Link: New leader picked for economic development group @ChooseDuPage

Link: The traditional post labor day presidential election season has begun, with bad news all around

Lisle, Ill. (August 31, 2011) – Mike Skarr, who played a lead role in attracting over 4,000 jobs to DuPage County as CEO of Choose DuPage, is retiring after leading the economic development agency since its inception. Skarr has been with Choose DuPage since the beginning and served as the inaugural president and CEO when

Midwestern University is inviting community leaders, media representatives, and supporters of the University to participate in the dedication of their state-of-the-art Science Hall tonight, Tuesday, August 30th from 5 to 7 pm. Midwestern’s College of Dental Medicine-Illinois is the first dental school to open in Illinois in the last 40 years and joins only two others

Link: #Irene commanded media, victim attention

Link: OMG! Retweet, sexting and cyberbullying added to Oxford English Dictionary Writers and editors no longer have to feel guilty for using words like “retweet” and “sexting” in earnest.

Link: Don’t mess with #Texas?

McCaffery tackles Children’s Hospital redevelopment as South Works project lags By: Alby Gallun August 15, 2011  https:///www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20110813/ISSUE01/308139973 A lot of developers don’t have enough to do these days, but Dan McCaffery has the opposite problem. Mr. McCaffery beat out some of the city’s top real estate firms last month for the plum assignment to redevelop

Link: Pitching to the blogosphere

Link: Smart but overdue campaign swing by POTUS. Out of the beltway and on to the road