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Opinion: South Chicago finally has a shot at renewal. Let’s not waste it.

Crain’s Chicago Business – South Chicago is a community that is shaped by resilience. For generations, it was home to a thriving manufacturing industry, anchored by the South Works steel…

Quantum park planned for South Works site signs an Australian startup

Crain’s Chicago Business – An Australian quantum startup plans to join the Illinois Quantum & Microelectronics Park. Read the Full Story from Crain’s Chicago Business

Pritzker Scores Quantum Win as Australian Firm Picks Chicago Hub

Bloomberg – Illinois’s quantum campus, championed by Governor JB Pritzker, is adding an Australian tech firm to its list of future tenants on Chicago’s South Side, advancing his push to…

Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park and DARPA QBI Performer Diraq Sign Letter of Intent to Join Park as a Future Tenant

Global company plans to be a user of the IQMP On-Ramp Program, which will allow companies to begin work in Illinois while Park is under development CHICAGO – Today, the…

Bowen HS Science Program Gets $10K From PsiQuantum, A South Works Campus Tenant

Block Club Chicago – One of the tenants of a planned South Side megadevelopment has donated $10,000 to support science education at a nearby high school. PsiQuantum, an anchor tenant…

Call it ‘Qubit County’: The 5 locations poised to become the Silicon Valley of quantum computing

Business Insider – As the quantum computing era begins, five locations are poised to become the next tech hot spot, driving economic growth like Silicon Valley did for the Bay…

The Most Innovative Companies in Economic Development for 2025

Fast Company – Once compared to the ruins of the Colosseum and Roman aqueducts, the former U.S. Steel plant South Works, in Chicago’s South Side, presents a gargantuan urban void.…

Senators Introduce $2.5 Billion Bill to Expand U.S. Quantum Research

Quantum Insider – The U.S. Senate is moving to boost the country’s quantum research capabilities with a bipartisan bill that would authorize more than $2.5 billion in funding over five…

New legislation aims to further cement Illinois as global quantum computing hub

Chicago Business Journal – A new bill proposed this week seeks to significantly boost quantum research funding. Find out how much is at stake. Read the Full Story from Chicago…

Quantum Computing Is Closer Than Ever. Everybody’s Too Busy to Pay Attention.

The Wall Street Journal – PsiQuantum says it will have a commercially useful quantum computer available as soon as 2027. But whether businesses are ready to take advantage of that…