The story was published by WAND-TV on Dec. 10, 2024.
"Amazon is bringing a distribution center to Springfield near I-55, according to Ryan McCrady, President and CEO of Springfield Sangamon Growth Alliance.
The distribution center is being built on the southeast corner of Bissell Road and North Dirksen Parkway.
Dr. Robert Kerr, the executive director of innovation and opportunity at the University of Illinois Springfield Innovation Center, explained that permanent jobs aren't the only benefit of the Amazon distribution hub.
'What's most exciting is that there's going to be kind of a reverberating effect to the economy, especially when you're talking about employment,' Kerr said."