KANKAKEE COUNTY TOP EMPLOYERS TRANSPORTATION & INFRASTRUCTURE

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Riverside Healthcare North Campus Six I-57 Exits including new Bourbonnais Parkway interchange at Exit 318

PUBLIC TRANSIT CLASS 1 RAIL • Amtrak • Canadian National GENERAL MANUFACTURING BIOTECHNOLOGY • River Valley Metro bus service • Norfolk Southern AAF Flanders...... 171 CSL Behring...... 1,800 • Showbus rural bus service • Union Pacific Armstrong World Industries...... 350 MilliporeSigma...... 77

Crown Beverage Company...... 150 Kankakee Metro Centre Bus Station: Completion 2021 J.R. Edwards Brushes & Rollers Inc...... 140 FOOD PROCESSING AIR: Edmund Allen Lumber Company...... 96 Van Drunen Farms...... 777 Urban Farmer LLC...... 305 Greater Kankakee (IKK) is the Southland’s largest IKO Midwest Inc...... 125 regional airport, with the longest outside of Midway Momence Packing Company...... 300 VanVoorst Lumber Company Inc...... 135 International, at 5,981 feet. As of 2017, IKK is also home to a state-of- Del Monte Fresh Produce Company...... 250 Simplex...... 39 the-art, $65 million Illinois Army National Guard Readiness Center and Silva International...... 240 ITW Angleboard...... 62 Army Aviation Support Facility. Electron Beam Technologies Inc...... 59 J.R. Short Milling Company...... 140 Kankakee County is in close proximity to Midway Airport, which is Vulcan Materials Company...... 33 Gilster Mary-Lee Corporation...... 110 drivable in 50 minutes and accessible by River Valley Metro shuttle Fibre Drum...... 37 Rise Baking...... 81 service, and O’Hare International Airport, drivable in 60 minutes. Ag Reliant Genetics...... 31 FutureCeuticals...... 71 Greif Inc...... 25 Plochman Inc...... 70 Illinois Army National Guard Readiness Center 2021 E2i...... 45 Bunge Milling...... 85 Heartland Harvest...... 34 IRON,STEEL & METALS INDUSTRIES INCENTIVES Nucor Steel...... 430 PLASTICS MANUFACTURING MARKET Peddinghaus Corporation...... 230 Pactiv Corporation...... 229 Shoup Manufacturing...... 200 ITW Zip-Pak...... 45 BASED ON LOCATION, PROJECTS MAY BE ELIGIBLE Ring Container Technologies...... 42 PROFILE Stor-Loc...... 65 TO PURSUE ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: KANKAKEE COUNTY, ILLINOIS VanFab Inc...... 40 TRANSPORTATION/DIST./LOGISTICS • New Markets Tax Credits • C-PACE Financing Arctic Snow and Ice Control...... 45 Baker and Taylor...... 502 ABC Coating...... 40 • Opportunity Zone Financing • Film Tax Credits and related A.N. Webber Inc...... 290 Belson Steel Center and Scrap...... 50 incentives McKesson...... 258 • Tax Increment Financing Dabrico Inc...... 21 INCENTIVES FOR NFI Industries...... 240 • Historic Tax Credits • Special Service Area or Business District benefits QUALIFYING PROJECTS: Hoekstra Transportation...... 115 CHEMICALS MANUFACTURING • 5-year property tax abatement Sherwin Williams Company...... 170 Pepsi Beverages Company...... 64 ENTERPRISE ZONE PROGRAM • Sales tax exemption on building materials BASF USA...... 167 Transformco...... 52 In Kankakee County, enterprise zones provide valuable tools that Dow Chemical Company...... 60 Fedex Freight...... 27 • Free/discounted building permits enable business to invest, grow and hire. Together, our community’s two Sun Chemical Corporation...... 54 Swift Transportation...... 25 • Investment tax credit enterprise zones have seen the addition of nearly 6,500 jobs, as well as W.W. Henry Company LP...... 33 OTHER • Machinery/equipment sales tax exemption more than $1 billion in capital investment in more than 250 projects. • Utility tax exemption HEALTH CARE Tivoli Enterprises - Classic Cinemas...... 40 Riverside Healthcare...... 2,900 Olivet Nazarene University...... 550 Cigna Healthcare...... 1,200 Kankakee Community College...... 421 Shapiro Developmental Center...... 1,207 Kankakee Nursery...... 128 AMITA Healthcare...... 1,069 K.B. Cores...... 125 Illinois Veteran’s Home...... 316 The Daily Journal...... 61 Indian Oaks Academy...... 283 Aqua Illinois...... 101 OAK Orthopedics...... 115 Illinois Army National Guard...... 106 For available property information or custom data drill-downs for local workforce readiness, wages, demographics, consumer trends, Monical Pizza Corporation...... 43 cost of doing business, cost of living, recent expansions and development incentives, please contact the Alliance office. Bold indicates headquarters location. LABOR FORCE & JOBS CAPITAL INVESTMENT EDUCATION & TRAINING

