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Mrs. Illinois 2011 Zara Johnson to Participate in Avon's Walk the Course Against Domestic Violence Today (3:30 PM) at Cog Hill Golf & Country Club

Sept 13 , 2011 - Press Release (Click to download)

Lemont, Ill., Sept. 13, 2011 – Zara Johnson, the reigning Mrs. Illinois, and a 59-year-old grandmother of two, will participate in the Avon Walk the Course Against Domestic Violence today at 3:30 p.m. at Cog Hill Golf & Country Club. Johnson will sign autographs and pose for pictures at the Avon booth before walking the 18-hole course with PGA wives.
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Mrs. Illinois Zara Johnson Launches On the Wings of Hope Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign at Ribfest in Naperville, July 1-4

June 30, 2011 - Press Release (Click to download)

Naperville, Ill., June 29, 2011 – Zara Johnson, the reigning Mrs. Illinois, and a 58-year-old grandmother of two, will launch On the Wings of Hope, a breast cancer awareness and recruitment campaign at the Naperville Exchange Club’s annual Ribfest July 1 – 4.

Johnson, a breast cancer survivor, is sponsored by her employer of more than 20 years, Plainfield-based Cicero’s Development Corporation and Burr Ridge-based Business Machine Agents (BMA). Her goal is to recruit the public to join Team Zara at the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure this September.
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Mrs. Illinois Zara Johnson To Compete In Mrs. America Pageant At Historic Greenbrier Resort In West Virginia April 12-14

April 7, 2011 - Press Release (Click to download)

Plainfield, Ill., April 7, 2011 – Cicero’s Development Corporation, a premier commercial renovation company, today announced that Mrs. Illinois, Zara Johnson, who has served as Cicero’s office manager for more than 20 years, will compete to become the next Mrs. America. The pageant will be held April 12, at the renowned The Greenbrier, a National Historic landmark resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.
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Sam Cicero, Jr. Receives PLCCA 2011 Spirit of Excellence Award

Feb 11, 2011 - Press Release (Click to download)

Plainfield, Ill., March 22, 2011 – Cicero’s Development Corporation, a premier commercial renovation company celebrating 40 years in business, today announced that Cicero’s Vice President Sam Cicero, Jr., was awarded the Proviso-Leyden Council for Community Action (PLCCA) 2011 Spirit of Excellence Award...
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Zara Johnson to Compete in Mrs. Illinois/America Pageant Friday, Feb 11, At Bolingbrook Performing Arts Auditorium

Feb 11, 2011 - Press Release (Click to download)

Plainfield, Ill., Feb. 11, 2011 – Cicero’s Development Corporation, a premier commercial renovation company, today announced that Zara Johnson, who has served as Cicero’s office manager for more than 20 years, will compete to be named Mrs. Illinois 2011 at the Mrs. Illinois/America Pageant Friday, tonight Feb. 11, at the Bolingbrook Performing Arts Auditorium...
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PLCCA Billboard Ad

Cicero's Development Corporation Wins Vantage Hospitality Group's Coveted "Vendor Commitment" Award!

Jan. 10 , 2011 - Press Release (Click to download)

Plainfield, Ill., Jan. 10, 2011 - Cicero’s Development Corporation, a premier commercial renovation company celebrating 40 years in business, walked away with Vantage Hospitality Group’s coveted Vendor Commitment award during the hotel company’s International Educational Conference and Trade Show, last month in Las Vegas...
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Cicero's Development Corporation, H3 Global Companies Technology Practice Form Strategic Alliance

Nov. 2, 2010 - Press Release (Click to download)

Commercial renovation and technology infrastructure partnership to promote operational efficiency, cost savings and streamlined technology best practices for clients.

Plainfield, Ill. and Glen Ellyn, Ill., Nov. 1, 2010 – Cicero’s Development Corporation, a premier commercial renovation company celebrating 40 years in business, and H3 Global Companies Technology Practice, a leading provider of technology infrastructure services, today announced a strategic alliance. Financial details were not disclosed.
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Cicero's Development Corporation To Renovate Streams III Townhome Complex in Wheaton

Oct. 26, 2010 - Press Release (Click to download)

Plainfield, Ill., Oct. 26, 2010 – Cicero’s Development Corporation, a premier commercial renovation company celebrating 40 years in business, today announced it has won a project to perform renovation for the Streams III Town Home Association in Wheaton. The eight-week renovation will include removal and replacement of siding on 14 different town home buildings. (click here to download the rest of the story.)

Business owner feels recovery a long way out

September 5, 2010 - Joliet Herald-News (Click to download)

By CINDY WOJDYLA CAIN ccain@stmedianetwork.com

Sam Cicero has never seen it this bad in his 40 years of self-employment.

His company, Cicero's Development Corp. in Plainfield, used to have 35 to 38 employees. Now there are eight. The remaining employees have taken a "serious" pay cut, and some of the laid-off employees have lost their homes to foreclosure... (click here to download the rest of the story.)

Cicero's Development Sponsors Car at Indy Lights Event:

Sept. 6, 2010 -

A photo montage of our Aug. 27 & 28 sponsorship of a car at the Indy Lights event held late last month at Chicagoland Speedway.



Related news release citing the Cicero's sponsorship:
http://www.dillonbattistini.co.uk/news/palm_beach

CICERO’S DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LAUNCHES SENSIBLE GREEN REMODELING INITIATIVE TO LOWER OPERATING COSTS FOR HOTEL OWNERS, COMMERCIAL PROPERTY MANAGERS

Celebrating 40 years in business, Cicero’s Sensible Green commercial renovation improves the bottom line through innovative and proven best practices based on a 100 percent on time and on budget record.

July 9, 2010 - Cicero’s Development Corporation, a premier commercial renovation company celebrating 40 years in business, today announced the launch of its Sensible Green commercial renovation initiative. Aimed at raising awareness and saving money which adds benefits to its environmentally-friendly modifications to existing building systems, Sensible Green renovations helps hotels and commercial property owners and managers realize bottom-line operating cost savings...

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AAHOA Money Tree Winner Farid Khan

L-R: Sam Cicero, Sr., AAHOA Money Tree Winner Farid Khan, owner of Microtel Hotel in Union City, GA, and Sam Cicero, Jr. The Money Tree promotion attracted hundreds of attendees to the Cicero's Development Corp. booth at the Asian-American Hotel Owners Association annual convention in June at Navy Pier in Chicago.