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TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC TRANSIT River Valley Metro Bus Service Traditional Routes Paratransit Service Service to Midway Airport 12 times day 2 each way CLASS 1 RAIL Canadian National Norfolk Southern Union Pacific FIBER GENERAL MANUFACTURING AAF Flanders 180 Ag Reliant Genetics 31 Armstrong World Industries 350 Crown Beverage Company 151 E2i 40 Edmund Allen Lumber Company 86 Electron Beam Technologies Inc 59 Fibre Drum 41 Fratco Inc 200 Greif Inc 38 IKO Midwest Inc 125 ITW Angleboard 62 J R Edwards Brushes and Rollers Inc 140 RS Cryo Equipment 30 Simplex 39 VanVoorst Lumber Company Inc 63 Vulcan Materials Company 34 IRON STEEL METALS INDUSTRIES ABC Coating 160 Arctic Snow and Ice Control 63 Belson Steel Center and Scrap 160 CMC Rebar 80 Nucor Steel 430 Peddinghaus Corporation 230 Shoup Manufacturing 200 Stor Loc 29 VanFab Inc 55 CHEMICALS MANUFACTURING Dow Chemical Company 56 Kensing formerly BASF USA 167 Sherwin Williams Company 170 Sun Chemical Corporation 56 W W Henry Company LP 33 HEALTH CARE AMITA Healthcare 750 Cigna Healthcare 1 200 Illinois Veteran s Home 368 Indian Oaks 270 Oak Orthopedics IL Bone Joint Institute 128 Riverside Healthcare 2 900 Shapiro Developmental Center 1 200 Bold indicates headquarters location Dark fiber is accessible from multiple carriers BIOTECHNOLOGY WATER CSL Behring 1 500 MilliporeSigma 77 Aqua Illinois system wide capacity totals 30 MGD FOOD PROCESSING Bunge Milling 85 Del Monte Fresh Produce Company 250 FutureCeuticals 71 Gilster Mary Lee Corporation 110 Heartland Harvest 42 J R Short Milling Company 140 Momence Packing Company 300 Plochman Inc 85 Rise Baking 300 Silva International 235 Urban Farmer LLC 431 Van Drunen Farms 941 TRANSPORTATION DIST LOGISTICS A N Webber Inc 230 Baker and Taylor 500 Fedex Freight 25 Hoekstra Transportation 115 McKesson 258 Midwest Transit 300 NFI Industries 260 Pepsi Beverages Company 64 Swift Transportation 25 Transformco 52 Vision Logistics 90 OTHER All Star Management 441 Aqua Illinois 65 Illinois Army National Guard 106 Kankakee Community College 375 Kankakee Nursery 125 K B Cores 125 Monicals Pizza Corporation 139 Olivet Nazarene University 560 The Daily Journal 67 Tivoli Enterprises Classic Cinemas 33 Six I 57 Exits including new Bourbonnais Parkway interchange at Exit 318 Daily Traffic 40k cars day AIR Greater Kankakee Airport IKK is the Chicago Southland s largest regional airport with the longest runway outside of Midway International at 5 981 feet IKK is also home to a state of the art 65M Illinois Army National Guard Readiness Center and Army Aviation Support Facility Kankakee County is in close proximity to Midway International Airport which is drivable in 50 minutes and accessible by River Valley Metro shuttle service daily and O Hare International Airport drivable in 60 minutes PLASTICS MANUFACTURING ITW Zip Pak 45 Pactiv Corporation 229 Ring Container Technologies 42 INTERSTATE ACCESS MARKET PROFILE 2022 KANKAKEE COUNTY TOP EMPLOYERS INCENTIVES BASED ON LOCATION PROJECTS MAY BE ELIGIBLE TO PURSUE ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING New Market Tax Credits C PACE Financing Opportunity Zone Financing Film Tax Credits and related incentives Tax Increment Financing Historic Tax Credits Special Service Area or Business District benefits ENTERPRISE ZONE PROGRAM In Kankakee County enterprise zones provide valuable tools that enable business to invest grow and hire Together our community s two enterprise zones have seen the addition of nearly 7 000 jobs as well as more than 2B in capital investment in more than 300 projects INCENTIVES FOR QUALIFYING PROJECTS 5 year property tax abatement Sales tax exemption on building materials Free discounted building permits Investment tax credit Machinery equipment sales tax exemption Utility tax exemption Timothy Nugent President CEO tnugent kankakeecountyed org Angela Morrey Director Marketing Business Attraction amorrey kankakeecountyed org For available property information or custom data drill downs for local workforce readiness wages demographics consumer trends cost of doing business cost of living recent expansions and development incentives please contact the Alliance office KANKAKEE COUNTY ILLINOIS

