On July 3, after 1 Million Cups Peoria, join us for the monthly community co-working day The Nest Co-Working Space at 820 SW. Adams St in Peoria.  The Nest is a shared work environment for early stage entrepreneurs, freelancers, and remote professionals. ...

The Greater Peoria EDC in partnership with IMEC will host a cybersecurity session entitled, “Risk Management: The Importance of Cybersecurity for Defense Manufacturing” with an emphasis on current and future defense contractors and sub ...

Cullinan Properties, Ltd. is bringing its successful Kickstart program, first launched in Quincy, IL, to its properties in the Greater Peoria Region.  The program offers new and small businesses a range of incentives and assistance to help offset the ...

Join us and the inaugural Greater Peoria CO.STARTERS cohort as they present their pitches and celebrate their graduation from the CO.STARTERS program. It's been an amazing 8 weeks and we look forward to topping it off with a celebration. When: Monday ...

Applications for the PNC FirstGrant program are now being accepted! PNC FirstGrant provides teachers up to $1,000 to develop and implement a creative educational project that aligns to student learning objective. To be eligible for a PNC FirstGrant: • A ...

The Greater Peoria EDC is excited to again attend the SelectUSA Summit in Washington DC, as part of Team Illinois. Team Illinois, a collaboration of economic development officials coordinated by Intersect Illinois, will exhibit at the 2019 SelectUSA Inves ...

Welcome Lenora Fisher, our new Director of Business Attraction. We are excited to announce that Lenora Fisher has been hired to serve as our new full-time Director of Business Attraction.  Through Lenora's work at the Morton EDC , she has been an e ...

As we look toward October, for our third year of Greater Peoria CareerSpark, the Greater Peoria EDC and Junior Achievement of Central Illinois would like to recognize PNC Bank as a critical supporter of this work from the beginning. As a leading sponsor o ...

The Greater Peoria regional economy rests on a stool with three legs: manufacturing, health care and agriculture.That isn’t likely to change any time soon -- and we don’t want it to! -- but our region has diversity that often gets overlooked.  For e ...

It's nearly time to officially launch our 2019 Hello Greater Peoria Intern Mixer Series! This is a great way to introduce your summer interns to all the things that make this region a great place to live and work. The mixers start off with the Bradley Kic ...