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Why locate in Laurens County? It offers an excellent location with easy accessibility, a good available workforce, low cost of operation and a great rural community in which to raise a family. Illinois Valley: Con-way’s New Freight Facility Puts LaSalle on the Map Con-way Freight, a 25-year-old company operating in 460 locations throughout the continental United States, Canada, Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico and Mexico, started operations in late November 2008 in its new facility in Cannon Industrial Park, just east of the I-80/I-39 interchange in LaSalle, IL. Con-way is the second largest LTL in the U.S. and is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. According to its Web site, Con-way is time-definite and day- definite freight transportation for commercial, industrial, retail, wholesale and manufacturing companies throughout North America. “LaSalle will serve as a strategic re-ship center for shipments moving to and from hundreds of other cities,” says Gary Frantz, spokesman for Con-way Freight, from its headquarters in San Mateo, CA. The new facility is part of Conway’s plan to improve service and reduce costs, which includes reducing miles driven nationwide by 5.2%, conserving a projected 4.9 million gallons of fuel annually. At an average cost of $3 per gallon, the estimated annual savings would be more than $14 million on fuel alone. The new $20-million LaSalle facility, located on approximately 60 acres, features a 98,000-squarefoot loading warehouse with 226 docks, a fuel island and 25,000square-foot truck maintenance and cleaning building, along with office space. The terminal will be a 24 hour operation, busiest at night, with the Exterior view of the newly opened 226-door Con-way cross dock in LaSalle, IL “Crossroads of the Nation” at I-80 and I-39 For more information on this outstanding business opportunity contact: BARB KOCH IVAC Executive Director / CEO Illinois Valley Area Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development The Illinois Valley Offers the Following Advantages: Excellent Transportation System - Interstates, Railroad, Waterway, Regional Airport Superior Educational System Available Training Ample Acreage Competitive Utility Rates Abundant Natural Resources - Recreational Opportunities A Safe and Economical Place to Live and Conduct Business 300 Bucklin Street, PO Box 446, LaSalle, IL 61301, USA PHOTO: COURTESY OF NEWSTRIBUNE, LASALLE/KEMP SMITH PHOTOGRAPHER Enterprise Zones / TIF Districts (877) 224-4822 - ivaced@ivaced.org - www.ivaced.org #4602 at www.BusinessFacilities.com #2509 at www.BusinessFacilities.com D-14 A S P E C I A L A D V E RT I S I N G S E C T I O N O F B U S I N E S S FA C I L I T I E S A N D S U P P LY C H A I N M A N A G E M E N T http://www.cityofhesperia.us http://www.ivaced.org http://www.ivaced.org http://www.cityofhesperia.us http://www.BusinessFacilities.com http://www.BusinessFacilities.com

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Business Facilities - December 2008

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