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Virtual meeting information for next week's scheduled City Council meeting is now available. Click the link below to learn more.
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Cisco WebEx hosts the virtual Council Chamber. Join the meetings using the information shown below. Visit the City Council Meeting page to view the agenda for upcoming meetings. For those unable to at...
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Moving Forward in Mattoon: DCEO Site Readiness Grant Awarded

Today, we're excited to share that the City of Mattoon has been awarded a $150,000 Illinois Regional Site Readiness Planning Grant from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO).

This grant will fund engineering and planning studies to prepare a 235-acre industrial site for future development by evaluating the water and sanitary sewer infrastructure needed to serve the area and our community. While these studies happen behind the scenes, they're an important step toward attracting new employers, creating quality jobs, and strengthening our local economy.

This project also builds on the momentum of last year's $2.3 million Regional Site Readiness Capital Grant, which funded substation improvements to increase electrical capacity at Mattoon Enterprise Park. As a result of these investments, the City is developing the infrastructure needed to make our community competitive for future industrial development. Each phase moves us closer to welcoming new businesses, supporting existing employers, and expanding opportunities for current and future generations.

Planning may not always be the most visible part of economic development, but it's one of the most important. By investing in these studies and capacity-building today, Mattoon is proactively preparing industrial sites, reducing development barriers, and positioning our community to compete for new business investment and long-term economic growth.

We are grateful to the State, the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, our development partners at Coles Together, participating landowners, and everyone who helped make this project possible. Their partnership is helping turn long-term planning into real progress for our community.

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Latest News from the City of Mattoon

Parks Department – Part-Time Summer Position

The City of Mattoon Parks Department has an opening for a part-time summer position. $16/hour; approximately 20-30 hours a week. Job responsibilities include caring for the downtown landscaping, Heritage Park and Wolf Parks, weeding, planting flowers, trimming bushes and trees, mowing, trash pick up, clean and stock restrooms, assist opening restrooms on weekends, maintenance & upkeep as required. General plant knowledge helpful. To apply, complete the Park application and place in the Peterson House mailbox in Peterson Park or email to: tourism@mattoonillinois.org or mail to: City of Mattoon, attn: Kara Shadwick, 208 N 19th Street, Parks Dept, Mattoon, IL 61938.

May 28, 2025|
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Public Works Citizen Engagement

The iWorq reporting system is now live. Please click here to report a problem.   The City of Mattoon Public Works Department will be instituting a new method of reporting issues and requesting information.   We will soon have an online internet-based reporting system that you can use to report issues and request information that will give real-time updates of the status of your inquiry.   It will go into full effect on March 14, 2025.  The really nice part of this new online system is that it will keep you informed of the status of your inquiry and will make sure [...]

March 17, 2025|
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Mattoon Safety Action Plan Online Survey

Coles County Regional Planning is working with the City of Mattoon to write a Safety Action Plan. Please take this 5-minute community survey, which addresses both pedestrian and vehicular safety concerns within the city. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact CCRP at 217-348-0521 https://arcg.is/1qTXCO0

December 19, 2024|
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Further Information on Proposed Sports Complex

Please click here to see a presentation on the Proposed Sports Complex. Click here for the version of this presentation used in the July 19th Council Meeting. You can also find further information on anticipated economic development by clicking here. A recording of the 7/8/22 Special City Council Meeting that went further in-depth on this information is also available here. The City of Mattoon will hold a public presentation on the Mattoon Sports Complex project followed by a public question and answer session at its July 19, 2022, Council meeting.  The meeting will be held at the Burgess Osborne Auditorium [...]

July 11, 2022|
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