- City of Benton
- Benton-West City Chamber of Commerce
- Benton Evening News
- Southern Illinoisan
- Franklin County Tourism
- Southern Illinois Tourism Development
- Rend Lake College
- Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
- Benton Community High School
- Benton Elementary School
- State Board of Education
- ManTraCon
- Illinois Development Council
- Illinois State Chamber of Commerce
- State of Illinois
- Illinois Dept of Commerce & Community Affairs
- Illinois Dept of Employment Securities
- Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources
- Illinois Dept of Revenue
- Illinois Dept of Transportation
- Illinois EPA
- Illinois Dept. of Agriculture
- Southern Illinois Office of Economic & Regional Development
- US Army Corp of Engineers
- Rend Lake Conservancy District
- Ameren CIPS
- Verizon
- Rend Lake
- Frontier Communications
- FREDCO - Franklin Co Economic Development