Editing Skokie, Illinois (section)

==Economy==
The village's AAA [[bond rating]] attests to strong economic health via prudent fiscal management. In 2003, Skokie became the first municipality in the United States to achieve nationally accredited police, fire, and public works departments, and a Class-1 fire department, per the [[Insurance Services Office]] (ISO) ratings. Likewise, in 2003 ''[[Money (magazine)|Money]]'' magazine named Skokie one of the 80 fastest-growing suburbs in the U.S.

Besides strong manufacturing and retail commerce bases, Skokie's economy will add [[health sciences]] jobs; in 2003, [[Forest City Enterprises]] announced their re-development of the vacant [[Pfizer]] research laboratories, in downtown Skokie, as the Illinois Science + Technology Park, a {{convert|23|acre|m2|adj=on}} campus of research installations—{{convert|2|e6sqft|m2}} of chemistry, genomics, toxicology laboratories, clean rooms, NMR suites, conference rooms, etc.). In 2006, NorthShore University HealthSystem announced installing their consolidated data center operations at the park, adding 500 jobs to the economy. Map maker [[Rand McNally]] is also headquartered in Skokie. More recently, the village has focused heavily on the revitalization of both the downtown and [[central business district]]s, incorporating [[Transit-oriented development|Transit Oriented Development]] principles in the process.

===Top employers===
According to the Village's 2018 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.egovlink.com/public_documents300/skokie/published_documents/Finance%20Department/CAFR/2018%2004%2030%20Village%20of%20Skokie%20IL%20Audit.pdf |title=Village of Skokie CAFR |access-date=March 2, 2019 |archive-date=March 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306044847/https://www.egovlink.com/public_documents300/skokie/published_documents/Finance%20Department/CAFR/2018%2004%2030%20Village%20of%20Skokie%20IL%20Audit.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> the top employers in the village are:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of Employees
|-
| 1
|[[NorthShore University HealthSystem]]
|2,410
|-
|2
|[[Federal-Mogul]]
|1,279
|-
|3
|[[Niles Township High School District 219]]
|950
|-
|4
|[[Macy's]]
|910
|-
|5
|Georgia Nut Company
|815
|-
|6
|[[Nordstrom]]
|618
|-
|7
|Village of Skokie
|498
|-
|8
|[[Illinois Circuit Court of Cook County]]
|465
|-
|9
|Skokie Park District
|432
|-
|10
|Generation Brands
|417
|}

===Notable corporations===
*[[Peapod]], online grocer
*FelPro, now [[Tenneco]]
*[[Mayfair Games]]
*[[Rand McNally]]
*[[USRobotics]]
*[[Bell & Howell]]
*[[G.D. Searle]], now [[Pfizer]]