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Opportunity Zones in NW IL
For a map of Opportunity Zones in northwest Illinois, visit https://www.illinois.gov/dceo/Pages/OppZn.aspx.
NW Illinois Opportunity Zones
NW Illinois Economic Development's applications for two federally-designated Opportunity Zones in Stockton, IL and Savanna, IL were approved! Opportunity Zones provide investment opportunities in designated zones in order to reduce or eliminate a prior capital gain.
For a map of Opportunity Zones in northwest Illinois, visit https://www.illinois.gov/dceo/Pages/OppZn.aspx.
2018 Entrepreneurial Scholarship Award
Our first-ever Build it • Grow it Entrepreneurial Scholarship for high school seniors is awarded to...
2018 NW Illinois Economic Development Collaboration Awards
NW Illinois Economic Development Annual Meeting
Measuring Economic Progress in Rural Regions
As we think about measuring success for economic development in rural areas, we are realizing the goal posts are not only moving, but morphing. Jason Vangalis and Ashley Scray of Ady Advantage, explained the shift after attending the International Economic Development Council's 2017 Annual Conference and Strategic Planning Workshop in Toronto.