Since 2004 the Rockford Area Economic Development Council has met with almost 400 visits with companies which in aggregate employ almost half of our region's workforce. Our primary objectives with these interviews are to:
understand the future plans of existing organizations within our communities
identify current site issues and improvement opportunities that would help businesses grow
input information for infrastructure planning, development plans, managing growth expectations
the development of long and short-term improvement projects
better use of our local resources
demonstrate the importance of public-private partnerships in establishing effective approaches to
