Good news was plentiful at the Nov. 6 Randolph County Board of Commissioners meeting.
Randolph County Economic Development Director Mark Wilson was excited to report that one of the sites proposed to the state as an opportunity zone had been approved by the state will go live on Jan. 1, 2027.
Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) announced that the State of Illinois has received approval for 240 qualifying census tracts from the U.S. Department of the Treasury as part of Opportunity Zones 2.0, completing the state’s evaluation and engagement process for the next round of federally-designated opportunity zones.
For more from the county board meeting, please see this week’s print edition.