Contact
Us
Jefferson
County Development Corporation
200
Potomac Blvd., P. O. Box 523
Mt. Vernon, IL 62864
Telephone 618-244-3554
Toll Free 888-708-6088
Fax 618-244-7533
E-mail Executive Director: mbechtel@jeffcodev.org
E-mail Administrative Assistant: admin@jeffcodev.org
Community
Contacts
Local
Government
City of
Mt. Vernon – www.mtvernon.com
Jefferson County – www.jeffil.us
Mt. Vernon Convention & Visitors Bureau – www.mtvernon.com
Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce – www.southernillinois.com
Downtown Mt. Vernon Development – www.mtvernon.com
Workforce/Business Assistance
Illinois
Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity – www.illinoisbiz.biz/dceo
Illinois Finance Authority – www.idfa.com
Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs – www.iira.org
Illinois Manufacturing Extension Center – www.imec1.org
Southern Illinois University Entrepreneurship – www.siecenter.biz
Southern Illinois University Regional Economic Development – www.siu.edu/~econdev
Rend Lake College Small Business Center – www.rlc.edu/community/cb
Man-Tra-Con – www.mantracon.org
Illinois workNet - www.illinoisworknet.com
ACCESS-Community Resource Directory For Southern Illinois - www.accesssi.org
Utilities
AmerenIP – www.ameren.com
Tri County – www.tricountycoop.com
Charter Communications – www.charter.net
Mt. Vernon Net – www.mvn.net
SBC – www.sbc.com
Unions
SIMPACT – www.mvn.net/simpact
Southern & Central Illinois Laborers’ District Council – www.scildc.org
Electricians
Plumbers/Pipefitters
Transportation
American Cab
Blue J’s Taxi
City Cab
Amtrak – www.amtrak.com
Beck Bus Transportation
South Central Transit – www.southcentraltransit.org
Mt. Vernon Airport – www.mtvernonairport.com
Education
Rend Lake
College – www.rlc.edu
Southern Illinois University Carbondale – www.siuc.edu
McKendree – www.mckendree.edu
Mid-Continent University - www.midcontinent.edu
Eastern Illinois University – www.eiu.edu
St. Mary's Elementary School– http://saintmary.mvn.net
Hospitals
St. Mary’s Good Samaritan Hospital – www.smgsi.com
Crossroads Community Hospital – www.crossroadscommunityhospital.com
Associations/Organizations
Illinois
Agricultural Association/Illinois Farm Bureau – www.ilfb.org
University of Illinois Extension – www.extension.uiuc.edu
United Way – www.uwsihelps.org
Media
Newspapers
Mt. Vernon
Register News – www.register-news.com
Morning Sentinel – www.morningsentinel.com
Radio
WMIX
WDML – www.wdml.com
WDDD
NPR
Television
WSIU – www.wsiu.org
Entertainment/Culture/Dining
Cedarhurst
Center for the Arts – www.cedarhurst.org
Libraries
C.E. Brehm
Memorial Library – www.mtvbrehm.lib.il.us
State
and Federal Government Contacts
Senator
John O. Jones R-District # 54
2929 Broadway
Mount Vernon, IL
618/242-9511
Fax 618/242-9516
Email: jojones@mvn.net
State Representative Kurt Granberg D- District # 107
103 E. Broadway, P.O. Box 707
Centralia, IL 62801
618/533-0296
Fax 618/533-2153
U.S. Senator Richard J. Durbin
dick@durbin.senate.gov
U.S. Representative John Shimkus R-District # 19 Collinsville
www.house.gov/shimkus
Starting A Business in Illinois
www.business.illinois.gov
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