One of the biggest employers on Chicago's North Side is getting some buzz for something unexpected.
You can see and enjoy it at the corner of Pratt and Ridge Boulevards. CBS 2's Noel Brennan takes us up to Rogers Park. "Some of my favorites are the Pale Purple Coneflower, the Butterfly Milkweed, and Wild Columbine. You can see that throughout the campus here." He might need help remembering all the names, but to Brian Kane, appreciation for these flowers comes naturally.
"It's just a great, peaceful place to come. It's attractive for the community. It collects rainwater and provides important pollination for birds, bugs, and other critters," Kane said."So we manufacture switch gear and protection for the utility power grid. The products we make are critical parts of the grid.""We first had this idea back in 2019.