Civil Municipal Magazine - Nov 2023

89 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 MOKENA , I LL INOIS the years to save for these projects and plan for them. There won’t be high additional fees to maintain those services going forward.” An educated workforce has many opportunities New and expanding businesses need workers, so workforce development is a key priority in Mokena. “Mokena has a very skilled workforce – over 56% of our population has an Associate’s Degree or higher,” Anderson reports. “And we have one of the lowest unemployment rates in the Chicagoland area – near 3%. Mokena is near Joliet Junior College, which was the first public community college in the nation. It has a lot of different programs for workforce training such as information technology, agriculture, health, public safety, and manufacturing.” Mayor Frank Fleischer agrees: “We have a great working relationship with Joliet Junior College. If there is a business, corporation, or industrial facility that needs to train people, they can set up a program with JJC and they will help train S E R V I C E S I N C L UD E : FA C I L I T Y A S S E S S ME N T S P R E D E S I G N P R OG R AMM I N G F U L L S E R V I C E A E D E S I G N CO S T E S T I MA T I ON I N T E R I O R D E S I G N F F E C AMPA I G N F UND R A I S I N G A S S I S T A N C E F O R MO R E I N F O RMAT I ON : T : 1 3 1 2 2 5 3 3 4 0 0 I N F O S T UD I OG C . COM WWW. S T UD I OG C . COM Village of Mokena Police Department