MANUFACTURING MOVEMENT Manufacturing sector: $2 Billion+ 14.9% 1,500+ 2015-2020 Major Capital Investment of Kankakee County industry positions available HOME OF: OLIVET NAZARENE UNIVERSITY KANKAKEE AREA CAREER CENTER Olivet offers students opportunities to choose from more than KACC offers state-of-the-art technical/vocational education, 140 areas of study, participate in 90 clubs and organizations, emphasizing theory, technical skills and workplace excellence ESSENTIAL 13% above play on 22 intercollegiate athletic teams, take advantage of skills. Students receive transferable skills aiding them as WORKERS 28k+JOBS national average study-abroad and volunteer experiences around the world, they embark on college and the workplace. A wide variety of SOURCE: Emsi Labor Market Analytics and benefit from a 15:1 student-to-faculty ratio. The private programs that offer industry credentials, dual college credit, university is consistently ranked as a College of Distinction and and internship opportunities. Visit www.kacc.org in 2021, was ranked as the #2 Best Value Regional University in the Midwest by U.S. News & World Report. Focused on GRUNDY LIVINGSTON KANKAKEE LABOR FORCE PROFESSIONAL, preparing students for lives of service in meaningful careers WORKFORCE BOARD in every industry, Olivet has seen strong growth over the DRIVE TIMES SCIENTIFIC & last decade, particularly in the Martin D. Walker School of The GLKWB is responsible for investing $2.1 million annually in TECHNICAL Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. Features of the support of local workforce training. School of STEM include ABET-accreditation in engineering; six SERVICES engineering concentrations including architectural, chemical, Cook civil, computer, electrical and mechanical; and a Computer & Emerging Technologies program that includes a high-demand major in Cybersecurity Defense and 13 optional industry Will Lake PROJECTED certifications. Grundy EMPLOYMENT 30 MIN. Kankakee KANKAKEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE County Newton • $216,332 IL Talent Pipeline Grant 841,352 Kankakee Community College plays a vital role in training 45 MIN. Livingston Iroquois GROWTH qualified workers for today’s jobs, and keeps adapting to future • $100,000 Training Funds to support employers 12% trends. The college is ready to help the community recover 2,843, 366 Thru 2025, 4% above following the COVID-19 pandemic by offering certifications, • ISO 9000 manufacturing / mechanic training for Ford short-term and career preparation, and the first two years of a regional Ford dealers national average COST OF LIVING bachelor’s degree. Beyond the classroom, KCC’s service areas are designed to help students succeed, offering veterans • $430,000 in COVID-19 expenditures / workforce Source: U.S. Census Bureau, OnTheMap application services, dislocated worker programs with financial assistance, and LEHD Origin-Destination SOURCE: Emsi Labor Market Analytics and career search help. The college’s career-focused programs training needs are driven by input from advisory committees made up of local KANKAKEE COUNTY business and industry. The college remains affordable, with OCCUPATION GROWTH INDUSTRIAL low tuition and fees, and average financial aid awards above 214,173 Composite Index: 91 Health Care: 98.7 $3,800 (2018-19 school year); and more than 42% of students 2025 MACHINERY Total Regional OCCUPATION 2020 JOBS PROJECTION receiving a financial aid. The Continuing Education, Career MECHANIC Housing: 72.6 Misc. Goods & Services and Adult Education areas also meets the community’s Graduates Registered Nurse...... 1,432...... 1,610 91.1% needs through custom training, personal enrichment, GED® Utilities: 89.3 Services: 96 Industrial Machinery Mechanics...... 309...... 351 Kankakee County preparation and other avenues. 2,516 median salary: OF U.S. Management Analysts...... 174...... 211 Grocery Items: 101 Transportation: 111.9 In Kankakee County Computer User Support Specialists...... 112...... 131 $ AVERAGE Career Coach Mechanical Engineers...... 51...... 62 A partnership between KCC, the Kankakee Area 73,308 COST OF Career Center and the Economic Alliance, is a location- Computer Network Specialists...... 36...... 40 National median based online tool to connect local career and training LIVING INDEX opportunities with available employment. SOURCE: EMSI Labor Market Analytics salary: $53,111 Source: Emsi Labor Market Analytics