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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. 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 »
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. The underlying goal of the Illinois Growth and Innovation Read more »
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 Read more »
Final Tier II Committee Report for Unit 4 Schools
We were happy to participate on the Tier II Committee for Unit 4 Schools, charged with the following: The charge of the Tier Two Committee is to review recommendations from Tier One and, based on this information, provide recommendations to the Board of Education in the following areas: location of facilities, collaborations/partnerships with other public Read more »
Champaign County First Trip
Craig Rost, our Executive Director, joined the Champaign County Chamber of Commerce and other community stakeholders for the annual Champaign County First trip to Washington D.C., June 6-8. Champaign County First is a united countywide effort to identify projects and/or initiatives that, when successfully completed, will greatly benefit the citizens of Champaign County; spur economic Read more »