ICNC advocates to decision makers on behalf of our members to keep the Kinzie Industrial Corridor strong and to maintain a healthy business climate. Our areas of focus include:

The Chicago Local Industrial Retention Initiative (LIRI) program offers funding to not-for-profit organizations that provide economic development services to companies located in and around designated industrial corridors. LIRIs work toward job retention and creation, they find solutions for individual business needs, and they make linkages between businesses, their communities and City services. LIRIs also offer assistance with City incentive programs such as the Small Business Improvement Fund and Enterprise Zone Program.

ICNC helps its members and companies in the Kinzie Industrial Corridor access funding resources, including finding and securing grant money. Your business may qualify for subsidies to support hiring, relocation, exporting, or capital improvements.

Bringing tax dollars back to the community. Current federal tax credit opportunities available to our members include:

• Empowerment Zone Benefits:
  Federal tax credits of up to $3,000 per employee for employing people from the neighborhood (business must also be located in the Empowerment Zone).
• Work Opportunity Tax Credits:
  Federal tax credits between $1,200 and $9,600 per employee for hiring from targeted groups like veterans, ex-felons, and SNAP recipients.