s high-tech health care training center helps students learn teamworkFeb 29, 2024 10:49 am - Health care is a team sport. From nursing to imaging, techs to doctors, it’s important that everyone involved in patient care knows how to work together.