I-39 Corridor Gears Up for Manufacturing

CHICAGO- “As Chicago and Milwaukee continue to grow, the logical place for new clusters of development is along I-39,” Eric Voyles tells GlobeSt.com. The newly-appointed executive director of the I-39 Logistics Corridor Association, a business development group based in Rockford, adds that “I-39 is the only north-south interstate near Chicago that is uncongested. If time is money, you’ll make more money being located along I-39.”  

As the longtime Vice President of National Business Development for the Rockford Area Economic Development Council, Voyles has spent years enticing corporations into the I-39 region, which stretches from Janesville, WI, to Bloomington, IL, about 50 miles west of Chicago. He takes over from Janyce Fadden, who after six years at the helm has decided to move back home to Alabama.