South Suburban Communities Receive Public Safety Grants From Local Entry Supplier

For a fourth year, the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus and ComEd have come together to help fund public safety projects in several suburban communities including the Village of University Park who will use the grant to buy a backup generator of their fire station.
For a fourth year, the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus and ComEd have come together to help fund public safety projects in several suburban communities including the Village of University Park who will use the grant to buy a backup generator of their fire station.

South Suburban Communities Receive Public Safety Grants From Local Entry Supplier

BY KATHERINE NEWMAN

The Metropolitan Mayors Caucus recently partnered with ComEd to award public safety grants to 25 communities in Northern Illinois including the Villages of Dolton, Hazel Crest, Lansing, and University Park and the City of Calumet City. The grants are meant to help enhance public safety through various projects and improve the quality of life for residents.

The grants, of up to $10,000, were made possible through ComEd’s Powering Safe Communities Program and will fund projects that address critical safety needs in the communities ComEd serves. For this grant program, ComEd provides the funding while the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus identifies the grant recipients. After receiving the award, grant recipients will match ComEd’s contribution to complete their project.

“ComEd has made it a mission for its employees, as well as all the customers that we serve, to try to keep our communities safe. We pride ourselves on powering lives and so we do like to keep the lights on and make sure that people are cool in the summer and warm in the winter but we also like to be a great community partner or great corporate citizen,” said Bonita Parker, external affairs manager at ComEd.

The Village of Dolton has received a grant that will support the purchase of portable, programmable, and energy-efficient speed display signs for multiple locations throughout the village, as well as portable traffic-calming devices to enhance safety in school zones and residential locations. The signs will be used in conjunction with bright LED blinkers to increase motorists’ awareness of their speed in these critical areas, according to information provided by ComEd and the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus.

The Village of University Park will use their grant to purchase a standby generator for the village’s Fire Station 1. The generator will allow the fire department to continue safety services and protection for residents and business owners during power outages, according to information provided by ComEd and the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus.

“Through the Powering Safe Communities program, ComEd and the Metropolitan Mayor’s Caucus are able to promote a culture of safety and wellness in the communities that we serve,” said Parker.

This is the fourth year that ComEd and the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus have awarded Powering Safe Communities grants and through this partnership, they have awarded $670,000 to fund public safety projects throughout northern Illinois, according to information provided by ComEd and the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus.

“For the past four years, we have been able to leverage over $1.8 million for 95 local public safety projects,” said Joseph Tamburino, mayor of Hillside and chairman of the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus. “Our partnership with ComEd has put our shared public safety commitment into action and increased community resiliency. We are grateful for ComEd’s generosity.”

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