Mattoon in Motion

Robust Economy

Our Vision

Mattoon has a robust local economy due to its innovative business attraction and development plan which leverages infrastructure, offers progressive incentives, and develops industrial properties including infrastructure to attract businesses.

Our crowning achievement as a committee to date is the formation of Elevate CCIC. Elevate is a small business resource center offering workspace, programming, and a community of local business professionals dedicated to seeing entrepreneurs succeed. This project was made possible by our amazing community sponsors and a $325,000 Google.org grant from the 2018 Impact Challenge Illinois contest. 

Elevate’s mission is to encourage, connect and grow the entrepreneurially-minded by providing resources and learning opportunities to empower success for the economic prosperity of the region.

Elevate envisions becoming the premier innovation center that fuels creative entrepreneurs in Rural America.

Strategies