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Video: Illinois Gov. Quinn Announces Capital ImprovementsThis forum post is dated 04/11/10. If you feel it is old or outdated, please follow up with a question or comment and someone may be able to update it, or reply with newer information if you have it. Illinois - Skilled Jobs
| Video: Illinois Gov. Quinn Announces Capital Improvements Governor Pat Quinn visited Brookfield Zoo today and announced $15.6 million in funding will go for much-needed repairs and updates to the zoos aging buildings and exhibits. The capital funds will help make urgent repairs to many of the zoo's aged electrical, sanitary, structural, roofing and HVAC systems. The funding is part of the "Illinois Jobs Now!, " a job generation and capital improvement program aimed at revivign the states ailing economy by creating and retaining over 439000 jobs over six years. Investing in Brookfield Zoo will create jobs and help ensure that one of our top tourist attractions keeps people coming to Illinois, said Governor Quinn. With Illinois Jobs Now!, we can fund important projects that will help revitalize our economy while laying a foundation for future growth. Brookfield Zoo opened in 1934, and much of the infrastructure dates back to the same era. The repairs and upgrades will create more than 370 construction jobs. It will also help the zoo prevent layoffs, exhibit closures and the elimination of award-winning conservation education programs. Thanks to Governor Quinn, we can begin to make worthy, well-planned and much-needed repairs to Brookfield Zoos aging infrastructure, said Dr. Stuart Strahl, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Chicago Zoological Society. With this important capital funding we can create jobs for Chicago-area skilled laborers while averting significant layoffs at Brookfield Zoo. In 2009 Brookfield Zoo pumped X;b>...X;/b> |
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