Marketing our community requires continual investment to share and reinforce the value of living and working here to existing and future Racine County residents. Since its launch in 2019, the advertising campaign tallied over 18.5 million impressions and attracted more than 239,000 website users.
Trene McCaskill, owner of H.E.R. Valley – a self-care and revitalization service in Racine – will celebrate the grand opening of her new location at 904 State St. on July 9th at 11:45 a.m.
RCEDC partnered with local companies to develop, implement and manage a digital advertising campaign, targeting primarily qualified audiences in Northern Illinois. The campaign delivers messages of high quality of life and career opportunities with the goal of bringing more people to Racine County to meet the talent needs of our employers.
ProHealth Care plans to expand its services in the Waterford community by building a clinic at the west corner of Highway 36 and Highway 164.
The Mount Pleasant Village Board approved three agreements that advance plans from Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft) to purchase a 315-acre parcel of land in the Village of Mount Pleasant to develop a data center campus.
Professionals from throughout southeast Wisconsin explored Racine County as part of the Inaugural Greater Racine County Familiarization Tour.
The Greater Racine County initiative was developed by the Racine County Economic Development Corporation (RCEDC) to showcase the abundance of opportunities available to those who decide to take root here. The GRC Newsletter highlights talent recruitment and retention resources as well as community promotion and examples of those who chose Racine County.
In 2020, new residents and businesses continued to choose Racine County, taking advantage of its location in the Chicago-Milwaukee corridor. John Crimmings, General Sales Manager of First Weber Real Estate in Racine, believes outside companies are discovering the advantages of doing business here, which attracts home buyers – leading to a future of “a pretty robust real estate market.”
While more new housing development is planned, check out Racine County’s recent activity.
One of the City of Burlington’s newest businesses, The Loop Commons, announced their official opening on Facebook (January 11, 2021). The Loop Commons is a historic building revived for modern endeavors, and includes co-working space, a photo studio, a podcast studio, conference rooms, private offices, event space, a coffee shop, and coming spring 2020, a climbing gym.
When Low Daily Brewery owners, Tim and Claire Sullivan moved from the Pacific Northwest to Burlington, RCEDC provided development assistance in a variety of capacities, including local and state incentive as well as an SBA 504 loan for building renovations and equipment purchasing.