Champaign County Economic Development Corporation

July 17, 2014 | Category: Business, Champaign County, Community, Health Care, News Room, Urbana

Article Source: Carle U.S. News & World Report named Carle Foundation Hospital in its 25th annual Best Hospitals rankings. For 2014-2015, U.S. News evaluated hospitals in 16 adult specialties and ranked the top 50 in most of the specialties. Just 3-percent of the nearly 5,000 hospitals that were analyzed for Best Hospitals earned national ranking Read more »

May 29, 2014 | Category: Business, Champaign, Champaign County, Community, News Room, Technology, UC2B, University of Illinois, Urbana

Article Source: The News-Gazette Champaign, IL – After more than a year in waiting, residents who committed hundreds of thousands of dollars toward the expansion of Urbana-Champaign Big Broadband finally have an answer about its future. During the next few years, officials announced Thursday, the network will be built out to the rest of the Read more »

April 10, 2014 | Category: Business, Champaign, Champaign County, Community, News Room, Technology, University of Illinois

San Francisco, CA (April 8, 2014) – NerdWallet, a consumer advocacy website, recently conducted a study to find the fastest-growing cities in Illinois – and Champaign ranked third. A hub of central Illinois, Champaign is home to the University of Illinois flagship campus and saw median incomes in town grow by 32.2% between 2009 and Read more »

April 9, 2014 | Category: Business, Champaign County, Community, News Room

The Champaign County Economic Development Corporation is pleased to announce Craig Rost as the new Executive Director. Rost was chosen as the top candidate after a search and evaluation that included EDC Board members and community leaders. Rost’s first day of work is set for Thursday, May 1, 2014. Rost has been dedicated to expanding Read more »

February 28, 2014 | Category: Business, Champaign, Champaign County, Community, News Room, Parkland College, Rantoul, Research Park, Technology, University of Illinois, Urbana

Over 250 people gathered at the National Center for Supercomputer Applications for the Ninth Annual Innovation Celebration on the evening of February 27th to recognize those individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions, taken risks, and provided leadership to ensure the continuing economic success of Champaign County, the ongoing success of the University’s economic Read more »