Cook County Business
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Barrington pins high hopes on Golden Triangle developmentDec 27, 2023 6:34 am - Barrington’s downtown Golden Triangle area is about to burst with long-awaited redevelopment. A four-story, mixed-use building will spring up on the area bounded by Hough...
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WBK Engineering marks 25 years of serviceDec 26, 2023 9:47 pm - WBK Engineering, a Bodwé Professional Services company recently certified a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise, marks 25 years of service. Headquartered in St. Charles, th...
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Moving and hauling service adds new territoryDec 26, 2023 9:44 pm - The Northwest suburban franchise for College Hunks Hauling Junk & Moving is expanding its service area covering northern Cook County. Owner-operators Erica Fine and Matt...
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Schaumburg Boomers owner named Sportsman of Year by Italian American Sports Hall of FameDec 26, 2023 6:01 pm - At a star-studded event in Elk Grove Village that included emcee Tom Dreesen and fellow honoree Priscilla Presley, Schaumburg Boomers owner Patrick Salvi was named Sports...
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The Biz Week That Was: Cafe closure, new grocer, and rise in self-checkout among highlightsDec 24, 2023 6:00 am - Arlington Heights’ Uptown Cafe closes After the deaths of owners Georgios and Georgene Avgeris just days apart last year, family members soldiered on to keep the cou...
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How one pool, spa company turned making holidays bright into their businessDec 24, 2023 6:00 am - It used to be decorating the outside of your house for Christmas was simple. You dug strings of lights out of the boxes in your garage and untangled them. Then you risked...
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Palooza Pizza opens in Schaumburg at former Firehouse Dogs locationDec 22, 2023 2:37 pm - Though its building upgrade took longer than expected, Palooza Pizza has met its goal of opening in 2023 on the former site of Firehouse Dogs in Schaumburg. Experienced r...
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‘Like a good friend’: With barber’s retirement, Hanover Park’s oldest business closingDec 22, 2023 2:35 pm - Hanover Park barber Tony Ruffolo’s retirement next Saturday not only will make members of his profession scarcer, but also close the village’s longest-operating business....
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Trying to ‘make it happen’: How Arlington Heights is working to resolve tax dispute between Bears, schoolsDec 22, 2023 6:33 am - Though they’ve mostly been quiet publicly, Arlington Heights and Bears officials have been working for months to resolve a property tax dispute over the NFL franchise’s 326-acre Arlington Park property, according to records obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests.
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Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership and Union Pacific create all-female internship programDec 22, 2023 6:08 am - The Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership and Union Pacific Railroad recently announced registration is open for the Opportunity Works internship program, focused on the tra...