October 22, 2011
Village gets $100,000 grant for land use updates by Sandy Kaczmarski
Published by: Elburn Herald
TOPICS: LTA, GO TO 2040
The article covers how the Village of Elburn will receive an $100,000 grant as part of the Local Technical Assistance (LTA) program to update the village’s comprehensive land use plan.

October 19, 2011
Algonquin Awarded Money to Build Pedestrian Bridge over Randall Road by Savannah Ziegelbauer
Published by: Patch.com
TOPICS: CMAQ, Transportation
This Algonquin Patch article covers the $3.7 million in federal transportation funding for a pedestrian bridge to be built in Algonquin through the FY2012-16 Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Improvement program. The pedestrian crossing was also covered in the Daily Herald.

October 18,2011
Village Reviving Route 30 Improvement Plans by Michael Sewall
Published by: Patch.com
TOPIC: Economic – workforce development, Land use, LTA
This New Lenox Patch article covers how the village is a recipient of Local Technical Assistance (LTA) grant to plan for Route 30 corridor

October 17, 2011
St. Charles to receive $1.92 million for pedestrian bridge by Elizabeth Stoever
Published by: Mysuburbanlife.com
TOPICS: CMAQ, Transportation
The article covers how St.Charles will receive $1.92 million through the FY2012-16 Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Improvement program to build a pedestrian bridge.

October 17, 2011
Red and Green Construction Alerts by Tracy Swartz
Published by: Redeye
TOPICS: CMAQ, Transportation
The article covers construction along the Red and Green El Lines and how funds from the FY2012-16 Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Improvement program will be used to renovate the Clark/Division El stop.

October 16, 2011
Municipalities mixed on use of sales tax rebates to spur development by Kathy Bergen
Published by: Chicago Tribune
TOPIC: Economic – workforce development
The article covers how municipalities are dealing with using sales tax rebates to generate development and quotes CMAP staff Matt Maloney. The article was reprinted in the Morris Daily Herald. 

October 14, 2011
How to correct Chicago's open space shortage: 10 ideas that could help city's park-poor neighborhoods away from the lakefront by Blair Kamin
Published by: Chicago Tribune
TOPICS: CMAQ, Open space
This column focuses on ways to deal with Chicago’s open space shortage and mentions how the FY2012-16 Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Improvement program will provide funds for the proposed Bloomingdale Trail.

October 12, 2011
Transit, Road Projects to Get Boost from Federal Funds by Melanie Johnson
Published by: UrbDeZine Chicago
TOPICS: CMAQ, Transportation
The article covers the $411 million FY2012-16 Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Improvement program that will allocate money for surface transportation projects throughout the region.  CMAP Board Chairman Gerald Bennett, Mayor of Palos Hills, is quoted.

October 12, 2011
Express bus service OKd on I-90 by Marni Pyke
Published by: Daily Herald
TOPICS: CMAQ, Transportation
The article covers the $38 million in funding Pace will receive to introduce bus rapid transit along the Jane Addams Tollway (I-90) through the FY2012-16 Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Improvement program.

October 12, 2011
$5.2 Million in funding will benefit three Metra routes
Published by: eNewsParkForest
TOPICS: CMAQ, Transportation
The article covers the $5.2 million awarded to Metra through the FY2012-16 Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Improvement program.  It was also covered by WBEZ 91.5.