County Board Approves 2016 Budget with No Property Tax Increase

The DuPage County Board approved the 2016 budget on Nov. 24, which reduces spending and includes no property tax increase for the eighth consecutive year. The budget is $444.4 million, a decrease of $5.1 million from the previous year’s approved budget. It includes $56.5 million in capital projects for stormwater, drainage and road construction and $66.9 million in property taxes. Continue reading →

Community Center Ribbon Cutting

Community Center Ribbon Cutting

County Board member Paul Fichtner (back row, second from right) joined County Board Chairman Dan Cronin (front row, fourth from left) and members of the Board of Health in celebrating the opening of the DuPage County Health Department’s new Community Center. The facility is a private/public partnership between NAMI DuPage and the Health Department to provide expanded mental health services.  Continue reading →

Morgan / Harbour to build 15,072-square-foot warehouse in Lombard

Kosmek USA Ltd. By: Stephanie Aguilar, Midwest Real Estate News Morgan / Harbour has been selected to construct a 15,072-square-foot office/warehouse for Kosmek USA Ltd. at 650 Springer Road in Lombard, Illinois. Construction is scheduled for completion in summer 2016. The new facility will be comprised of 6,950 square feet of office space and 8,122 square feet of warehouse space for the firm, which is relocating from Downers Grove, Illinois. Continue reading →

Administration Takes Step Forward on Job Creation – EDGE Tax Credits

DCEO Signing EDGE Tax Credit Agreements; Still Will Not Disburse; Film Credits, Enterprise Zones Also Impacted

After reaching economically-responsible compromises on Unemployment Insurance Reform, the Child Care Assistance Program and DON Score legislation, the Rauner Administration announced on November 10 that it is taking some steps forward on EDGE Tax Credits as well as re-instituting the Film Tax Credit approvals. Both credits were suspended for new projects at the beginning of the fiscal year. Continue reading →