Champaign County Economic Development Corporation

May 31, 2012 | Category: Development, Rantoul

Article Source: The News-Gazette, Dave Hinton, May 31, 2012 RANTOUL — The village board will be asked to approve the final plat for a subdivision of land that could be the site of a nearly 800,000-square-foot distribution center west of the village. The name of the company and what would be distributed from the new Read more »

May 14, 2012 | Category: Business, Community, Education

Champaign-Urbana Metro area is ranked 4th in the nation among communities large and small as a professional destination for college graduates in 2012.  Among the variable measured are: Share of jobs in professional, technical, and creative occupations (BLS) Average salaries and wages for professional, technical, and creative occupations (BLS) Money left over after paying for Read more »

May 14, 2012 | Category: Community, Education, Urbana

Two Champaign County high schools have earned the bronze ranking from U.S. News and World Report among the nation’s best high schools for student performance.  Urbana High School (UHS) and Heritage High School in Broadlands.  This is UHS’s second bronze award since 2010.   UHS has also earned a place two years in a row on Read more »

May 8, 2012 | Category: Business, Community

Article Source: The News-Gazette, Don Dodson, May 8, 2012 CHAMPAIGN — Payrolls of major employers are rebounding. Retail sales are growing. The local housing market is stabilizing. And farmers are anticipating another year of strong commodity prices. Those factors, plus anecdotal evidence, make Busey Bank Vice Chairman Ed Scharlau think the local economy is getting Read more »

May 3, 2012 | Category: Research Park, Technology

Article Source: TECH cocktail, Zach Davis, May 3, 2012 I can  remember my first bicycle quite vividly.  It was a hand-me-down, cherry red and clunky (a bike is only as good as it’s rider).  Because it was a single-speed, any route that involved hills, specifically the kind that slope upward, translated loosely to terror.  Needless to say, my Read more »