The position of Peoria Pathways to Prosperity (PP2P) Coordinator is an extraordinary opportunity for the person who desires to help develop and build-out an exciting educational and workforce development tool. The Coordinator will work with the Peoria Pat ...

Today, the Greater Peoria Economic Development Council announced that they have approved the adoption of Peoria Pathways to Prosperity (PP2P), a collaborative effort designed to ensure that more District 150 students finish high school and are prepared to ...

Today, the Greater Peoria Economic Development Council announced that they have approved the adoption of the Central Illinois Center of Excellence for Secure Software (CICESS), a collaborative effort to build a local workforce of trained secure software d ...

EDITORIAL July 28, 2015 By Shae Birkey, Co-Chair of the Greater Peoria EDC Water Resources Team and Trianna Stark, Peoria Area Convention and Visitors Bureau Seems to me that the Peoria area sits at a precipice in time. If we use our water resource ...

A critical factor in Greater Peoria’s workforce development is promoting talent cultivation among our region’s future leaders. Several community organizations came together to plan a hands-on experience for almost 60 middle school girls. This second annua ...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today announced 12 new communities that have received designations under the Obama Administration’s Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnership (IMCP) initiative. In May 2014, Secretary Pritzke ...