Wendella Tours & Cruises suffered a 75 percent hit to its annual revenue last year.
Chicago s tourism industry is desperate for visitors. But the group meant to lead the charge to bring them back is dealing with its own pandemic-induced distress.
As the city prepares for a summer that s expected to unleash pent-up demand from leisure travelers, Choose Chicago is operating as a shell of its former self: The normal $30 million-plus annual budget for the city s nonprofit tourism arm which relies heavily on COVID-19-drained hotel tax proceeds has been slashed to just under $16 million. A wave of layoffs early in the pandemic has left it with less than half of the 81 staff members it had before the crisis, all of whom are still furloughed one day per week. And if that weren t shaky enough ground, the group s chief operating officer just announced he is leaving next month and its board of directors disclosed this month that it won t renew CEO David Whitaker s contract when it expires in
When restaurant owners broke federal labor law uncovered in a federal investigation into wage theft at Tank Noodle they also violated terms of the state’s Business Interruption Grant program, according to officials
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The Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity, DCEO, on Monday, April 5, announced the recipients for the 2020 Community Development Block Grants, CDBG, for Public Infrastructure.
A total of $18.2 million will be awarded to 34 communities across the state.
The funds will enable cities and communities in non-metropolitan areas to make repairs to shared water and sewer infrastructure that will enhance safety and quality of life for those who live there.
With projects spread throughout Illinois, an estimated 113,266 residents will benefit from infrastructure upgrades.
Communities in the Southern Illinois area which are receiving grants include:
The Village of Dongola, $550,000. The Village of Coulterville, $550,000. The Village of Galatia, $430,000. The Village of Ridgway, $550,000.
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Meanwhile, suburban Cook County will join the rest of the state outside Chicago in expanding coronavirus vaccine eligibility Monday to everyone 16 and older as the state makes 150,000 appointments for first doses available for next week at mass vaccination sites and pharmacies in the suburbs.
Most of Illinois’ 101 other counties already have expanded eligibility to everyone old enough to receive the vaccine, but the city of Chicago, which gets its own supply from the federal government, isn’t following suit until April 19, the most recent deadline President Joe Biden set for universal adult eligibility.