Cook County’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program, administered through the Department of Environmental Control in partnership with the Bureau of Economic Development, has provided funding to over 70 Sub-Recipients to complete a variety of projects aimed at reducing energy use, operating cost and greenhouse gas emissions. The EECBG funds provide County-wide economic, environmental and social benefits.

1. Cook County EECBG Project Profile
Village of Forest Park
COOK COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
EECBG Program Overview Profile
Cook County’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant
(EECBG) Program, administered through the Department of
Environmental Control in partnership with the Bureau of Economic
Development, has provided funding to over 70 Sub-Recipients to
complete a variety of projects aimed at reducing energy use,
operating cost and greenhouse gas emissions. The EECBG funds
provide County-wide economic, environmental and social benefits.
Forest Park Green Alley Located approximately 10 miles west from
Project
Chicago’s downtown loop area, Forest
The Village of Forest Park Park, Illinois, combines the unlimited
has seen a great resources of an urban setting with a small
renaissance in recent years town sense of community, making it an
after improving streetscape exceptional place in which to live, work
and village infrastructure.
and do business.
Pride of ownership and Forest Park boasts first class dining at
The Village of Steger Community Center properly value adjacent to
any number of fine eateries and pubs, and
An example of a green alley. improved properties has
caused owners to improve plays host to a variety of regionally
their private property and attended events every year. Crowned
stay in the Village creating "The best in neighborhood dining"
new business and jobs. according to a 2008 Chicago Tribune
readers poll, the variety of Forest Park
This alley improvement will
result in energy savings due
to reduced flow to the
metropolitan sewer
treatment facility.
Contact at (312)-603-8200