Farnsworth Avenue Corridor - City of Aurora

Strategic Plan Update
COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL IMPROVEMENTS
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BUSINESS RECRUITMENT
Freudenberg Household Products
Chooses Aurora As Site for
New North American Headquarters
Freudenberg Household Products
(FHP), makers of O-Cedar
mops, brooms and other
cleaning products will be moving its
North America headquarters to
Aurora next year and bringing over
150 new jobs with it.
After searching 10 sites in four
states over many months, the
525,000-square-foot facility will be
constructed to serve as the
administrative, manufacturing and
distribution center for the company’s
entire North American territory.
FHP will be located in the Prairie
Point West Industrial Park at 2188
Diehl Road on Aurora’s east side.
“The outstanding transportation
Mayor Tom Weisner (second from right), AEDC executive director Sherman Jenkins
(right) and AEDC board of director chairman Ed Bonifas (second from left) attended
the Press Conference to announce Freudenberg Household Products’ (FHP) corporate
headquarter move to Aurora next year. FHP’s president and CEO Ron Tillery (third
from right) and FHP’s director of logistics Mark Martinez (left) were also in
attendance. FHP will be located at 2188 Diehl Road on Aurora’s east side. The
company is expected to bring more than 150 new jobs.
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networks and talented labor force
were very clear factors during the
selection process,” said Mike
Martinez, director of logistics for FHP.
“We are very excited to remain in
the State of Illinois and to be a part
of the City of Aurora,” said Ron
Tillery, president and CEO of FHP.
“Mayor Tom Weisner and the Aurora
Economic Development Commission
have been exceptional throughout
this process.”
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Aurora Helps to Attract German
Flexible Coupling Manufacturer
to Aurora Corporate Center (Page 2).
Hollywood Casino Celebrates 15
Years (Page 6, 7).
The Institute for Collaboration at
Aurora University-Part 2 (Page 8, 9).
Aurora and Naperville Working
Together Toward New Public Safety
Radio Systems (Page 10).
Downtown TIF Is Extended (Page 12).
Paddling Fest Comes to Aurora
Next Year (Page 13).
City of Aurora, Chamber of
Commerce and Illinois Department
of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity Hosted a Reverse
Trade Mission (Page 14).