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Economic Development Web Site Links Illinois Small Business Development Association - An integrated small business assistance system. Provides education, training, assistance and research to the state's small businesses. Form downloads, newsletters, membership information, and events calendar are featured.
Illinois Empowerment Zone - Plans followed by government to alleviate poverty and seek ways to invigorate local economies of depressed areas.
Western Illinois Small Business Development Center - Useful information for the area's prospective and established businesses.
North Business & Industrial Council (NORBIC) - Membership offers businesses access to valuable information, grants, networking opportunities.
Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs - Agency intended to monitor conditions in rural Illinois, with the aim of improving community and economic development including education, health care, and transportation.
Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs - Provides a wide array of programs and services designed to help Illinois businesses thrive in the global economy.
Illinois Development Finance Authority - A self-supporting government agency that stimulates economic development throughout the state. Provides information on the agency's legal authority, request for proposals (RFPs), and financing products such as loans and bonds.
Illinois Innovation Initiative (I3) - Assists professional technologists and small technology businesses through the commercialization process, locating funding and developing strategic marketing and business plans for client technology.
Better Cities Committee of Illinois - Seeks ways ways to improve the economic environment of urban areas through a fundamental fiscal reform that will lay the ground work for a more viable city. Features information on Henry George, views of and links to Georgist organizations.
Illinois Rural Partners - Illinois Private Public Partnership for Rural Community Development.
PRCCI - Puerto Rican Chamber of Commerce of Illinois - A not for profit corporation that develops, assists, and promotes Hispanic business interests, and other businesses within the state. Features business studies, networking opportunities, training and workshops and contacts.
Mexican American Chamber of Commerce of Illinois, Inc. - An active partner in various projects throughout the city, county and state. Offers business management seminars, along with news, information, and programs and services.
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