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EDC Terminates Contract with President & CEO
CHAMPAIGN, IL, June 12, 2013 – At our June 12th meeting, the Board of Directors of the Champaign County Economic Development Corporation voted to terminate our contract with President & CEO Mike Kirchhoff. While Mike has extensive experience and training in economic development, we were not experiencing the level of growth and progress expected by Read more »
EnterpriseWorks Named a College-Town Incubator to Watch by Inc. Magazine
Article Source: UI Research Park An article in the June 2013 issue of Inc. Magazine declares EnterpriseWorks, the technology business incubator at the University of Illinois Research Park, as one of three college-town incubators worth watching. The article highlights some of the incubator’s strengths, including entrepreneur counseling and support. It also mentions that EnterpriseWorks clients and Read more »
Illinois Added 3,400 Tech Jobs Last Year
Article Source: Crain’s Chicago Business Illinois outpaced the nation in tech-job growth last year, but several of our neighboring states grew faster. Illinois added 3,400 tech jobs last year, an increase of 1.6 percent, outpacing the U.S. gain of 1.1 percent, according to the Cyberstates report from the TechAmerica Foundation, a tech trade association. But Read more »
Champaign Gets ‘Bronze’ Bike-Friendly Status
Article Source: The News-Gazette CHAMPAIGN — The city can now boast its “bicycle friendly community” status after it was one of 17 new cities listed by the League of American Bicyclists on Monday. Champaign entered the ranking as a bronze-level bicycle-friendly community. Five other Illinois cities are ranked — including Urbana, which achieved its bronze Read more »
Greg Gonda Receives Accredited Business Planning Advisor (ABPA) Designation
CHAMPAIGN, IL – Gregory J. Gonda, the Illinois Small Business Development Center Director has successfully attained the professional Accredited Business Planning Advisor designation (ABPA). Mr. Gonda attended Accredited – Certified Business Planning Advisor training in New Orleans this past September at the National Association of Small Business Development Center’s 2012 Annual Meeting. This advanced training Read more »
