The Rockford Global Tradepark
The Rockford Global Tradepark is a 6,600-acre redevelopment planning area surrounding the Greater Rockford Airport, created in March 2004 to attract and retain industrial jobs.
The City of Rockford commissioned a survey - the “Voice-of-the-Customer Analysis” - intended to cover nearly all primary businesses in the Tradepark. This activity was undertaken for a variety of reasons. Among them are:
- To understand the future plans of existing organizations within the Tradepark
- To identify current site issues and improvement opportunities that would help business growth
- To be used as an input for infrastructure planning, development plans, managing growth expectations, and the development of long and short-term improvement projects
- To better utilize our local resources
- To demonstrate the importance of public-private partnerships in establishing effective approaches to economic development
Click on the link below to open a .pdf version of the survey report. Continue to check back to this website for activities, action timelines and suggestions on ways you can help improve the economic vitality of our region.
Rockford Global Tradepark “Voice-of-the-Customer” Analysis (pdf, 544k)