Lincoln Highway Industrial Corridor

About the Program

Category: Transportation (Best in Category)

Year: 2020

Completed in August 2018, the Lincoln Highway Logistics Corridor Strategic Plan analyzed how industrially zoned sites in Chicago Heights, Ford Heights, and Sauk Village could be developed for businesses that are dependent on rail or truck service for shipping inputs or finished products, and one recommendation was to focus on developing the Lincoln Highway Industrial Corridor into a manufacturing and logistics center. The goal is to maintain the region’s preeminent position as the transportation hub of the nation. The site is just miles from four major interstates with direct access to the Union Pacific and Canadian National railroads. There are business incentives and improvements to local infrastructure from municipal, county, state, and federal governments. There is also an abundance of job training services throughout the corridor that can be partnered with to ensure that the businesses get up and running and continue to grow in the area. The focus of this program is to enrich this corridor as it is one of Chicagoland’s premier locations for manufacturing, industrial and transportation companies.