Cook County Economic Development Advisory Committee will meet April 27.
Here is the agenda provided by the Committee:
Mission
The Cook County Bureau of Economic Development (BED) works to foster economic development and job growth, promote regional collaboration, workforce, and community development through the strategic leveraging of resources and efficient professional management.
BED provides overall strategic management of all programs and ensures cooperation and collaboration among its departments.
Mandates and Key Activities
- Foster business growth, attraction, and retention
- Support workforce development, job creation, and sustainable employment
- Encourage sustainable community investment connecting housing, employment, development and transportation
- Promote affordable housing
- Advance regional planning focused on the integration of economic, physical, and social infrastructure
- Direct enforcement of Building and Zoning regulations
- Craft strategies and programs to enhance the County’s position within the region and facilitates the implementation of this work with the six surrounding collar counties of Lake, Will, Kane, DuPage, McHenry, Kendall, and the City of Chicago
BED consists of three departments:
- Building and Zoning (B&Z)
- Planning and Development (DPD)
- Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA)
DPD was awarded Federal Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funding related to severe flooding that occurred in the Spring of 2013 in suburban Cook County. For more information, please go to the Disaster Recovery and Resilience site.
The Office of Economic Development (OED) is the managing entity for the overall BED.
https://www.cookcountyil.gov/sites/default/files/edac_4-27-2017.pdf
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