Cook County Stimulus and Revitalization Project – Acquiring Vacant Properties
The Cook County Stimulus and Revitalization Project (CCSRP) plans to incorporate integrative professions in the fields like economic development, marketing , communications, finance, real estate, information technology, urban planning, healthcare administration, public administration, and law.
The CCSRP assists municipalities in acquiring vacant and abandoned tax delinquent commercial and industrial properties. Once these properties are acquired, they are developed and returned to the tax rolls. This helps expand the tax base and lessens the tax burden on homeowners. The project also creates new, sustainable jobs and enhances the quality of life in the affected communities.
The project plans to work with local University students who will get credit for internships. The group will not provide monetary compensation to its interns but they will gain valuable experience in their respective fields which will help them as they work to achieve their future career goals. The students will play a key role in helping the CCSRP obtain its objectives and their participation will help ameliorate foreclosure/abandonment rates, eliminate blight, and work towards revitalizing Cook County as a whole.
More details will come soon…..
