KANKAKEE COUNTY TOP EMPLOYERS TRANSPORTATION & INFRASTRUCTURE

GENERAL MANUFACTURING LIFE SCIENCES FIBER Dark fiber is accessible from multiple carriers. CSL Behring ...... 1400 MilliporeSigma...... 76 WATER Plant upgrades will enable Aqua Illinois to PLASTICS MANUFACTURING deliver 30 MGD in 2018. 2018 Pactiv Corporation...... 75 ITW Zip-Pak...... 45 INTERSTATE ACCESS Ring Container Technologies ...... 30 Five I-57 Exits, including new Bourbonnais AAF Flanders ...... 380 Parkway interchange at Exit 318 MARKET PROFILE Armstrong World Industries ...... 250 HEALTH CARE Crown Beverage Company ...... 141 Riverside Healthcare ...... 3015 J.R. Edwards Brushes and Rollers Inc...... 140 Cigna Healthcare...... 1300 AIR KANKAKEE COUNTY Edmund Allen Lumber Company...... 95 Shapiro Developmental Center...... 1183 Greater Kankakee is the Southland’s largest IKO Midwest Inc...... 89 Presence Saint Mary’s Hospital ...... 1077 regional airport, with the longest outside of Midway Inter- VanVoorst Lumber Company Inc...... 83 Illinois Veteran’s Home...... 360 national, at 5,981 feet. As of 2017, GKA is also home to a state-of- Dayton Superior Corporation...... 66 Indian Oaks Academy...... 341 the-art, $65 million Illinois Army National Guard Readiness Center ITW Angleboard...... 50 OAK Orthopedics...... 132 and Army Aviation Support Facility. Electron Beam Technologies Inc...... 50 Milwaukee Vulcan Materials Company...... 33 FOOD PROCESSING Kankakee County is in close proximity to Midway Airport, which is Detroit Among the fastest growing metros in the Greater Fibre Drum ...... 32 Cleveland drivable in 50 minutes and accessible by River Valley Metro shuttle Chicago Ag Reliant Genetics...... 27 service, and O’Hare International Airport, drivable in 60 minutes. Pittsburgh Chicago region, Kankakee County is ideally situated Greif Inc...... 22 Kankakee 45 miles south of Downtown Chicago along the I-57 County Indianapolis Washington D.C. IRON, STEEL & METALS INDUSTRIES RAIL PUBLIC Cincinnati Corridor. Ready access to the interstate, Class I rail, all Nucor Steel...... 480 St. Louis utilities, fiber, workforce and Enterprise Zone incentives • Canadian National TRANSPORTATION Louisville Peddinghaus Corporation...... 272 • Norfolk Southern • Amtrak means our diverse business community, including Shoup Manufacturing ...... 200 Van Drunen Farms...... 630 • Union Pacific • River Valley Metro bus service Stor-Loc ...... 50 Del Monte Fresh Produce Company...... 310 Nashville Fortune and Global 500 companies, is able to thrive. VanFab Inc...... 50 Momence Packing Company/Johnsonville...... 300 • Showbus rural bus service Arctic Snow and Ice Control...... 42 Silva International...... 200 ABC Coating ...... 40 FutureCeuticals ...... 83 Belson Steel Center and Scrap...... 40 Plochman Inc...... 86 Dabrico Inc...... 20 J.R. Short Milling Company...... 80 TAXES & INCENTIVES Gilster Mary-Lee Corporation...... 80 CHEMICALS MANUFACTURING Dawn Food Products Inc...... 76 BUSINESS Urban Farmer LLC...... 50 SALES TAX Bunge Milling...... 24 INCOME TAX Heartland Harvest ...... 20 7% of net income 6.25% TRANSPORTATION/DISTRIBUTION/LOGISTICS INCENTIVES FOR QUALIFYING PROJECTS BASF USA...... 170 ENTERPRISE ZONE PROGRAM • 5-year property tax abatement Valspar Corporation...... 169 In Kankakee County, enterprise zones provide valuable tools • Sales tax exemption on building materials Dow Chemical Company...... 60 that enable business to invest, grow and hire. Together, our • Free/discounted building permits Sun Chemical Corporation...... 54 community’s two enterprise zones have seen the addition of W.W. Henry Company LP...... 40 nearly 6,500 jobs, as well as, more than $1 billion in capital • Investment tax credit Hubergroup USA...... 39 investment in more than 250 projects. • Machinery/equipment sales tax exemption Baker and Taylor ...... 570 • Utility tax exemption OTHER Sears Logistics...... 169 Olivet Nazarene University...... 550 A.N. Webber Inc...... 146 Kankakee Community College ...... 500 Hoekstra Transportation...... 125 Kankakee Nursery...... 140 Kmart Distribution Center...... 116 K.B. Cores...... 125 DHL Mars/Exel...... 106 The Daily Journal ...... 116 Swift Transportation...... 100 Aqua Illinois ...... 85 Pepsi Beverages Company ...... 64 Martin Whalen Office Solutions...... 45 Innovel Solutions...... 62 Illinois Army National Guard and Aviation Support ...... 40 Fedex Freight...... 32 Phone: 815-935-1177 • 200 E. Court St. Suite 507 Kankakee IL, 60901 Monical Pizza Corporation...... 39 Bold indicates headquarters location. LABOR FORCE & JOBS LEADING LOCAL INDICATORS EDUCATION & TRAINING

