Upcoming Membership Meeting:

Wednesday, February 29, 2012
11:30 a.m. — 1:30 p.m.

Northern Illinois University — Rockford Facility
8500 East State Street, Rockford, IL 61107

Focus topics are updates on projects in the corridor
and 2012 marketing plans

Please make your reservation for the February 29th membership meeting by responding to lhillis@rockfordil.com

1. Prepared the 2009-2010 investment activity statistics and wrote comprehensive feature story on growth of manufacturing within the corridor.


2. Placed seven major stories about the corridor in various publications including:


1. The I-39 Corridor continues to shine as a beacon for national transportation opportunities.
   by Amy Bigley as featured in the February 2011 Heartland Real Estate Business


2. I-39 Corridor prepares for industrial sector expansion by Mark Thornton as featured in the March 15, 2011 Illinois Real Estate Journals


3. Moving Cargo Here, There and Everywhere
   by Chris Linden as featured in the Spring 2011 Northwest Quarterly Magazine


4. Global forces reshape production
   as featured in the June 19, 2011 Rockford Register Star


5. I-39 logistics group to court manufactures
   by Brian Leaf as featured in the June 19, 2011 Rockford Register Star


6. Adding water service is key for I-39 industrial growth Winnebago County, Cherry Valley and New Milford may join forces
   by Kevin Haas as featured in the July 12, 2011 Rockford Register Star


7. I-39 Corridor Attracts International Firms and Manufacturers as Activity Increases
   by Mark Thomton as featured in the September 27, 2011 Chicago Industrial Properties

1. I-39 Executive Director as panelist at the CIP Industrial Summit held April 6, 2011


2. Booth at the AIRE trade Show and Developers Showcase held on September 15th


3. I-39 Executive Director as panelist at the CIP Transportation & Logistics Conference held September 28, 2011


4. Hosted the Tuesday, October 11th AIRE Luncheon at the Rosewood Restaurant in Rosemont

1. Display advertisement placed in the 3rd quarter issue of the SIOR publication distributed during the October 20 to 22 SIOR Fall World Conference at the Chicago Hyatt Regency.


2. Directory listings:


January/February CIP Intermodal Centers
March/April IREJ Economic Development
March/April CIP Economic Development
May/June IREJ Women in Real Estate
July/August MREN Economic Development
September/October MREN Women in Real Estate
November/December IREJ Economic Development
November/December CIP Economic Development
November/December MREN Economic Development