Northern Illinois Hemp Hub
The Northern Illinois Hemp Hub (NIHH) is a purpose-designed, Next Gen Green Energy Industrial Park located 50 miles west of Chicago, offering a strategic location for industrial hemp innovators within industrial sectors. This campus provides immediate access to biomass, infrastructure, partnerships, and an cooperative supply chain for companies and growers looking to scale their sustainable operations.
Prime Location
Situated in Maple Park, IL between I-88 and I-90 just off IL-47, NIHH combines rural scalability with suburban access. The proximity to Chicago provides global logistics capabilities, access to major buyers, making it one of the most cost-effective locations to operate in the country.
Infastructure
NIHH eliminates the need to build from scratch with its purpose-built facilities. The phase one multi-tenant manufacturing facility offers flexible units (5,000-30,000 SF) with loading docks and 100% green energy. For larger operations, build-to-suit options are available on open development pads, custom-designed around your specific processing needs.
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Geothermal heating/cooling systems
Localized Biomass
R&D space and optional shared equipment (Truck scale, skid loaders, etc.)
NIHH is specifically engineered to address common pain points in hemp manufacturing—from reliable biomass sourcing to streamlined utilities, permitting, and funding access.
Tenant Advantages
Partners and tenants at NIHH benefit from significantly lower operating expenses through shared green infrastructure and elimination of logistics costs when co-located with vendors and buyers. Marketing support through cooperative model benefiting growers and processors. This environment creates a faster speed-to-market for new products and materials, while the hub’s credibility boosts shareholder confidence. This hub is apart of a larger network of hubs developed to take on larger clients.
Industry Leadership
Collaborate with established innovators
Financial Advantages
Access to grants, green financing, and reduced OpEx
Ecosystem Benefits
Integrated supply chain and regulatory support
Infasctructure Foundation
Turnkey facilities with shared resources
100% green energy industrial park
To Chicago’s global logistics networks
With regulatory and municipal support in a beautiful live/work/play location for leadership and workforce, NIHH provides both operational advantages and quality of life benefits that are critical for attracting and retaining talent in the hemp industry. Collaboration with top universities and equipment to scale new ideas.
Industrial Hemp Applications
Vision for Rural Economic Growth
Addressing Rural Economic Challenges
Focusing on sustainable agriculture and advanced manufacturing to tackle economic issues.
Leveraging Industrial Hemp
Using hemp as a key resource for economic revitalization.
Driving Job Creation
Creating new employment opportunities in rural areas.
Promoting Environmental Stewardship
Encouraging responsible environmental practices.
Economic Development Goals
New Jobs
Creating positions across skilled and unskilled labor categories.
Rural Revitalization
Providing access to regional supply chains. Increased use of Illinois contractors, farmers, and vendors.
Workforce Development
Training partnerships with local universities and colleges. Business support to local entrepreneurs and grower/producers.
Agricultural Boost
Alternative crops and revenue streams for farmers. Value-added processing of IL-grown hemp stalk and seeds. Soil regeneration, crop diversity, reduced inputs, stable supply chain of innovative and sustainable products.
About Kifcure
Kifcure is your ultimate hemp solutions partner. With a forward-looking vision for the hemp industry, we’re here to seize the present and shape the future.
Our exceptional team of cultivation, processing, and product development professionals are dedicated to bridging every link within the hemp supply chain. We offer a range of university tested genetics in both Fiber & Grain as well as Cannabinoid varieties. We empower our farming network with cutting-edge tools, resources, and expertise to provide turn-key farm solutions. If you have land, we have the rest and a place to drop it off.
From our advanced hemp storage and aggregation center, the Northern Illinois Hemp Hub, to our accomplished hemp sales specialists, KifCure stands as your comprehensive destination for all things Industrial Hemp.
IH RISE
(Non-Pofit)Industrial Hemp – Regenerative Innovation for Sustainable Enterprises
The Northern Illinois Hemp Hub (NIHH) is part of a broader ecosystem working to advance sustainable agriculture and next-generation infrastructure. As an independent real estate and clean energy development initiative, NIHH collaborates with mission-aligned organizations, including IH RISE, a nonprofit focused on supporting growers, cooperative development, and public education in the industrial hemp space. While NIHH and IH RISE are separate entities, we share a commitment to building resilient, farmer-centered solutions that benefit rural communities.
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Maple Park, IL 60151 - (855) 543 2873
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