WHAT’S IN IT FOR INVESTORS?

  • Creation of 36,757 new jobs, increasing employment income by $4.4 billion—direct and indirect ROI for your company.
  • Direct participation in shaping Will County’s economic future through the leadership council, the board of directors, or committee activity.
  • Access to our wealth of business data.
  • The inside scoop on new infrastructure and business developments.
  • Access to people that can add value to your business.

Projected ROI based on inducement of nearly 37,000 new jobs:

New Employee Expenditures
Employee income from new jobs
New employee expenditures
Auto Payments
Clothing & Apparel Stores
Educational Institutions
Electric & Gas Utilities
Entertainment & Recreation Facilities
Furniture & Appliance Stores
Grocery Stores
Health Care Providers
Home Mortgage Holders (Interest Only)
Insurance Agents (Home, Auto, Health, Life)
Professionals (Attys., Accts., Architects, etc)
Rental Housing
Restaurants
Telephone/Communications Providers
Misc. Retail, Product & Service Providers
Five-Year Totals
4,402,500,000
3,583,700,000
341,740,000
197,600,000
67,710,000
118,500,000
193,060,000
162,890,000
311,000,000
111,910,000
263,560,000
256,350,000
14,300,000
203,510,000
224,810,000
87,760,000
1,034,000,000
   
New Business
Number of New Businesses

814
   
Local Government Revenues
County
Cities
Total

80,415,050
252,612,746
333,028,000
   
Banking/Finance
Bank Deposits
Operating Profit Increment

967,000,000
27,000,000
   
Housing
Units from Total Program
Residential Real Estate Investment

20,657
$4,175,700,000
   
Commercial Real Estate
Space Utilized
Commercial Real Estate Investment

28,487,000
$1,851,700,000
   
Return on Investment
(New Employee Income/Program Investment)
Return
Program Investment
Times Investment Returned
$4,402,500,000
$7,500,000
587

A Step Ahead of Tommorow will expand and build upon this record of performance by concentrating on five key areas: