DCEO
Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity
DCEO accentuates Illinois' position as the nation's transportation hub, manufacturing center and fourth largest technology economy. The agency actively promotes the state's healthy business climate, highly-productive workforce, and entrepreneurial spirit.
DCEO provides a wide array of programs and services, including expansion incentives, technology support services, access to capital, or job training and education for workers, all designed to help Illinois businesses thrive in the global economy.
www.commerce.state.il.us
WIB
Workforce Investment Board of Will County
The Workforce Investment Board of Will County plays a key role in the economic development of our County. The Board brings together a myriad of employment, training, and educational services, transforming them into a comprehensive and easily accessed system that supports the development of a world-class workforce. The Board builds the workforce system to develop quality employees for employers and to develop quality opportunities for employees. This system makes it easy for business to make connections with a qualified pool of applicants and to access other workforce development services. This system is also intended to make it easy for people to learn about and access a broad range of employment, education, and related services.
Includes:
Workforce Services Division of Will County - www.jobs4people.org
Illinois Department of Employment Security - www.ides.state.il.us
Joliet Junior College, Community & Economic Development - www.jjcced.org
www.willcountyworkforceboard.com
ComEd
The ComEd service territory covers 11,411 square miles in northern Illinois, stretching from the Wisconsin border to as far south as Pontiac, Ill., and from the Indiana border to the Mississippi River. It covers approximately 70 percent of the population in Illinois and the vast majority of the state’s industrial companies. ComEd is committed to safely delivering reliable electricity throughout the more than 400 communities it serves. ComEd’s peak system demand is just under 23,000 MWs. ComEd is part of the Exelon Corporation, headquartered in Chicago, which includes a sister-utility, PECO Energy in Philadelphia, PA, Exelon Generation and other Exelon affiliate companies.
ComEd’s ability to provide safe and reliable electricity contributes to the quality of life in Northern Illinois and is a key component of overall economic development. Without a robust electrical system in place, Chicago and Northern Illinois would be unable to effectively compete for new business expansions in the global economy and existing businesses would be less competitive.
www.comed.com/about-us/economic-development/pages/default.aspx
Nicor Gas
Nicor has been part of the fabric of the communities in northern Illinois and the Chicago suburbs for five decades. The corporation's largest subsidiary, Nicor Gas, was founded in 1954 as Northern Illinois Gas and today is one of the largest natural gas distribution companies in the country, serving more than two million customers in 641 communities.
Nicor Gas Economic Development supports economic development organizations and programs to attract and retain businesses in our service area; Contributes to the positive business environment in communities by providing reliable, competitively priced natural gas service; Provides energy experts to assist economic development clients; Provides financial and volunteer support to local municipal and regional economic development organizations; Offers education and assistance to municipal economic development programs; Participates in promoting Illinois as a great place to do business.
http://nicorgas.aglr.com/Developers
AT&T
We're recognized as the leading worldwide provider of IP-based communications services to businesses. We're also
the top U.S. provider of wireless, high speed Internet access, Wi-Fi, local and long distance voice, and directory publishing and advertising services.
www.att.com
Comcast
Comcast was founded in 1963 as a single-system cable operation. Today, we’re the country’s largest provider of cable services - and one of the world’s leading communications companies. We’re focused on broadband cable, commerce, and content. We deliver digital services, provide faster Internet and clearer broadband phone service, and develop and deliver innovative programming.
www.comcast.com
CMAP
Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
Formed in 2005, CMAP integrates planning for land use and transportation in the seven counties of northeastern Illinois. The new organization combined the region's two previously separate transportation and land-use planning organizations -- Chicago Area Transportation Study (CATS) and the Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission (NIPC) -- into a single agency. On September 1, 2006, the CMAP Board issued a strategic report on the agency’s vision, governance, and funding. Metropolitan Chicago will have an additional 2.8 million residents and 1.8 million jobs by 2040, and CMAP is leading the GO TO 2040 planning campaign to develop and implement strategies for addressing this growth's serious implications on quality of life -- including transportation, housing, economic development, open space, the environment, and natural resources.
www.cmap.illinois.gov
MEGA Chicago
Metro Economic Growth Alliance of Chicago
Recognizing the mutual benefits of combining our very different assets, the economic development practitioners of the ten Illinois Counties and principal City of the Chicago metropolitan region have come together to collaborate for greater regional prosperity.
