Eric Pitcher
Regional Manager, Economic Development
BNSF Railway Company
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- November 18, 2021
- 10:20 am
TITLE: Illinois I-39 Corridor State of the Market
TAG: 2021 CIP i39 corridor
July 23, 2021
Event Costs and Info
Event Owner: John Mickey
Event Speakers
Ean Johnson CEcD
Vice President of Economic Development
OmniTrax
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- July 22, 2021
- 1:42 pm
Jason Anderson
Economic Development Director
City of Rochelle/GREDCO
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- July 22, 2021
- 1:41 pm
Roger Hopkins
Administrator
I-39 Logistics Corridor Association
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- July 22, 2021
- 1:41 pm
Moderator
Tom Demmer
State Representative
State of Illinois 90th District
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- July 22, 2021
- 1:40 pm
Mike Kirchhoff
President/CEO
Economic Development Corp of N. Central IL
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- July 22, 2021
- 1:40 pm
Jerry Krusinski
CEO
Krusinski Construction Company
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- July 22, 2021
- 1:39 pm
Paul Borek
Executive Director
DeKalb County Economic Development Corporation
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- July 22, 2021
- 1:39 pm
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Paul Chavez
Economic Development Director
City of Alvin
- July 14, 2026
- 9:22 am
Jarrod Foerster
Managing Principal
Flagship Capital Partners
- July 14, 2026
- 9:21 am
Event Sponsors
Caton CRE
ComEd
DeKalb County Economic Development Corporation
City of Loves Park
Fehr-Graham Engineering & Environmental
Krusinski Construction Company
Caton Commercial Real Estate Group
City of Rochelle
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AmTrust Title
BOMA - Houston
7:30 am
Registration, Breakfast, Networking & Exhibits
8:30 am
Welcome & Introductions: Mark Goode, Venture One Real Estate
8:40 am
Overview of I-39 Logistics Corridor, Jerry Sagona, Rockford Area Economic Development Council
8:45 am
Senator Dave Syverson, State of Illinois 35th District
9:00 am
State of Office, Industrial, Retail, Hospitality, Housing, Healthcare, Finance
- Discussion of new developments in these CRE sectors
- Leasing Trends
- Re-Development Opportunities
- State of Affairs in Credit Markets, Financing Trends
9:45 am
Business Parks, Infrastructure, Land Investment & Development
- Where are new Business Parks?
- How can municipalities partner with developers to maximize infrastructure improvements?
- Where are the land investment and development opportunities?
- What is the future investment & development outlook?
10:30 am
Break
10:45 am
Overview of Market Conditions, Opportunities in North-Central Illinois
Representative Tom Demmer, State of Illinois 90th District
11:00 am
Transportation & Logistics
- New developments and opportunities in air cargo
- State of the area’s Aerospace Industry
- New developments in agriculture & food production
- State of area rail and distribution