In an effort to expand the commercial and retail base in Rochelle, the Rochelle Area Chamber of Commerce & Business Development is working to assist developers, brokers, and retailers with the economic development process in Rochelle. The Chamber appreciates your interest in our community and will serve to facilitate a level of service unmatched by other municipalities.

The Chamber is committed to developing sound strategies for appropriate retail growth to serve the Greater Rochelle Region. Ours is a growing, progressive Midwestern community where such amenities as technology, transportation, and City-owned utilities allow Rochelle to position itself to become a destination location for regional retail and commercial services. We offer services and programs that focus on ways to recruit new retail, assist existing merchants, and encourage local entrepreneurs to invest in Rochelle. We are committed to:

• Assessing (assisting) the needs of developers;
• assembling sites;
• expansion of current retail;
• support of existing business;
• developing incentives;
• marketing with a regional approach;
• teamwork;
• and improving the quality of life.

With the City of Rochelle’s emphasis on retail growth and its history of successful industrial development, the new Chamber is a visible pledge to the community that Rochelle will be marketed aggressively as a regional destination shopping and dining location. More than twenty neighboring communities have been identified by Buxton, the industry leader in customer analysis for the retail industry, as a part of our secondary trade area. These markets along with large numbers of daily transient and truck traffic and a mobile daytime population, makes Rochelle a unique and growing retail market.

The Rochelle Area Chamber of Commerce & Business Development is committed to meeting your needs for complete and timely commercial and retail development. Please do not hesitate to contact Peggy Friday, Executive Director/CEO at (815) 562-4189 if the Chamber can be of assistance to you and to learn more about these unique amenities available in the Greater Rochelle Area.