GPMN Welcomes New Director
The Greater Peoria Economic Development Council is pleased to announce Mark Slover as the new Director of the Greater Peoria Manufacturing Network (GPMN) taking Mark Hanback’s place who fathered the creation of the GPMN and was instrumental in its growth ...
Big Table Update
The Big Table: Greater Peoria will be back in late 2020 ready to address new challenges and continue moving forward on the issues discussed at the over the past year. Currently, the planning team is monitoring the COVID situation and guidelines while exp ...
Local Spotlight: Cast Technologies
Technology that very few companies can replicate in the world is located in the heart of Illinois. Recently, Cast Technologies, a foundry and machine shop, transformed their business by adding Makino Automation. The incorporation of mixed-part a ...
Say Hello to Distillery Labs
The Peoria Innovation Hub has welcomed its official name this month. Calling on the Greater Peoria region's past as a world-leader in whiskey distilling and its history as a center of research and innovation, the hub will be branded "Distillery Labs". ...
One Meal at a Time
Over 500 meals have been delivered already. It is safe to say that everyone's life has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. For some of us, it means a new at-home, online working environment or waiting out a layoff. For others, the pandemic has bro ...
ShelfLove Open for Business
ShelfLove, a startup on-line retail platform developed by Pekin native and Eureka College grad Anna Palmer is up and running. ShelfLove gives small, independent retailers to sell their products on-line to a national market without creating their own ...
Keys for Corporations and Businesses to Improve and Innovate in HR
Join us May 14th as Raylana S. Anderson, SHRM-SCP, CEBS, MBA, SPHR, founder and owner of Anderson Consulting will be sharing keys for corporations and businesses to improve and innovate in Human Resources. Register below! When: May 14, 2020, 12pm ...
How to Prepare Yourself for the Next Career Opportunity
Join us April 30th as Raylana S. Anderson, SHRM-SCP, CEBS, MBA, SPHR, founder and owner of Anderson Consulting will be sharing practical tips on how you can begin to prepare yourself now for the next career opportunity ahead of time. Register below! ...
Downstate Small Business Stabilization Program
The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) has established the Downstate Small Business Stabilization Program (DSBSP) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The program offers small businesses in downstate and rural ...
Why Pop-A-Shot Landed in Peoria
The originator of the electronic basketball game has scored big after relocating to Greater Peoria. In January 2020, Pop-A-Shot, which produces the basketball arcade game, moved its global headquarters from Salina, Kansas to downtown Peoria. We talked wi ...
