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Manufacturing Roundtable: Early College and Career Academy (ECCA)

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To celebrate National Manufacturing Day & Manufacturing Month (as determined by the Illinois Department of Commerce), we teamed up with the Champaign County Chamber of Commerce to host a Manufacturing Roundtable on Tuesday, October 4th at Parkland College. The discussion focused on the Early College and Career Academy (ECCA), a joint effort of Education for Read more »

Illinois American Water to Host Ribbon Cutting for One Million Gallon Elevated Water Tank

From the Illinois American Water press release: Champaign, Ill. (Sept. 22, 2016) – Illinois American Water’s Champaign County District, the Champaign County Chamber of Commerce and the Champaign County Economic Development Corporation will celebrate the new one-million-gallon elevated water storage tank located at 2814 Hundman Drive in Champaign. A ribbon cutting will be held on Sept. Read more »

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 Read more »

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 Read more »

MakerGirl Goes Mobile

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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. MakerGirl is a start-up out of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign that inspires girls from the ages of 7 to Read more »