MEGA Chicago was formed to promote job-creating investment, a business friendly environment, and greater national and international awareness of the mighty economic engine that straddles and connects North America’s Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
Founding members of MEGA Chicago have direct links and ties to business clients and have been given the responsibility to represent the economic interests of individual counties as well as the City of Chicago. By joining forces through a strategic alliance, we speak for the region in a way no one else can.
www.mega-chicago.org
WKRDA
Will Kankakee Regional Development Authority
The Will Kankakee Regional Development Authority was created by action of the Illinois General Assembly and is a general development agency for the counties of Will and Kankakee. It is one of only four active regional development authorities within the State of Illinois.
The Authority's powers enable it to issue taxable or tax-exempt quasi-state guaranteed revenue bonds on behalf of a company for the purpose of developing, constructing, acquiring or improving properties or facilities locating in or expanding within the territory of the Authority.
www.wkrda.com
JRPD
Joliet Regional Port District
The Joliet Regional Port District has been involved assisting companies develop commercial activities within the 180 square mile in its 5 township jurisdiction since 1957. The Port District is located at a transportation crossroad of commerce composed with three interstate highway's, I-80, I-55, I-355. The Des Plaines River/Chicago Ship Canal runs through the center of the District with four major rail lines that hub in Joliet. The most recent addition to the District's transportation development charter is the acquisition of the Lewis University Airport. The Joliet Regional Port District assumed ownership of the Lewis University Airport on April 15, 1989. Since the purchase of the airfield there has been over $30 million dollars invested in the facility in order to meet the needs of corporate aircraft.
www.flylot.com
JADA
Joliet Arsenal Development Authority
The Joliet Arsenal Development Authority was created to facilitate and promote the reuse and transformation of 3,000 acres of land formerly used by the United States government as an ammunition plant and Arsenal. JADA’s goal is to replace and enhance the economic benefits generated by those former uses with diversified projects and land uses that create new job opportunities and foster new economic development within the area.
www.jada.org
TREP
Three Rivers Education Partnership
TREP partners education and business, and works closely with the Will County CED and TRMA. Working with over 22 school districts, TREP focuses on the future workforce by infusing business expertise into the classroom to prepare students.
TREP is assisting the Will County CED in the implementation of the Dream It. Do It. campaign in collaboration with the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and regional coalitions of civic, political, educational and business leaders, including the workforce system, in promoting manufacturing as a potential career path for young people.
www.trma.org/Trep/Trep.htm
TRMA
Three Rivers Manufacturers’ Association
Established in 1933, serves the needs of local manufacturers in Will and Grundy counties. Comprised of small and large companies, including dozens of national and international corporations, TRMA offers a variety of programs to benefit all member organizations.
The mission of TRMA is to promote manufacturing excellence among its members and improve the general manufacturing climate within the communities we serve.
www.trma.org
CCP
City Center Partnership
The Joliet City Center Partnership is an affiliate of CED composed of numerous volunteer members and committees.
The mission of City Center Partnership is to promote the economic development, marketing, management, and social programming to ensure the realization of the City Center Master Plan. The success of this plan is dependent upon the cooperation and involvement of the membership of the Partnership, the City of Joliet, the County of Will, the business community, and the citizens of Joliet.
www.jolietdowntown.com
Pace Suburban Bus
Pace was created by the 1983 RTA Act to unify the numerous disparate suburban bus agencies that existed at that time.
Pace is the premier suburban transit provider, quickly moving people to work and school safely and efficiently. The backbone of Chicago's suburbs, Pace serves tens of thousands of daily riders with more fixed bus routes, vanpools and Dial-a-Ride programs.
www.pacebus.com
IMEC
Illinois Manufacturing Extention Center
The experts in small and mid-sized manufacturing. IMEC delivers hands-on technical assistance and strategic advisement to help manufacturers to be more productive and globally competitive. Since 1996, IMEC has helped more than 2,500 Illinois manufacturing companies to achieve more than $1.5 billion in productivity, profit, and cost savings improvements.
www.imec.org