Kankakee, IL – The Kankakee River Metropolitan Agency (KRMA) elected new officers during their board meeting held on May 28, 2019. KRMA is governed by a board of directors including seven members from the four member municipalities.

Kankakee, IL – Last week, Mayor Wells-Armstrong and Barbi Brewer-Watson, Executive Director for the CDA, attended the Kauffman Foundation’s Annual Mayors Conference on Small Business and Entrepreneurship in Kansas City, Missouri. 

Kankakee, IL - On Tuesday, May 14, 2019, a ground breaking ceremony was held for the new Tractor Supply retail building to be located at 504 Riverstone Parkway. Participating in the ground breaking were Mayor Chasity Wells-Armstrong; Todd Blair, Regional Manager for Tractor Supply Inc; Sam Humbard, Superintendent and W.R. Newman, General Contractor

Mayor Chasity Wells-Armstrong reflected on her second year as mayor by delivering an uplifting state of the City address to a large crowd on Thursday, April 25, 2019.

Mayor Wells-Armstrong announced the awarding of the Safe Routes to School grant for the City of Kankakee on Tuesday, April 23, 2019 alongside King Middle School student Ty Alderson, School Superintendent Genevra Walters, Governor JB Pritzker, and Transportation Secretary Omer Osman.  This achievement was initiated by Ty Alderson in 2016 when he wr

KANKAKEE, IL — On April 18, 2019, Mayor Chasity Wells-Armstrong hosted the African American Civic Leaders Scholarship Ceremony in partnership with the Kankakee Public Library. An audience of approximately 60 community members attended the event.

ATLANTA, GA (April 18, 2019) – The Community Development Council is pleased to award Barbi Brewer-Watson, former President and CEO of the Kankakee County Chamber of Commerce and newly appointed Executive Director of the Community Development Agency for the City of Kankakee, IL, the certification of Professional Community and Economic Developer (PCE

After hiring P4 Security Solutions/REM Management Services, Inc., a private firm that conducts national searches for law enforcement executives, Mayor Chasity Wells-Armstrong has selected Frank J. Kosman as the next Chief of Police for the City of Kankakee.

During the Kankakee Area Transportation Study Metropolitan Planning Organization, (KATS MPO) meeting held on Wednesday, March 27, 2019 Mayor Chasity Wells-Armstrong stood before her colleagues to advocate for funding that will support phase I and II engineering for Hobbie Avenue.  The Mayor requested the board to reconsider last month’s decision to