ABOUT US
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The Alliance for Regional Development is a groundbreaking coalition of high-level leaders in business, government, and academia working together to strengthen the economic competitiveness of Chicago’s tri-state region, including northeast Illinois, northwest Indiana, and southeast Wisconsin.
Northwest Indiana
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Northeast Illinois
Southeast Wisconsin
GOALS
Our common goal is to provide a cross-jurisdictional, multi-sector response to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Territorial Review of the tri-state region that recommended specific and coordinated improvements in four key areas–workforce development, innovation, transportation and logistics, and green growth–to overcome growth and job-creation rates well below national and international averages for large metropolitan areas similar to our own.
PREVIOUSLY
In September 2013, the Alliance held the first Summit on Regional Competitiveness, featuring governors from Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin, who addressed an audience of approximately 1,000 regional leaders and stakeholders. Following this, the Alliance organized teams from all three states to implement OECD recommendations aimed at strengthening regional economic collaboration, an initiative receiving international recognition.
In partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, the Alliance hosted a second Summit in December 2014 to update stakeholders on collaborative regional economic efforts and showcase the benefits of cross-jurisdictional cooperation. Our initiatives are primarily funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration, supplemented by generous sponsors from across the three states.
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