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CME Group Opens Innovation Center at UI Research Park

We were thrilled to attend the grand opening celebration of CME Group‘s new Innovation Center at University of Illinois Research Park last week!

CME Group is the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace – handling 3 billion contracts worth approximately $1 quadrillion annually, on average. The company is a marketplace for buyers and sellers – bringing together individuals, companies and institutions that need to manage risk or that want to profit by accepting risk.

This is CME Group’s first location on a college campus.

View photos from the event here.

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Village of Rantoul – Request for Proposals

Below is a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the redevelopment of a key property in the Village of Rantoul. Responses are due by 5:00 pm (CST) on October 7, 2016.

Questions concerning the RFP should be directed to Jill Guth (contact info below) no later than 5:00 pm on Friday, September 16, 2016. All questions and corresponding answers will be posted on the Village of Rantoul website as well as emailed to the entire RFP mailing list by 5:00 pm on Friday, September 23, 2016.

Village of Rantoul – Request for Proposals

Jill Guth
Guth & Associates
217-778-8305
Jill.guth@outlook.com

www.guthandassociates.com

MakerGirl Goes Mobile

Thanks to a successful Kickstarter campaign, MakerGirl has gone mobile! Since hitting the road on June 1, the team has hosted over 20 3D printing sessions and impacted over 300 girls across the country. 13445297_511326412390130_2399842384637360977_n

MakerGirl is a start-up out of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign that inspires girls from the ages of 7 to 10 to be active in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields through 3D printing sessions. These sessions give girls the opportunity to creatively design on the computer and then watch their designs physically come to life.

MakerGirl is a 2016 Innovation Celebration award finalist.

Follow the trip on their website & stay up-to-date with photos on their Facebook page.

 

Illinois Growth & Innovation Fund

On Thursday, June 16, we hosted Joe Aguilar, Deputy Director – Investment Analysis and Due Diligence for Illinois State Treasurer Michael W. Frerichs, at our office for two info sessions about the Illinois Growth and Innovation Fund (IGIF). We had a total of 38 attendees.  IGIF Economic Impact

The underlying goal of the Illinois Growth and Innovation Fund (IGIF) is to leverage state dollars to help attract, assist, and retain quality technology businesses in Illinois, which is expected to spur economic growth and job creation while earning investment returns for Illinois residents.

IGIF Goals:
– Deliver strong investment performance for Illinois
– Drive economic development for Illinois
– Foster a more connected and engaged entrepreneurial community in Illinois

To learn more about the IGIF, visit their website and/or view the documents below.

New FY17 EDC Board Members

At our Board of Directors meeting on Wednesday, June 15 (the last of FY16), we welcomed new Board members for FY17, starting July 1, and thanked our outgoing Board members for their years of service to the EDC.

New FY17 Board members:

  • Scott Miller, Dash Management
  • Bill Walter, A&R Mechanical 
  • Mandi Shelmadine, Grainger
  • Kevin Sage, ECI Building & Construction Trades Council 
  • David Farrar, Illinois American Water

Our outgoing Board members:

  • Lori Gold Patterson , Pixo
    (2009 – 2016, served as FY14 Board Chair)
  • Jeff Keiper , F.E. Moran Fire Protection
    (2015 – 2016)
  • Kerris Lee, Midland States Bank
    (2015 – 2016)
  • Matt Langendorf, ECI Building & Construction Trades Council 
    (2014 – 2016)

 

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