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Blind vendors urge Cook County to finish Layton Courthouse coffee kiosk and preserve vendor program; board refers related MOU for asset management review
Summary
Representatives of the Illinois Committee of Blind Vendors praised Cook County’s blind-vendor program, urged completion of water service and the coffee kiosk at Layton Courthouse, and the board moved to refer a memorandum of understanding related to the county’s blind business enterprise program to asset management.
A representative of the Illinois Committee of Blind Vendors told the Cook County Board the county’s blind-vendor program has been a model for other jurisdictions and urged action to finish outstanding infrastructure so vendors can operate fully at county facilities.
Donnie Anderson, a former chairman and current member of the Illinois Committee of Blind Vendors, thanked commissioners for the county’s Blind Vendors Act and described work by blind vendors on…
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