LEADING LOCAL INDICATORS 5 23 AMONG SMALL MANUFACTURING ECONOMIES IN US OVERSEAS EXPORTS 1 6B EXPORTED ANNUALLY STRENGTH IN MANUFACTURING 7 500 Source Advisor Smith ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES 61 22 FOOD MANUFACTURING SOURCE Emsi Labor Market Analytics LABOR FORCE DRIVE TIMES LIVABILITY CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING 11 PHARMACEUTICALS 90 7 Cook Will 34 PROFESSIONAL SCIENTIFIC TECHNICAL SERVICES SOURCE 2016 2021 Emsi Labor Market Analytics 2025 PROJECTION Administrative Support Services 4 022 4 986 Food Manufacturing 2 063 2 322 Chemical Manufacturing 2 624 2 805 Professional Scientific Technical Services 1 377 1 527 Hospitals 3 685 4 062 Real Estate 291 315 HOSPITALS 29 AVERAGE EARNINGS 2021 JOBS RECENT INDUSTRY GROWTH 88 97K CURRENT INDUSTRY POSITIONS OCCUPATION GROWTH MAJOR INVESTMENT PROJECTS IN 2021 EDUCATION TRAINING LABOR FORCE 30 MIN Grundy 847 352 45 MIN Livingston Kankakee County OF U S AVERAGE Lake Newton Iroquois 2 843 366 Ford Source U S Census Bureau OnTheMap application and LEHD Origin Destination COST OF LIVING INDEX Remote Work Accessible OLIVET NAZARENE UNIVERSITY Olivet offers students opportunities to choose from more than 140 areas of study participate in 90 clubs and organizations play on 22 intercollegiate athletic teams take advantage of study abroad and volunteer experiences around the world and benefit from a 15 1 student to faculty ratio The private university is consistently ranked as a College of Distinction and in 2021 was ranked as the 2 Best Value Regional University in the Midwest by U S News World Report Focused on preparing students for lives of service in meaningful careers in every industry Olivet has seen strong growth over the last decade particularly in the Martin D Walker School of Science Technology Engineering and Math Features of the School of STEM include ABET accreditation in engineering six engineering concentrations including architectural chemical civil computer electrical and mechanical and a Computer Emerging Technologies program that includes a high demand major in Cybersecurity Defense and 13 optional industry certifications of local business and industry The college remains affordable with low tuition and fees and average financial aid awards above 3 800 2019 20 school year and more than 41 of students receiving financial aid The Continuing Education Career Services and Adult Education areas also meet the community s needs through custom training personal enrichment GED preparation and other avenues KANKAKEE AREA CAREER CENTER KACC offers state of the art technical vocational education emphasizing theory technical skills and workplace excellence Students earn professional certifications dual college credit and internship training opportunities Knowledge skills sets and soft skills are transferable aiding them as they embark on college and the workplace Visit www kacc org GRUNDY LIVINGSTON KANKAKEE KANKAKEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE Kankakee Community College plays a vital role in training qualified workers for today s jobs and keeps adapting to future trends The college is ready to help the community recover following the COVID 19 pandemic by offering certifications short term and career preparation and the first two years of a bachelor s degree Beyond the classroom KCC s service areas are designed to help students succeed offering veterans5 services dislocated worker programs with financial assistance and career search help The college s career focused programs are driven by input from advisory committees made up Responsible for investing 2M annually in support of local workforce training 768 000 in training scholarships awarded to area residents 275 total scholarships issued 5 Awarded 245 000 to area businesses for incumbent worker training 21 296 570 received to help area residents return to the 21 workforce following Covid 19 induced layoffs 27 27 EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT 15 CAREER COACH 95 084 15 5 21 Urbanized location Shuttle service to Midway International Airport 12 times day Source The Council for Community and Economic Research 27 32 15 32 A partnership between KCC the Kankakee Area Career Center and the Economic Alliance is a location based online tool to connect local career and training opportunities with available employment Certificates Associates kcc emsicc com 32 Certificates Certificates Bachelors Associates Bachelors Associates Masters PhD Bachelors PhD Masters ANNUAL GRADUATES WITHIN 45 MINUTE COMMUTE 2 341 Masters PhD IN KANKAKEE COUNTY Source Emsi Labor Market Analytics