Steering committee: Peoria needs more high-skilled jobs, college grads
Submitted by Alex Rusciano on Tue, 09/11/2012 - 7:22pm Central Illinois needs to attract more young professionals and highly-skilled jobs to the area in the next five years. That’s the message coming from the Regional Economic Development ste ...
Committee resolves to fill regional shortfall of qualified workers
By STEVE TARTER Journal Star Posted Sep 11, 2012 @ 09:25 PM PEORIA — Before you can attract more work, you need an available work force. That's what the Regional Economic Development Steering Committee decided at Tuesday's in Downtown Peoria. In ...
Focus Forward Central Illinois Is New Economic Force
September 2012 Phase 2 of the new 4-county economic development dynamic is underway. And the new effort has a name. It's now known as Focus Forward Central Illinois. The public based effort is taking a different direction to develop a new eco ...
An Advantage with Staying Power
Jan Wright Publisher "Community planning is not the same today as it was even 10 years ago,” writes Melissa Eaton of the Tri-County Regional Planning Commission on page 54 of this issue. That’s for sure—and not much else is, either. While discussing t ...
Brilliant. Bright. Community
Sustainability Planning in Central Illinois by Melissa Eaton Tri-County Regional Planning Commission The new regional sustainability plan will help our communities embrace necessary change. You have just been dropped into a sustainable communi ...
