Attend tonight’s Elgin Alive Workshop sponsored by Elgin Community Network. Retrofitting Your Home: Save Green, Be Green will teach you how to improve energy efficiency through cost-effective updates, including tax credits, ComEd incentives and other city programs.

The program will take place tonight, Tuesday March 16 from 6:30 – 8:30 PM at Gail Borden. Refreshments will be available, and all attendees will receive a CFL bulb.

October 16, 2009

By ERIN CALANDRIELLO ecalandriello@scn1.com

ELGIN — With many residents still battling the aftermath of sewer backups into their homes, the city council has approved more money to be funneled into the city’s overhead sewer and backwater valve assistance program.

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Elgin to fix combined sewer flooding   October 18th, 2009

By Harry Hitzeman | Daily Herald Staff

 

Elgin city leaders on Wednesday night set aside $130,000 for a cost-sharing program to help residents in the South West Area Neighbors part of town avoid sewer backups in their basements.

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By Harry Hitzeman | Daily Herald Staff

 

It’s only a mile, but Elgin leaders hope it can be a new start toward a lifetime of fitness and healthy living habits for some.

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By Harry Hitzeman | Daily Herald Staff

Elgin leaders have already obtained $2.1 million from the federal government to buy, rehab and sell foreclosed homes.

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June 24, 2009

By MIKE DANAHEY mdanahey@scn1.com

Something stinks in Elgin’s Southwest Area Neighborhood, and several residents aired their grievances about the matter during public comment at Wednesday evening’s council meeting.

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