Trip through the world starts here Print

The area is home to national companies making products that are in almost every household in the country –  two of the town’s largst employers among them: Hefty bags and other products by Pactiv Corp. and Coffee-mate coffee creamer by Nestlé USA.

Other manufacturing operations come in all sizes and many of them are locally owned. Celanese in nearby Meredosia makes starch products supplying a variety of firms; Brahler Trucking produces tires for truckers; and the town’s two binderies, Bound to Stay Bound Books and Perma-Bound, provide books and services for the educational market.

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Sowing seeds of economy Print

Agriculture has traditionally been the backbone of the local economy, and it still is, in many ways.

The dark black dirt of the Jacksonville area produces some of the best yields in the world and competes for the highest yields in the state -- in excess of 200 bushels an acre for corn. (The same rich, black loam can make for spectacular gardens and flower beds, too.)

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Solid Connections link region to world Print

Jacksonville’s transportation grid combines road, rail and river into a network to supply the entire nation.

Interstate 72 provides a direct path to the East Coast and connects with Interstate 55 about 30 miles away to
provide direct routes to Chicago, St. Louis and points north, south and west.
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Region develops strength in variety Print

Transportation, a willing workforcealt with Midwestern values and a warm, friendly atmosphere make the Jacksonville area a prime location for commerce.

The area’s top employers show the variety of industries that can prosper in Jacksonville with an educated, stable workforce and land development costs well below the state average. 

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Jacksonville-Area Top Employers Print

Passavant Area Hospital  925
Pactiv  800
Perma-Bound 500
Jacksonville Correctional Facility 490
Jacksonville Developmental Center 450
Bound To Stay Bound 320
Computer Science Corp. 320
Illinois College  195
Nestlé USA 185
Blue Cross Blue Shield 160

Source: JREDC

  

 

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