Greater Sterling development Corporation

The Sterling Small Business and Technology Center has been a perfect place for our business to grow because of the business-friendly environment and the ideal location that keeps us connected to our customers and our community.

Julie Scribner and Michelle Neubauer

Creative Cuisine Catering

Housing our business at The Sterling Small Business and Technology Center allows us to take advantage of all the benefits of a great location without the high costs of rent that usually accompany it.

Bruce & Linda Webb

The Monogram Shoppe

Doing business at The Sterling Small Business and Technology Center is great for myself and my multiple businesses because it gives me the freedom and flexibility that I need to conduct business in the way that fits my busy schedule.

Ken Duncan

Sauk Valley Signs and Champion Show Supply

Welcome To Sterling, Illinois

Midwestern work ethic.

Greater Sterling’s high-skilled and affordable labor force is over 340,000 strong, with nearly 50,000 of those employed in manufacturing – the region’s largest industry. Our labor/benefits costs are lower than the US, Illinois, and Chicago averages.

The Greater Sterling Area's workforce pipeline offers employers access to an a variety of four-year, two-year, and other credentialed talent.

Your purchasing power is strong here, where the cost of living is 20% lower than Illinois and 11% lower than the US average.

Our rapid manufacturing industry growth over the last five years is just one testament to Greater Sterling's Midwestern work ethic.

Midwestern work ethic.

Greater Sterling’s high-skilled and affordable labor force is over 340,000 strong, with nearly 50,000 of those employed in manufacturing – the region’s largest industry. Our labor/benefits costs are lower than the US, Illinois, and Chicago averages.

The Greater Sterling Area's workforce pipeline offers employers access to an a variety of four-year, two-year, and other credentialed talent.

Your purchasing power is strong here, where the cost of living is 20% lower than Illinois and 11% lower than the US average.

Our rapid manufacturing industry growth over the last five years is just one testament to Greater Sterling's Midwestern work ethic.

Manufacturing

Manufacturing

distribution and logistics

Distribution and logistics

Regional Office HQ

Regional Office HQ

Labor Advantages

Labor Advantages

Manufacturing

Manufacturing

distribution and logistics

Distribution and logistics

Regional Office HQ

Regional Office HQ

Labor Advantages

Labor Advantages

Connecting you.

Highways, rail, water, and airports – Sterling is within two hours of many north/south and east/west routes. Interstate 88 and Union Pacific Railroad are your gateways to Chicago, the Quad Cities, Milwaukee, Peoria, Cedar Rapids, and many more major markets within close proximity.

Interstate 88 intersects Sterling and connects you directly to three more major Interstates.

Within a day's truck drive of Ford’s BlueOval City in Tennessee.

Greater Sterling, Illinois, sits near the heart of the Midwest market.

Connecting you.

Highways, rail, water, and airports – Sterling is within two hours of many north/south and east/west routes. Interstate 88 and Union Pacific Railroad are your gateways to Chicago, the Quad Cities, Milwaukee, Peoria, Cedar Rapids, and many more major markets within close proximity.

Why Sterling

66.5X's

more employed in aluminum-related manufacturing than the US average

20%

lower cost of living than the state of Illinois

69%

growth in transporation occupations

Heather Sotelo
Greater Sterling Development Corp.
1741 Industrial Drive Sterling, IL 61081
Phone (815) 625-5255
Fax (815) 625-5094
Email hsotelo@sterlingdevelopment.org