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FEATURE STORY: Game-Changer In The Heartland

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It is served by Norfolk Southern, Canadian National and CSX railroads, and provides lower cost and efficient shipping options to the east, west and gulf coasts, bypassing the congestion of Chicago, St. Louis and Indianapolis. Situated 36 miles from Springfield, 120 miles from St. It offers highway entry to I-72, U.S.

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INDUSTRY FOCUS: Points of Entry for Cash-Rich Cargo

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As reported in the firm’s earlier studies, commercial real estate surrounding major U.S. CHICAGO EXEC ANCHORS WHEELING. The Village of Wheeling’s manufacturing base is anchored around its general aviation airport, Chicago Executive Airport, the third busiest in Chicagoland. exports, they see a bright long-term future.

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LOCATION FOCUS: The Heartland of America Beats Strong

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Illinois has a broad economic base with Chicago in the northeast; small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in the central and western regions; and natural resources like coal, timber and petroleum in the south. Both the Illinois International Port District and the Tri-City Regional Port District near St.

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FEATURE STORY: Logistics Clusters Are Jobs Magnets

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You know if the white shirt should go to Kansas and the blue shirt should go to Chicago or the other way around.”. Memphis, Panama, Chicago—are so efficient that they make globalization and trade easier virtually everywhere around the world. The Corridor offers export assistance and Foreign Trade Zones. Louis and Kansas City.

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Logistics: On the Road, Water or Rails…or in the Air — AGAIN

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Through the Enterprise Zones Program business and industry can realize state incentives such as Job Creation Grants and Real Property Investment Grants, while also realizing a number of local tax and other incentives. Chicago is the nation’s rail hub that connects six of the seven class one railroads. Asking rental rates are $4.70

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Industry Focus: Logistics – Going With The Flow

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Located in the heart of Illinois; in the great Midwest; within 200 miles of metropolitan areas of Chicago, Indianapolis and St. Louis; and with more than 95 million customers within a 500-mile radius, Decatur is well positioned to get you where you want to go and access customers you want to reach.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Indiana — More And More Roads Are Leading To “The Crossroads Of America”

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Less than a day’s drive from New York, Chicago, St. Louis, Dallas, Cincinnati and Atlanta, Hendricks County provides overnight trucking access to more than half of the nation’s population—and local officials made access even more convenient with the locally funded, truck-friendly Ronald Reagan Parkway.

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