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DuPage County municipalities mum on accepting funding for illegal immigrant resettlement

A majority of DuPage County’s municipalities did not respond to a request regarding their stance on accepting funding for the resettlement of undocumented immigrants. The non-responsive municipalities, as reported by DuPage Policy Journal, include Lemont, Bartlett, Wheaton, Downers Grove, Elmhurst, Lombard, Carol Stream, Hanover Park, Addison, Woodridge, Glendale Heights, West Chicago, Westmont, Lisle, Bloomingdale and several others. ....

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Local villages honored for collaborative climate effort

The efforts of Oak Park President Vicki Scaman, River Forest President Cathy Adduci and Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson to create the Cross Communities Climate Collaborative were recognized with the West Central Municipal Conference’s Greentelligence Award at the organization’s annual dinner last month.Spearheaded by Scaman, Adduci and Thompson, the initiative, known as C4, was created in June 2022 by officials from 12 west suburban municipalities. It is designed to bring together Black, indigenous and people of color and non-minority communities across income lines to share ideas, secure resources and drive large-scale projects within and across communities that achieve agreed upon greenhouse gas emissions reductions, equity and sustainability goals. Membership has since grown to 14 communities.The C4 initiative is supported by two environmental consultants Gary-based Urban Efficiency Group and Oak Park-based Seven Generations Ahead that provide a range of services for partic ....

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