The 1990s 1992 - NORBIC teams with Crain’s City and State (now Illinois Issues) and Motorola to establish the annual Motorola Excellence in Public Service Award honoring a public servant who has made a positive impact on the health of Chicago, Cook County or Illinois. 1993 - NORBIC is named a Small Business Development Center and a Procurement Technical Assistance Center. 1994 - Governor Jim Edgar designates NORBIC as an International Trade Center and names NORBIC one of two NAFTA Opportunity Centers in Illinois, expanding NORBIC’s service area beyond Chicago into 8 counties in Northeastern Illinois. 1996 - NORBIC received the first of two Model Industrial Corridor grants from the City of Chicago and develops a 5-year strategic plan for the Addison Corridor.