Chicago Ranked Top Corporate Metro for Fourth Consecutive Year
Site Selection Magazine Recognized Chicago for Leading the Nation in Corporate Investment in 2017
The Making of mHUB: A WBC Fellowship Story
World Business Chicago Fellows help build Chicago’s manufacturing hub
Blackstone Challenge to Award $3.4 Million to Diverse Chicago Start-Ups
Chicago-area organizations encouraged to apply for pilot program
Chicago by the Numbers February 2017
World Business Chicago tracks indicators from month to month to gauge the strength of several aspects of Chicago’s economy, including employment in major sectors, residential and office real estate data,…
Chicago Growing, Fourth Quarter 2016
Global firm exp to move headquarters to Chicago, adding 150 jobs
Chicago Tourism Metrics January 2017
Making Chicago a premier destination for tourism and entertainment is a major part of Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s Plan for Economic Growth & Jobs that WBC is implementing to drive growth in Chicago.…
Request for Proposal: Branding and Marketing Support
Chicago Anchors for a Strong Economy (CASE) is seeking a creative agency partner to help develop a marketing campaign around its propriety diagnostic tool. CASE is seeking a partner through…
Chicago Metro Unemployment Rate Decreases to 5.4% in December 2016
This morning, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released preliminary December 2016 unemployment rates for all Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). The unemployment rate measures the percentage of the local…
Index Shows Midwest Economic Growth Increased in December
Today, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago released December 2016 figures for its Midwest Economy Index (MEI). The MEI is a weighted average of 129 indicators designed to measure non-farm…
$879.9 VC Invested in Chicago in 2016
DJX VentureSource released its Q4 2016 venture capital report, which tracks investments into companies that have received at least one round of venture funding.¹ Q4 2016 VC activity in the Chicago area was lower…