JOB GROWTH LABOR FORCE OLIVET NAZARENE UNIVERSITY KCC’s award-winning and nationally certified electrical technology program, in part, prepares students for real-world jobs in the 2016 to 2017 DRIVE TIMES With more than 140 fields of study and enrollment of more than Growth Year Over Year emerging solar, wind and geothermal industries. The program has 5,000, ONU is ranked as one of the Best Colleges for 2018 by January...... + 0 begun to build a pipeline of qualified workers for EDF Renewable “U.S. News & World Report.” This is the Bourbonnais university’s Energy’s local Pilot Hill and Kelly Creek wind farms. February...... + 1,000 Cook 13th consecutive year for inclusion on this prestigious list. March...... + 500 KANKAKEE AREA CAREER CENTER April...... + 300 Will KACC aims to meet the vocational/ technical education needs Lake May...... + 1,200 Grundy of the regional high school students. The underlying function of June...... + 1,200 Kankakee the career center is to prepare students to select viable career 30 MIN. County paths and to obtain the training and skills essential for continuing July...... Newton + 800 831,420 education and/ or the job market. August...... + 300 45 MIN. Livingston Iroquois IN GRUNDY LIVINGSTON September...... + 1,000 2,100, 135 #1 ILLINOIS October...... + 900 Ford SMALL METRO FOR JOB & TECH GROWTH KANKAKEE WORKFORCE BOARD November...... + 1,200 COST OF LIVING 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017 ONU’s ABET-accredited Martin D. Walker School of Engineering The GLKWB is responsible for investing annually more than $1.5 #4 IN USA has seen strong growth over the last decade, now offering million in support of local workforce training and services to December...... + 1,300 MILKEN INSTITUTE BEST-PERFORMING CITIES INDEX FOR COST OF DOING BUSINESS nine concentrations, including Architectural, Chemical, Civil, enable individuals and employers to succeed in today’s economy. HOUSEHOLD INCOME Source: U.S. Census Bureau, OnTheMap application and LEHD Origin-Destination Source: Illinois Department of Employment Security Employment Statistics (Beginning of Quarter Employment, 2nd Quarter of 2002-2015). Computer, Electrical, Environmental, Industrial, Mechanical and The organization secured and Software engineering. administers a $500,000 Illinois $1.5 BILLION Talent Pipeline Grant to provide CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 2014-17 MAJOR CAPITAL INVESTMENT KANKAKEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE on-the-job training for local dislocated workers in the process of securing new positions at CSL Behring Kankakee, and coordinates mass hiring events for companies new to the market, such as Amazon and Meijer. KANKAKEE MSA REAL GDP GROWTH 2011-2016

3,700 Work Kankakee is an initiative of the Economic Alliance of KCC awards associate degrees, associate in applied science 3,600 Kankakee County in cooperation with Grundy, Livingston, 3,514 M degrees and certificates of completion. Through its office of Kankakee Workforce Board; Community Foundation of Kankakee 3,500 3,446 M Corporate and Continuing Education and its Division of Adult River Valley; local and regional employers; K-12 and post- 3,437 M 3,402 M and Community Education, KCC offers custom recruitment and secondary educational institutions; and civic and professional 3,400 training programs to meet the specific needs of area businesses organizations. Together, the coalition is strengthening Kankakee 3,386 M and industries, including workforce development. 3,300 County’s current and emerging workforce pipeline and aligning 3,289 M KCC operates the Manufacturing & Industrial Technology Center that talent with local career opportunities across our targeted 3,200 (MITC), which imparts the fabrication; machine tool; welding; industry sectors, including: Advanced Manufacturing, Food 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 millwright; and transportation, warehousing, distribution and Processing, Bioscience, Transportation/Logistics, Health Care, logistics skills required by our area’s advanced manufacturers. and Business & Professional Services INDUSTRIES BY SHARE Source: U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis In 2018, the college launched the first cohort of its Registered Apprenticeship program in Industrial Machinery. Healthcare & Educational Retail Trade Construction Professional, Finance & Scientific, Insurance Social Assistance Services Tech Services MANUFACTURING 3.2% SECTOR GROWTH EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT 10.8% Admin, Support, Waste 4.3% Average Earnings = $80,961 Management Services Arts, Real Estate, Rental & Leasing Kankakee County Illinois U.S. Accommodation Enter- Industry Concentration = 1.56 tainment 6.1% 2.8% 1.2% & Recre- Bachelor’s Degree or higher...... 18.8%...... 32.3%...... 29.8% 16.3% 10.4% & Food Service ations Other services, except Wholesale Trade Compound Annual Growth Rate public administration (CAGR) 2011-2016 = 3.3% Some College or Associates Degree (18-24) .....50.2%...... 46%...... 46% Manufacturing 8.2% 1.3% 4.7% 3.3% Projected Compound Annual Growth Rate Utilities Transportation & Warehousing Agriculture, Forestry, Information (CAGR) 2016-2021 = 2.5% Some College or Associates degree (25+)...... 35%...... 28.8%...... 29.2% Public Administration Fishing, Hunting

0.9% 1.5% 1% 14.6% 5.5% 3.7% Source: Emsi/Grundy Livingston Kankakee Workforce Board Source: U.S. Census Bureau and DataUSA.io 2015 Kankakee County Labor Market Analysis Source: U.S. Census Bureau 2011-2015 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates