Governor Quinn Announces High Speed Grant at Branch Library

Governor Pat Quinn at the newly-reopened Chicago/Main branch of the Evanston Public Library announces on January 18, 2013 a $1 million State of Illinois grant to assist Northwestern University and Evanston into extending a gigabit ultra-high-speed Internet network down Chicago Avenue to at least Main Street. Groundbreaking at Chicago and Main on an office building hoped to attract high-tech startups is slated to occur in fall 2013.