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Brookfield awarded $140,000 Drive Cleaner Illinois grant for electric vehicle chargers; board to consider acceptance Feb. 24
Summary
The village learned it had been awarded a $140,000 Drive Cleaner Illinois grant to install Level 2 EV chargers. The grant requires a $70,000 local match; staff recommended acceptance and the board agreed to place a resolution on the Feb. 24 meeting for formal acceptance and direction on site and operating plans.
The Village of Brookfield notified trustees on Feb. 10 that it has been selected for a $140,000 Drive Cleaner Illinois grant to install electric vehicle charging infrastructure, subject to a required local match of $70,000.
Economic Development Director Libby Popovic told trustees the grant application (submitted May 9, 2024) named tentative sites at Village Hall and Ellert Park. The approved award covers infrastructure for up to 14 chargers originally, but administrators later clarified municipalities could fund a smaller…
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