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It is our pleasure to welcome you to one of the fastest growing Metropolitan areas in Illinois. We believe you will find McLean County a warm and friendly place both to visit and do business. Bloomington-Normal is located in the heart of Central Illinois, and Bloomington is the County Seat of McLean County, the largest county in Illinois.
Did You Know?
- Normal was home to the first Steak 'n Shake Restaurant in the world. It was located at Main and Virginia streets, south of Illinois State University and north of Illinois Wesleyan University. But because the building was in a flood plain, the company opted to close the restaurant at that location in 1999. A new restaurant to replace it was built near Main Street and Raab Road.
- ISU educated, among others, actors John Malkovich, Gary Cole ("The Brady Bunch movie"), Sean Hayes ("Will and Grace") and actresses Laurie Metcalf ("Roseanne"), Judith Ivey ("The Five Mrs. Buchanans", "Designing Women").
- Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing of America, Inc., is one of the most technologically advanced automotive manufacturing facilities in the world and has a production capacity of 240,000 vehicles annually. It is designed to accommodate several different models intermixed on one assembly line.
- McLean County produced two ambassadors to the United Nations - Adlai Stevenson II and ISU grad Donald McHenry.
- Stand on the top floor of ISU's Watterson Towers and you are at the highest point in Illinois between Chicago and St. Louis.
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company is headquartered out of Bloomington Illinois. Overall, they employ 68,000 employees, staff 17,000 agents, and serve over 76 million auto, fire, life and health policies in the United States and Canada.
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