Trucking company moves to Crestwood
Give 2 Get is a flatbed transportation company that moved from Burr Ridge to a new facility in Crestwood in June.
The company said the move into bigger space in the 14200 block of Karlov Avenue opens up “endless possibilities as we offer an in-house shop, and more room to recruit and assist our drivers.”
The company operates mostly in the Midwest from North Dakota south to Tennessee and east to New York.
The company was founded seven years ago and has moved more than 1.2 million tons of steel.
Wealth planner to open in Mokena
A Business After Hours and ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held Thursday at Ascend Wealth Planning, 18700 S. Wolf Road, Suite 211, Mokena. The Business After Hours will run from 5-7 p.m. and the ribbon cutting will take place at 5:30 p.m.
Cook County receives recycling award
The Cook County Department of Environment and Sustainability has received a public sector award from the Illinois Recycling Foundation thanks to the creation of the county’s Center for Hard to Recycle Materials.
This award recognizes a community, county or publicly funded institution for a recycling or composting effort, program or event that successfully achieves or promotes diversion. The award was presented to Cook County for establishing the first CHaRM Center in the state of Illinois, which provides a permanent location for residents to drop-off items for reuse or recycle that diverts waste from landfills, waterways and vacant lots.
“Keeping items that are not typically accepted through traditional recycling services out of our landfills will help create a better environment for all Cook County residents,” said Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle. “I am grateful to South Suburban College for their partnership and am thankful to the Illinois Recycling Foundation for their recognition of the good work taking place here in the County to reduce our carbon footprint.”
Cook County celebrated the grand opening of the CHaRM Center in South Holland on Earth Day Saturday, April 22. Accepted materials include items such as electronics, clothes and textiles, used personal health care equipment, small furniture, small appliances, foam packing material and general household recyclables including plastic, glass, paper and cardboard as well as metals. To date, nearly 37,000 pounds of materials have been collected at the CHaRM Center. Materials brought to the center are refurbished or recycled.
Cook County allocated nearly $1 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding to partner with South Suburban College in establishing the new facility and to create sustainable practices and programs that increase recycling across communities in the Southland.
The CHaRM Center is located on SSC’s campus at 15800 S. State Street in South Holland. The CHaRM Center is open every Tuesday from 7 a.m. to noon, every Thursday from 2-7 p.m. and the second Saturday of every month from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Resurfacing set in Posen, Dixmoor
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The Illinois Tollway was scheduled to begin repair and resurfacing work this week on local roads throughout Posen and Dixmoor as part of the Tri-State Tollway (I-294)/I-57 Interchange Project.
Local road and infrastructure improvements will include replacement of the existing pavement on segments of Veterans Drive, Blaine Avenue, Palmer Avenue, 149th Street and 150th Street in Posen, as well as Spaulding Avenue under I-57 in Dixmoor.
In places, some sidewalk and shoulder repair work is also scheduled. In addition, pavement sealing work is scheduled on a segment of 142nd Street/Leavitt Avenue in Dixmoor.
Electronic message signs and construction signage will be put in place in advance to alert drivers to lane closures needed to complete the improvements. Up-to-date closure information will be posted on the Tollway website in the Daily Construction Alert. All work is weather dependent.
The work is scheduled to take place over several weeks. Lane closures will continue as needed. The local roadway improvements in Posen and Dixmoor are scheduled to be complete by the end of summer.
This work is part of the second phase of the I-294/I-57 Interchange Project.
Bob Bong is a freelance columnist. He can be reached at [email protected].