Rich in Opportunity for Industry
Champaign County combines location and transportation like few U.S. communities can. Add to that a work force that ranks near the top for productivity and a high ranking quality of life that keeps them here year after year.
Explore the wealth of opportunity we offer your business and discover why Forbes Magazine has rated Champaign County as one of the top 20 smaller metro markets for business.
Warehousing/Distribution, Advanced Manufacturing, Agribusiness
The Agribusiness Factor
Inbound Call Center Opportunities
The People You Need
Infrastructure
Resources
Warehousing/Distribution, Advanced Manufacturing, Agribusiness
Champaign County puts you:
• At the center of the United States, along three interstate highways and three commercial rail lines.
• Just 2 to 2.5 hours up the road from Chicago, St. Louis and Indianapolis.
• Within a day’s drive of 37 million consumers and businesses.
• Only 35 minutes by air to Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport (plus other major markets).
Why Champaign County? Just ask:
• Warehousing/Distribution or Advanced Manufacturing businesses in Champaign County.
• Processors, suppliers or manufacturers of agricultural sector products in one of the world’s most strategic agribusiness hubs.
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The Agribusiness Factor
For Agribusiness, Champaign County offers unique opportunities:
• Approximately 576,000 acres – nearly 90 percent of the total acreage – of prime farmland.
• Assistance from the University of Illinois, which has profoundly influenced the world of agriculture.
• Proximity to market.
• A labor pool that knows its wheat from its chaff.
• Over $165,000,000 in farm cash receipts per year.
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Inbound Call Center Opportunities
You'll find an excellent telecommunications infrastructure and an ample labor force for your Inbound Call Center. Just ask companies like …
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The People You Need
Here you'll find an ample and diversified supply of some of the nation’s most productive workers.
• A labor shed that includes workers from a broad area within and beyond Champaign County.
• Workers looking for new opportunities at employer-friendly wages.
• Excellent vocational and technical support training from Parkland Community College and other sources.
• Quality flexible and part-time employees, such as the 38,000 students of the University of Illinois.
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Infrastructure
Discover information on how Champaign County’s infrastructure supports industrial development.
Resources
Learn about the resources available to industrial and agribusiness companies in Champaign County.
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