The second goal of Greater Peoria’s economic development strategy is to “Expand Economic Performance”. The goal is filled with strategies you would expect to find: Create new, high quality jobs; increase the number of mid-size firms; and increase the pace ...

Kim Uhlig, our Director of Business Attraction, returned to the SelectUSA Summit in Washington, DC this June. Over 1200 international attendees from 66 foreign markets attended. This was our fourth year attending and we were part of the Intersect Illinois ...

It’s been an outstanding year for GP Works, the Greater Peoria EDC’s effort supporting the creation and placement of internships for high school students, as we have surpassed our 2018 year-end goal of 175 placements. As of the end of June 2018, 189 local ...

The Peoria area is looking to hire! Peoria Public Schools is hosting two job fairs this July. The first will be held on July 17 at the Administration Building (3202 N. Wisconsin Ave, Peoria, IL, 61603). They are looking for teachers, teacher aides, recent ...