Infrastructure & Accessibility

Logistics & Transportation

The Quincy and Adams County region is located on the Mississippi River with 12-month barge traffic, Over 1500 truck & power unites based in Quincy , Crossroads of 3 major national highways, 2 national freight options with trains daily, Regional Airport with 7089 ft. runway, and 750,000 SqFt underground controlled storage.

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City Drive Flight Truck Rail
Atlanta 693 mi 2 hrs 2 days 4 days
Chicago 314 mi 2 hrs 1 day 1 day
Dallas 691 mi 3 hrs 2 days 3 days
Denver 765 mi 3 hrs 2 days 3 days
Minneapolis 408 mi 2 hrs 1 day 3 days

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Site Selection

Ready. Set. Grow your business.

You are here because you may have heard that Quincy and Adams County, Illinois is a good place to grow a business. You’re right. We have Available Sites, Buildings Business Parks and Controlled Storage. Our team believes in the Power of Partnership to make things easy for your to get things done. We are here to get things started.

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Controlled Storage

Midwest Controlled Storage – The massive subterranean facility measures 750,000 square feet and can meet your storage, fulfillment and distribution needs. It is truck and rail served with barge nearby.


Utilities

Electric

Ameren*: State regulated, 40,000 served locally
Adams Electric Co-op: Not state regulated, 8,500 served locally
*Electric deregulated utility allowing electric customers to purchase electric energy from several suppliers.

Natural Gas

Ameren: 500,000 served
NICOR: 2,000,000 served

Water Treatment

Major Source Mississippi River
Rated Capacity 18 mgd
Average Daily Demand 7.54 mgd
First 10,000 cubic ft. $1.94 (per quarter)
Next 90,000 cubic ft. $1.74 (per quarter)
100,000+ cubic ft. $132 (per quarter

Sewer Treatment – City of Quincy

Average Daily Demand | 13.5 mgd
Service – Combined & Separate Sanitary

Telecommunication

AT&T – Fiber, phone, internet & cellular options
Adams – Fiber, phone, internet, web hosting & networking