About

Elevate Business Incubation Center

Welcome to Elevate: Where Your Business Comes to Grow!

At Elevate, we are committed to empowering your business with knowledge and support to help it soar to new heights!

Unlock Your Potential

Discover the secrets to business success with Elevate's comprehensive learning opportunities:

  • Craft a Powerful Business Plan: Learn how to create a roadmap for your business's growth and success.
  • Master Budget Management: Gain essential skills to effectively manage your finances.
  • Project Profits and Losses: Understand your business's financial health for the next year.
  • Dominate the Market: Learn savvy marketing techniques to attract local and national customers.
  • Impress Financiers: Get ready for meetings with commercial loan officers and investors.

Guidance from Experts

Our seasoned mentors are ready to guide you on your entrepreneurial journey. Connect with retailors, bankers, attorneys, accountants, educators, health care professionals, and retired business owners who are invested in your success.

Join Our Thriving Community

At Elevate, you don't just join a program; you become part of a dynamic and supportive community of like-minded entrepreneurs in East Central Illinois. Learn from their experiences, share your triumphs, and collaborate to achieve greatness together!

Whether you're dreaming of a successful side hustle or turning your new business into a full-time venture, Elevate is here to make it happen!

About Elevate CCIC, Inc.

Elevate is a 501(c)3 organization led by an 11-member Board of Directors. Born out of the City of Mattoon's community planning effort, Mattoon in Motion, Elevate was founded in 2019 with the aim of supporting new business owners.

Our Mission

Elevate’s mission is to encourage, connect, and grow small and start-up businesses by providing resources, learning opportunities, and financial support to empower success for the economic prosperity of the region.

Our Vision

We envision becoming the premier innovation center that fuels creative entrepreneurs in Rural America.

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Program Partners

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Elevate is providing 24/7 access to our members, thanks to Rural King America’s Farm and Home Store for providing space in the Cross County Mall.
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Elevate is a place where you will have access to professionals such as lawyers, accountants, and bankers that can help you answer questions you may have on a limited basis. A list has been compiled by the Mattoon Chamber of Commerce.
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Elevate is the new home of Coles County High School Entrepreneurship Class. ClassE is an entrepreneurial development class that aims to educate Coles County high school juniors and seniors about the opportunities and challenges of starting and running a new business venture.

We expect that students who complete the class will go on to successfully run their own businesses.
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The Grow with Google Partner Program provides free resources that community organizations can use to teach digital skills that can help people grow their careers and businesses. Partners receive, at no cost, program materials, training and a dedicated support team. We work with partners of all sizes from anywhere in the United States.

Elevate CCIC, Inc. is proud to be a Grow with Google Partner.
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Full members of Elevate will be eligible to receive a tuition waiver for a Business Development Certificate through Lake Land College.
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Elevate is home of gigabit speed broadband thanks to Consolidated Communications®.
Mattoon embodies everything good about life in Central Illinois: convenient location, small town cohesiveness, excellent real estate values; a strong economy, a working downtown area, history, wide variety of sports, lakes and housing opportunities to support a variety of contemporary and traditional lifestyles.

Located at the intersection of interstate highway I-57 & IL Rt. 16 Mattoon is just 45 minutes away from the University of Illinois and has easy interstate access to all the major cities of Chicago, St. Louis and Indianapolis.

State of the art schools & colleges, a growing economy, beautiful parks, lakes and sports amenities round out the more favorable quality of life found in Mattoon.

Now is the time to experience Mattoon, located in the heart of the East Central Illinois area.