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 ha ...
The economic crisis that has emerged from our current public health crisis weighs heavily on the minds of all of us. The thought of another month of closure for many segments of society can be overwhelming. Millions in lost revenue, thousands sudd ...
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 ...
Business Attraction in the new COVID world is a blend of revised, former responsibilities and new ones. Intersect IL has sent three requests for information (RFI) from companies researching new site locations. Each RFI requires intensive ...
The Downstate Small Business Stabilization Program provides up to $25,000 in grant funds intended to cover 60 days of working capital for the “non-essential” businesses forced to close or drastically reduce operations because of the Stay at Home ord ...
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 r ...
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 talk ...
The Greater Peoria Economic Development Council (GPEDC) has been asked to coordinate the flow of information between local public health officials and the business community regarding COVID-19. This is certainly a trying time in our region, state and ...
Does anyone else feel like they are living inside of a Stephen King novel? Mostly empty streets, deserted businesses, picked over grocery stores -- and no toilet paper -- all the hallmarks of your favorite dystopian novel. But of course it is n ...
The slow but steady rise of organic agriculture in Woodford and Tazewell Counties creates a unique economic development opportunity in Greater Peoria. At the latest GP Farm Forum in February, organic producers and other agriculture stakeholders came ...
