Ottawa Industrial Park Highlights
Quick overview
- Master planned industrial park
- 536 acres when fully developed
- Sites from three acres to 300 acres
- $30,000 per acre
- Sell, build to suit or lease
Location
- Two miles from Interstate 80, Twelve miles from Interstate 39
- 45 miles from intermodal facilities at Rochelle, IL and Elwood, IL
- CSX Rail fronting site, two spurs on site, more planned
- Illinois River barge service via ADM terminal adjacent to OIP.
- International flights available at O’Hare and Midway in Chicago area, Rockford,
Peoria, Bloomington and Quad-Cities — travel times between one and two hours
- Local corporate flights at Skydive Chicago (Ottawa) and Illinois Valley Regional
Airport (Peru, IL)
- Less than one hour from three of five largest Illinois cities — Aurora, Joliet, Naperville
- Ninety minute from downtown Chicago
- Logistics center of United States
- Ship to two-thirds of U.S. in two days
Labor
- Available labor pool of both skilled and unskilled
- Major training opportunities available at IL Valley Community College (IVCC) located twenty minutes from Ottawa – some training can be done at IVCC satellite campus in downtown Ottawa
- IVCC has new 85,000 square foot technology center — CNC and welding are strengths
Utilities
- Ameren — electricity
- Nicor — natural gas
- AT&T — telephone, internet fiber
- Mediacom — cable television, internet
- MTCO — internet fiber
Incentives
- Enterprise Zone
- Tax Increment Financing (TIF)
- Foreign Trade Zone
- State incentives and grants
- Low cost financing
- Business friendly — quick local plan review and permitting
Quality of Life
- Dynamic downtown with many unique shops and restaurants
- Good public and private schools with strong extracurricular programs and college credit opportunities through local community college
- Access to cutting edge health care via OSF hospital plus cancer, mental health care and quick care facilities
- Located at confluence of Illinois and Fox Rivers plus four State parks in immediate vicinity — many outdoor recreation opportunities – fishing, boating, canoeing, kayaking, hunting, hiking, biking, horseback riding, zip-lining, sky diving and more
- Ten annual festivals plus summer concert series
- Regional community theater
- No traffic congestion
- Low crime rates
- County seat of LaSalle County
Population
- Ottawa — 18, 656
- 20 mile radius — 125,744
- 40 mile radius — 925,460
- 60 mile radius — 3,901,633
Income
- Average household — $64,297