Chicago 2050: A data-driven plan to grow jobs, investment, and confidence

What is Chicago 2050? Chicago 2050 is a two-phase plan for growth. Chapter One—the playbook unveiled this week—focuses on the next five years: where Chicago is strongest, where we can…

How Chicago’s Healthcare Ecosystem Is Healing Communities & Powering Innovation

Chicago’s life sciences and healthcare sectors are powering one of the fastest-growing segments of our regional economy — now employing more than 90,000 people, generating $47.8 billion in annual output,…

FINANCE AND INSURANCE

A Global Financial and Insurance Capital in the Heart of the Midwest.Connect with UsChicago’s financial and insurance ecosystem is one of the most diverse and sophisticated in the world. The…

TRANSPORTATION, DISTRIBUTION, AND LOGISTICS

All Roads Lead to Chicago.Connect with UsChicagoland sits at the center of North America’s transportation network — where road, rail, air, and water converge to move goods around the world.…

INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY

Innovation and technology platforms all of Chicagoland's core industries to achieve inclusive growth and opportunity for the city’s tech, innovation, and start-up ecosystem.Connect with UsChicago’s technology sector is one of…

FOOD MANUFACTURING

From the stockyards to the startup lab,Chicago’s food sector is one of constant reinvention.The Chicagoland metro area is home to a thriving ecosystem of manufacturers, researchers, and investorsdefining the future…

LIFE SCIENCES

Chicago is where discovery happens every day.Our world-class universities, research institutions, and biotech ecosystem are advancing the next generation of life-changing breakthroughs.Connect with UsChicago is building the future of life…

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

Chicago is where Expertise meets Opportunity.Here, professional, scientific, and technical firms power industries across the nation with world-class talent and innovation.Connect with UsChicago is home to the thinkers, analysts, and…

MANUFACTURING

Chicago has been famously called "The City That Works".We have that moniker because Chicago has one of the largest manufacturing industries in the nation.Connect with UsChicago is where modern manufacturing…

Global Demand, Sector Strengths & O’Hare’s Rise Keep Illinois Trade Resilient Amid Shifting Markets

As September winds down, this week’s WBC Business Pulse newsletter—prepared by the WBC Research Team—focuses on one of Chicagoland’s most powerful economic engines: trade and exports. With October marking National…