CHICAGO – Nearly $3 million in new funding is available to help counties, municipalities, non-profit organizations and promotional groups revitalize Illinois’ tourism industry by promoting events, destinations and tourist attractions, thanks to support from State Senator Sara Feigenholtz. The Illinois Travel and Tourism Grant Program will match up to $100,000 in project funds to drive tourism activity across the state by investing in marketing
CHICAGO – The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency released a plan Friday to replace the vehicle emission testing sites that have been closed in the City of Chicago since 2016, thanks to a law championed by State Senator Sara Feigenholtz. “I am pleased that IEPA’s plan incorporates new self-service kiosks and proposes to utilize the former high-capacity station on Forest Preserve Drive, which is still
CHICAGO – State Senator Sara Feigenholtz will join advocates, community leaders and residents on Thursday to rededicate Kolmar Park, located on the Northwest Side of Chicago, to German-Jewish poet Gertrud Käthe Chodziesner, known by the literary pseudonym Gertrud Kolmar. Nearly two years of advocacy and petitioning by the Old Irving Park Association, Jewish organizations and even Kolmar’s own living relatives led to the Chicago
