From Forts to Ports ... Randolph County is Where Illinois Business Began!!
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Historic map (ca 1876) used with permission, courtesy of Cartography Associates -- David Rumsey Map Collection, www.davidrumsey.com
The people of
Randolph County welcome you!
We believe in community ... in old-fashion values ... and pride of accomplishment.
We practice a work ethic born of generations in agribusiness, mining and manufacturing excellence.
We know how
to help business succeed ...
- A large and very well-trained area workforce.
- Randolph County's Midwest location means your business is within a day's drive of more than 60 percent of the American population.
- Randolph County is replete with rail lines including the Canadian National, Mo Pac, the Illinois Central and the Union Pacific.
- Nine Illinois highways traverse the county including State Routes 3, 4, 13, 150, 152, 153, 154, 155, and 159. Interstate 55 is just minutes away.
- The Kaskaskia River flows into the Mississippi at Randolph County. Terminals of the Kaskaskia Regional Port District provide access to world markets through rail- and truck-to-barge shipping of steel and bulk products like grain, coal and fertilizer.
- Business-friendly tax structure.
- Competitive labor, construction and utility costs.
- Several existing industrial parks.
- Excellent communications infrastructure and high-speed Internet.
- Dynegy and Prairie State energy complexes generate more than 3000 megawatts of electricity.
Randolph County
Department of Economic Development
1 Taylor Street
Chester, Illinois 62233
Telephone: 618-826-5000 ext.221
Fax: 618-826-3363
E-mail: econdev@randolphco.org
