The Latino Outreach Program was invited to showcase at the Illinois Municipal League’s ‘Innovations & Showcase’ on Saturday, September 30^th.  The showcase highlights the “good things” that Illinois cities are doing and provides a resource base of innovative ideas that encourages peer sharing. Innovations may include any programs, events, new concepts or any other ideas that are making a positive difference in the community.

There were many municipal leaders from across the state interested in the LOP – questions, in general, were as follows:

• How did you get buy-in from all these other taxing bodies?
• How did the program begin?
• To what do you attribute the program’s success?
• How do you get the word out to the Latino residents?
• How can we start it in our community?

The presentation was extremely successful and a great benefit and positive public relation tool for the Village of Woodridge and the Latino Outreach Coalition.