About Southern Illinois
Entrepreneurial Climate
Southern Illinois is the perfect place for a small business or a large enterprise. A low tax rate and cost of living allows a business to spend its money on business, not bills. With the advent of broadband technology, southern Illinois has entered the world market, allowing these low-overhead companies to succeed nationally and globally without the need to invest in major infrastructure to do so. Connect SI encourages further growth of broadband connectivity out of the towns and into the countryside, where even more citizens and businesses can prosper.