Elgin Community just finished building its $41 million Health and Sciences Building at the Elgin Community College. The building houses brand new, state-of-the-art facilities and technology for students in medical fields who need real-world training. Continue reading here.
The Dental Materials Lab in the the new Health and Life Sciences Building at Elgin Community College in Elgin, Ill., on Thursday, March 15, 2012. | Andrew A. Nelles~For Sun-Times Media |
Elgin’s Annual Green Expo is May 4-5 and focuses on the theme of “the Year of Water”. The event has expanded since previous years and now incorporates the Fox River into its festivities. Continue reading here.
An image of the indoor expo where green and tech companies have set up their booth. See http://www.elgingreenexpo.org/ for details on the event.
Built in downtown Elgin in the historic Tower Building, the new Elgin Technology Center seeks to attract 115 small businesses to the city to build innovation and entrepreneurship. The city offers many perks and amenities for hosting your business in the building and cheap rent is only the beginning. Continue reading here.
The Elgin Technology Center inside the Tower Building, downtown Elgin. Photo from www.elgintechnologycenter.com
Adjusting to the changing times, libraries like the Gail Borden Public Library in Elgin are switching from hard cover books to tablets, eReaders and digital materials. The Gail Borden Library is also implementing RFID scanners for checking in library materials. Continue reading here.
Material handler Sylvia Saccon scans books at the Gail Borden Public Library in Elgin. The library is building a room where a new radio-frequency identification (RFID) system for checking in materials, will be installed to speed up scanning library material. Photo credited to Michael Smart-Sun Times Media.
Of Illinois’ top 20 cities, Naperville ranks #1 and Elgin #3 for sharing information online. This means that the cities’ citizens have open access to contact information, budgets, meeting notes, agendas, and much more. The cities also engage citizens online through social media and regular updates. Continue reading here.
The homepage for the City of Naperville's website. The "Government" section offers transparent access to city meetings, agendas, budgets, and much more. Photo from naperville.il.us