The My Heart’s Downtown campaign has been in the news recently, and while I am grateful to see attention focused on our city center, I want to clarify how this effort began. It was not created by a single organization or person. It came from a small group of individuals who care deeply about downtown […]
Karen Conn
Posted inOpinion
Preserving our tourism budget helps bottom line
When visitors come to Illinois, they enjoy our cities, towns, and countryside. They fill our hotels, meeting centers, restaurants, shops and attractions. And, most importantly, they leave behind an economic impact that drives billions of dollars to the bottom line. But right now that engine is threatened, putting at risk more than $2.5 billion in […]
