![]() ![]() “Companies want to deal with suppliers that are close by, and they want to do it in a car ride versus a plane ride.” “A lot of the development in Kenosha County is because of its geographic proximity to Chicago,” says Jim Paetsch, vice president of corporate relocation, expansion and attraction for Milwaukee 7, a multicounty economic development group. Racine County’s unemployment rate has also dropped from 10.5 to 6.3 percent during the same time period. The unemployment rate in Kenosha County has dropped from 11 percent (in December 2009) to 5.9 percent (in December 2014). The building frenzy has resulted in more jobs. “All of the development happening in the near future will greatly help reduce the unemployment numbers not only for Kenosha, but the surrounding counties,” says Doug Bartz, manager of the Kenosha County Jobs Center. The Kenosha County Jobs Center expects to post about 1,700 open job orders during late February and early March. Although some companies have brought existing employees with them, 4,000 jobs have been brought to the area, 70 percent of which are new. In addition to Amazon, companies like Uline, Kenall Manufacturing, Konecranes and Meijer have set up shop. ![]() The biggest boom has been in Kenosha County. 1, he opened a two-story, 42,000-square-foot building in the town of Raymond, northwest of Racine. After being rejected by more than 25 banks, Hitters Training Academy owner RJ Fergus moved out of his cramped space in Caledonia. Once fully operational, it will employ 1,600 people. The enormous building is the same size as the National Security Agency’s data center in Utah. One of the most prominent wins along the corridor is Amazon’s unmissable 1.5-million-square-foot complex in Kenosha. Over the past three years, farm fields have yielded to industrial parks filled with warehouse distribution centers, trucking companies and corporate headquarters. The Interstate 94 corridor from Milwaukee to the Illinois state line has become a sweet spot for development.
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