The Peorian By Paul Gordon Manufacturing jobs are returning to the United States and central Illinois is in a great position to grab its share of those and other jobs, an economic development strategist said Wednesday at the annual meeting of the Morton ...

By Mike Everett Here in Central Illinois there are about a thousand people engaged working on a new approach and strategy for economic development. This initiative covers Peoria, Tazewell, Mason, Logan, and Woodford Counties and could expand to include o ...

WMBD 1470 A local commercial is being produced Saturday, and you could be in it. Karen McDonald with Focus Forward C-I says the video will be put together from 1 until 3 in the lobby of Peoria Next Innovation Center. McDonald says there's another ...

GateHouse News Service By KEN HARRIS Posted Jan 08, 2013 PEKIN — Looking to keep a pulse on the massive effort to improve the region's economic development model, or to at least try to make heads or tails of the multifaceted efforts, Tazewell County ...

InterBusiness Issues January 2013 By Karen McDonald Inter-county collaboration is the key to economic progress. Affecting change in a region doesn’t take place overnight. And it doesn’t happen with a single individual. But with an army of ambass ...