Community Links

Listed below are links to area organizations' Web sites which may be of interest to you. The EDC also works closely with the McLean County Chamber of Commerce and the Bloomington-Normal Area Convention and Visitors Bureau. For more information on these two organizations, use the links to the left of this page.

Government

• City of Bloomington
• County of McLean
• Town of Normal
• City of LeRoy

Workforce/Business Assistance

• Career Link
• Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity
• Illinois Finance Authority
• Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs
• Illinois Manufacturing Extension Center
• Illinois State University College of Business Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies
• McLean County Small Business Development Center
• Occupational Development Center
• Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE)
• Small Business Administration
• United Workforce Development Board (Workforce Investment Board Area 16)

Utilities

• AmerenIP
• Corn Belt Energy
• El Paso Telephone Co.
• Frontier Communications
• Gridley Telephone Co.
• Insight Communications
• Nicor Gas
• Verizon Communications

Unions

• Bloomington & Normal Trades & Labor Assembly (AFL-CIO)
• Carpenters' Local #63
• Great Plains Laborers District Council
• IBEW Local #197
• Illinois Pipe Trades
• Laborers' International Union Local #996
• Laborers' Local #362
• Plumbers' Local #99

Transportation

• American City Cab Co.
• Amtrak
• Beyer Twin City Cab
• Bloomington-Normal Public Transit System
• Central Illinois Regional Airport
• Circle City Cab
• Red Top Cab

Education

(See the Education page for a detailed listing of higher education and trade  schools and public and private schools.)

• DeWitt-Livingston-McLean Regional Office of Education
• District 87
• Heartland Community College
• Illinois State University
• Illinois Wesleyan University
• Lincoln College - Normal
• Unit 5

Healthcare

• BroMenn Healthcare
• Carle Clinic
• Chestnut Health Systems
• Community Cancer Center
• OSF St. Joseph Medical Center

Associations/Organizations

• Downtown Bloomington Association
• Go To Trails
• Humane Society of Central Illinois
• Illinois Agricultural Association/Illinois Farm Bureau
• McLean County Farm Bureau
• Mid Central Community Action Inc.
• United Way of McLean County
• Uptown Normal Business Association

Media

Newspapers

• The Argus (Illinois Wesleyan University)
• The Daily Vidette (Illinois State University)
• The Normalite
• The Pantagraph

Radio

• WBNQ 101.5 FM
• WBWN 104.1 FM
• WDQZ 99.5 FM
• WESN 88.5 FM
• WGLT 89.1 FM
• WIHN 96.7 FM
• WJBC 1230 AM
• WRPW 92.9 FM
• WYST 107.7 FM
• WZND 106.1 FM

Television

• WAOE-TV (My 59)
• WEEK-TV (NBC)
• WHOI-TV (ABC)
• WMBD-TV (CBS)
• WTVP-TV (PBS)
• WYZZ-TV (FOX)

Entertainment/Culture/Dining

• Bloomington Cultural District
• Children's Discovery Museum
• David Davis Mansion
• McLean County Arts Center
• McLean County Museum of History
• Normal Theater
• Prairie Aviation Museum
• Uniquely Bloomington!

Libraries

• Ames Library (Illinois Wesleyan University)
• Bloomington Public Library
• Milner Library (Illinois State University)
• Normal Public Library

If you feel you should be listed in one of the categories, please contact the EDC at

(309) 661-6332 or brooke@bnbiz.org.