It’s Time to Submit Your Projects!
Do you have a project that could help our regional goals? The Greater Peoria EDC will be scoring and prioritizing regional projects to submit to the Economic Development Administration (EDA) for our Focus Forward Comprehensive Economic Development Stra ...
Closing the Broadband Gap in Our Rural Communities
By Nathan Davis, Director of Rural Development This morning, as most mornings, I woke up and checked Facebook. Shortly thereafter, I sent a couple emails, asked my Echo for today's weather, played some music through Spotify, paid a bill online, and re ...
Rolling Out the 2017 Attraction Strategy
By Kim Uhlig, Director of Business Attraction Last year, our goal in Business Attraction was to get out and meet with targeted site selectors and manufacturers to generate leads for Greater Peoria. Over the year, we: - Met with over 37 Site Selec ...
PIA Adds New Nonstop Flights to Destin This Spring
Starting this May, Allegiant will offer two nonstop flights a week to Destin, Florida, expanding the number of cities that the Gen. Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport serves to more than any other Downstate Illinois airport. The new seasonal ...