The City of Blue Island has been awarded a $150,000.00 subgrant by The Morton Arboretum’s Chicago Region Trees Initiative (CRTI) to improve its community tree canopy. The competitive subgrant is among 17 provided to government entities through Inflation Reduction Act funding to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, administered by CRTI. The four-year grants, which does not require matching funds, …
Read More »City of Blue Island Lead Survey
The City of Blue Island is diligently working to ensure the safety and quality of our water infrastructure complies with the Lead Service Line Replacement Act. As part of this initiative, the City is working to identify all residential water service line materials. The City worked with Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd. to prepare a water service material survey for …
Read More »CMAP Travel Survey
In mid-September, select Blue Island recipients will be asked to participate in a CMAP Travel Survey, and we wanted to encourage you to take part if you receive an invitation. The survey is called the “My Daily Travel Survey.” Selected recipients will be asked to share their daily or weekly travel activity (for their household) via an app downloaded on …
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