We hope all of Greater Peoria’s farmers had a happy harvest this year!  Recently, Tory Dahlhoff, our rural development coordinator, had the privilege of riding along with Derek and Garrett of Stewart Family Farms as they harvested their Woodford County fi ...

We had a great time at the second annual CareerSpark last week! Over 4,200 8th graders from all over Central Illinois came through over the 2-day event. Thanks to all of our volunteers and sponsors. We had a blast! Check out the short wrap-up video below: ...

Americans love to celebrate.  There seems to be a national “day” or “week” for everything.  It’s amazing what you can find on the internet. The website www.nationaldaycalendar.com has a complete list of all these celebrations.  In this month alone, we go ...

Greater Peoria EDC is partnering with the Federal Reserve to conduct a Small Business Credit Survey for both pre-start and existing businesses, and we’d like you to participate. This short survey will take approximately 9 minutes and will ask about bu ...

Download the PDF for more info. The Illinois Manufacturers' Association will be hosting a roundtable discussion focusing on the legislative climate in Illinois and "How Your Organization Can Achieve Enterprise Excellence". Featured speakers include Do ...

The University of Illinois at Chicago has received a $2.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense's Office of Economic Adjustment to support economic research and resiliency in Illinois' military-connected communities. The grant marks pha ...

The GPEDC is looking for a qualified candidate for an Economic Development Program Manager position. Please see the summary below. Job Summary   Under the direction of the CEO or their designee, develops and implements the State of Illinois Defense Indu ...

Randon Gettys, Director of Startup GP. The Fall Startup Mixer hosted by Startup GP aims to connect local entrepreneurs, investors, mentors, service providers, and others. Our objective is to engineer connectivity within the Greater Peoria startup comm ...

On Sept. 12, members of the Peoria community, along with the City of Peoria, Illinois American Water, Peoria Housing Authority and the American Water Charitable Foundation (AWCF), held a ribbon cutting to signify the opening of Peoria GreenSplash, a commu ...