HAPPY NEW YEAR!  Below you will find a couple of stories from recent weeks regarding The Heartland Partnership family of companies.  Enjoy.  

Midwest Hot Venture Market
The Midwest and particularly Peoria are officially hot places to invest your money in a new company.

Lumec is Illinois' Most Innovative Company
A downstate Illinois company became the first to win the Most Innovative Company award in their region. Lumec Control Products walked away with this title and 30,000 dollars...

Taking a look back, ahead in new year
He was looking at some information assembled by The Heartland Partnership about the number of local projects in the last 10 years. .

Bringing innovation to market
After two years at the Peoria NEXT Innovation Center, 801 W. Main St., Lumec moved last spring into larger quarters in a building owned by Klaus Radio on ...

Taking Care of Business for 100 Years
The Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce turns a century old in 2011. In 1911, a group of businesspeople with a strong faith in community came together to form ...

Peoria projects 'getting off the bubble'
Officials, developers see positives of area development in 201.  While the national and local economy seemingly still lumbers along, progress actually did take place last year with groundbreakings and ribbon cuttings on development projects that had been sidelined for most of 2009.

Excess levels of radiation is often a concern in a hosptial setting - especially when it comes to imaging tests. But Methodist Medical Center is working to increase awareness and make important changes to how they operate to make them safer for patients.  Dr. Tony Shadid joins Good Company for our weekly Peoria NEXT segment. 

"Stookle" Your Finances!  If math and analyzing market data aren't something you have a natural talent for (who does?!), then maybe STOOKLE can help! But what IS STOOKLE? Founder Deepak Gaddipati explains.