Champaign County Economic Development Corporation

October 25, 2017 | Category: Business, Champaign, Development, News Room

We had a great time celebrating the Lodgic Everyday Community on Saturday, October 21st! Opening in summer 2018, Lodgic will be located at 1807 S. Neil Street in Champaign. A new nonprofit initiative of Moose International, Lodgic is dedicated to creating access to opportunity for working families, facilitating thriving business, and fostering shared community. Locally, Read more »

October 24, 2017 | Category: Business, Champaign, Champaign County, Development, Manufacturing, News Room

On Monday, October 23rd, we celebrated the grand opening of Clarkson Soy Products, located at 101 Mercury Drive in Champaign. Located at Titan Warehouse, this new 30,000 SF facility is the first of its kind in North America. The company processes, distributes, and exports high-quality Certified Organic and non-GMO lecithins for the food, personal care, Read more »

June 5, 2017 | Category: Business, Champaign, Manufacturing, News Room, Technology

Highgate, a company that exists to deliver innovative solutions to complex challenges, has leased 1,500 sf on the 3rd floor of 41 East University Avenue in Champaign. Very much interested in joining other technology companies in the downtown area such as Volition and Veriflow, Highgate will employ about eight team members in their new space. Read more »

May 25, 2017 | Category: Airport, Business, Champaign, Champaign County, Development, Expansion, News Room, Savoy, University of Illinois, Urbana

Congrats to Flightstar on the grand opening of Hangar 10! This 31,000 SF facility was recently completed along with the refurbishment of the adjoined Hangar 3, creating a 52,000 SF complex. Founded in 1978, Flightstar is an aviation service organization located at Willard Airport (Fly Champaign-Urbana) in Savoy, Illinois. With over 112,000 SF of hangar Read more »

May 16, 2017 | Category: Business, Champaign, News Room, Research Park, Technology, University of Illinois

We were thrilled to celebrate the grand opening of Syngenta‘s new Digital Innovation Lab at University of Illinois Research Park today!  The Syngenta Digital Innovation Lab in Champaign serves as an incubator for new ideas that address the goal of feeding the world’s burgeoning population. They are part of an ecosystem of digital innovation labs developing Read more »