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US EPA has designated January National Radon Action Month.  Click here for basic radon facts and to learn how to obtain a radon testing kit.  Enero es Mes Nacional de la Acción del Radon.  Chasque aquí para los hechos básicos del radón y aprender cómo obtener un kit de la prueba del radón. Read More »

The City of Blue Island is offering free television ads for Blue Island Businesses on the City’s cable channel WDDE to help with this difficult holiday shopping season.  Please send your basic information to Carol Reihel or call 708.396.7004. CLICK HERE for a printable form.  Be sure to include any promotions you’d like to offer.  “Example: Stefanelli & Sons, a phone ... Read More »

Regional planning organizations Metropolis 2020 & Metropolitan Mayors Caucus are working with Community Development Department staff to develop a Housing Policy Plan for the City of Blue Island. The study is a part of Homes for a Changing Region, a 3-year project aimed at identifying strategies to address the housing supply and demand imbalance in the six-county Chicago metropolitan region ... Read More »

Kenig, Lindgren, O’Hara, Aboona, Inc. (KLOA) will kick off the long-awaited Western Avenue 2-Way Traffic Feasibility Study on October 28, 2008.  The firm intends to complete data collection (traffic counts) before the end of Fall and anticipates to finish the project in early Spring 2009.  During the course of the study, KLOA will evaluate the feasibility of returning Western Avenue ... Read More »

An opportunity to rid your Home of Hazardous Waste Products! Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008 8:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M. Ridgeland Avenue Solids Management Area 119th Street & Ridgeland Worth, IL Acceptable Items: Anti-freeze, Batteries, Cleaners, Fluorescent Bulbs, Insecticides, Medicines, Tires, Weed Killers, etc. Read More »