The City of Blue Island seeks assistance in producing a site reuse plan within the City’s South COD district.

Click Here to View the Request for Proposals.

The City of Blue Island wishes to obtain qualifications and a priced proposal for site planning and recommendations associated with the redevelopment of Brownfield sites in the South COD area. The work will be completed in cooperation with the City of Blue Island and as part of the USEPA Brownfields Assessment grant awarded in 2008. All work that is completed shall conform to respective EPA Brownfields requirements. More information on the Blue Island’s Brownfield Assessment project can be found at our Brownfields Redevelopment page.

The City of Blue Island, a Preserve America community, has been awarded funds to develop a multi-functional Marketing Kit.  If you wish to submit a proposal, click  to view the Request for Proposal.

Update on the Master Plan and Wayfinding signage for the Calumet-Sag Trail!
The City of Blue Island (as the lead agency) received 23 proposals.  Copies of the proposals have been distributed to each of the communities/organizations along the trail for review.  By the end of May, the committee will meet to discuss the proposals.  By mid-June, a maximum of five (5) companies will be selected as finalists and asked to attend final interviews with the committee.  A company will be selected by the end of June.  The project will begin in August 2009.  We appreciate the overwhelming response to the RFP and the work that went into the proposals submitted.

Complete information, documentation, and requirements 
regarding the proposal can be found using this link.

Please direct questions to Mary Poulsen, Marketing Director, City of Blue Island at (708) 396-7035 or via e-mail at mpoulsen@cityofblueisland.org.

We appreciate the responses to our Cultural Heritage Branding & Marketing Plan RFP.  We are in the process of confirming selection of an appropriate comany.  This project is possible through Preserve America funding.  Click here to download the RFP document.

The City of Blue Island received two 2008 USEPA Brownfields Assessment Grants for Hazardous & Petroelum sites. The City is posting an RFP for Environmental Engineering Services to assist the City with the environmental work regarding these grants. Please read more about it on our Community Development Page