11.23.16
The Civic Federation recently released its second report that examines the unincorporated areas in Cook County.
In the report, the Civic Federation identified a number of issues...
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10.27.16
This brief, developed by a Civic Federation Task Force, features a number of recommendations on ways the Chicago Public Schools can increase government transparency and accountability, including transparency in meetings, website transparency and budget presentation and format transparency....
09.28.16
The Civic Federation recently released a report that examines unincorporated areas in Cook County. This report builds on an...
09.22.16
This report provides a comprehensive examination of all unincorporated areas in Cook County. It builds extensively on a 2014 report by...
The west portion of Cook County includes the following nine Townships: Cicero, Leyden, Lyons, Norwood Park, Oak Park, Proviso, River Forest, Riverside and Stickney. Six of these townships have unincorporated areas. The exceptions are Cicero, Oak Park and River Forest Townships, which are coterminous with a municipal government.
As part of the Civic Federation's report, Unincorporated Cook County: A Profile of Unincorporated Areas in Cook County and Recommendations to Facilitate Incorporation, profiles of the unincorporated areas in Cook County's North, West and South regions were compiled. Understanding more about the unique characteristics of these areas will help County and municipal officials, as well as unincorporated residents, develop plans to incorporate.