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Blue Collar to Green Collar [11/26/07] Chicago Journal — LEED Council’s Ted Wysocki on the Green Exchange

A Silver Lining in Green Collar Jobs [1/6/08] Chicago Tribune — LEED Council’s Kindy Kruller on “green collar jobs”

Firm to Expand to Goose Island [1/6/08] Chicago Tribune —  LEED Council member Water Saver Faucet  expands

Living with Industry [2/20/08] Chicago Journal — LEED Council’s Michael Holzer

Elston Bypass Surgery [4/14/08] Chicago Tribune — Latest Proposal to improve Fullerton/Elston & Damen intersection

A Green New World [6/30/2008] Crain’s Chicago Business— LEED Council’s Director Victoria Cooper and CEO Ted Wysocki on the Green Economy

Taking the LEED in Your Community [Summer 2008] SHELTERFORCE — LEED Council’s Ted Wysocki on Green Collar Jobs

Going Green [6/29/08] Rooflines—LEED Council’s Ted Wysocki blogging on “It’s Pays to go Green”

Seeing the Green  [7/17/08] EDA Telecast — Highlights LEED Council’s Sustainable Development Strategies 

Green Exchange Job Placement Press Release [7/22/08] GreenMark Public Relations — Previews Pioneering Workforce Initiative of LEED Council, Logan Square Neighborhood Association, Baum Development and the Local Initiative Support Corporation

LEED Council awarded federal grant for loans to crate jobs at Green Exchange [10/29/08]    E-NewsLEEDs — Office of Community Services (OCS) grant  will capitalize a $500,000 loan fund designated exclusively for tenants at Green Exchange, who agree to hire low-income individuals. 

Grant from Feds for ‘green collar’ jobs [11/5/08] Chicago Journal — Coverage of Press Conference on Community Partnership with LEED Council and Green Exchange.

Training for more, limitless possibilities in LEED Council’s Industrial skills course [12/3/08] Chicago Journal —  LEED Council graduate Raeland Alexander interviewed on his involvement with new LEEDers for Training.

Green Collar Jobs [12/16/2008] Chicago Matters: Growing Forward — The so-called "green movement" has spawned a whole new workforce.  Green collar jobs are on the rise, but will they last?  WTTW’s CHICAGO TONIGHT takes a look at this movement in the Chicago area and interviews Paige Finnegan, LEED Council’s Director of Sustainable Development.

Out the Window [12/18/08] Chicago Reader — LEED Council’s Mike Holzer addresses closing of Republic Windows & Doors and the strategic use of Tax Increment Financing for redevelopment of Goose Island.

Green Exchange to Serve Nation’s Largest Green Business Community [12/19/08] NBC Channel 5 News — LEED Council’s Ted Wysocki interviewed on job placement for Green Exchange tenants.

Green Exchange Will Sustain Business, Environment & Community [Winter 2010] WORKING CAPITAL—Chicago LISC— Highlighting LEED Council’s partnership with LISC, Logan Square Association and Baum Development.

Tips in Traveling Down the Road to 'Green' Jobs [4/3/2010] Chicago Tribune – Highlights the Chicagoland Green Collar Jobs Initiative website, greencollarchicago.org, as a starting point for exploring green career opportunities, and Paige Finnegan, LEED Council’s Director of Sustainable Development as an organizer of the Initiative.

Housing Deconstruction [4/14/2010] Chicago Matters: Beyond Burnham — WTTW’s CHICAGO TONIGHT looks at how to preserve the environment by deconstructing homes piece-by-piece and interviews Dean Rennie, LEED Council’s Industrial Skills Trainer, on teaching a new workforce how to properly deconstruct old homes.