Investors

The following businesses and organizations are recognized for their support of the Economic Alliance of Kankakee County’s 2025 program of work. Funded are the Alliance’s efforts in the areas of Business Retention & Expansion, Business Attraction, Community Development, and Workforce Development.

Platinum Investors

• Kankakee County Economic Development Association
• County of Kankakee
• ComEd
• First American Bank
• Midland States Bank
• Nicor Gas
• Pattern Energy
• Peoples Bank
• Riverside Healthcare

Premier Investors

• AQUA Illinois
• AT&T
• Bear Construction Company
• Bear Machine Tool & Die, Inc.
• Carlile Architects
• CMC Rebar
• CSL Behring
• FCA
• Gardant Management Solutions
• Heartland Harvest/Our Home
• Iroquois Federal
• Kankakee Community College
• Kankakee Area Contractors Association
• Kankakee Iroquois Building Trades
• Kankakee Valley Construction Co., Inc.
• McColly Bennett Commercial Real Estate
• Meijer
• Nucor Steel
• Olivet Nazarene University
• Ozinga
• Piggush Engineering
• PSI
• R&R Construction
• St. Mary’s

The Economic Alliance of Kankakee County is a 501c6 public/private partnership tasked with encouraging and facilitating new investment in the Greater Chicago community of Kankakee County, Illinois. We approach our mission in the spirit of collaboration in order to move the needle in sustainable and equitable ways across the interconnected realms of business, workforce, and community development.

The Kankakee area’s capital investment between 2015 and 2025 was around $6.27 billion.

Pursuant to Sections 501(c)(6) and 6113 of the Internal Revenue Code, contributions made to the Economic Alliance of Kankakee County are not deductible for federal income tax purposes as charitable contributions.