HP in the News

Here's a look at some of the stories that have been in the regional media in the past two weeks regarding The Heartland Partnership family of companies. There's news on the population increase, the unemployment decrease, new job opportunities, new partnerships, trips to a far away land and  opportunities to have fun right here at home. 

Business File: A new look at the state of labor
And now another one is under way, launched by the Economic Development Council for Central Illinois, with the help of a state grant. ...

Peoria's Unemployment drops.  We are hearing from some of our manufacturers that they're starting to hire back...

Unemployment rate drops in the Peoria area.   Unemployment rates improved in metropolitan areas across the state in May, including in the five-county Peoria metro area....

Galesburg Area Unemployment Falls in May
They are Rockford, Peoria and the Illinois side of the St. Louis metropolitan area. Rockford still has the highest unemployment rate among the 12 metros at ...

Local Jobless Rate Dips Under 10% For First Time In 10 Months
The Peoria area's unemployment rate has fallen below double digits for the first time in almost a year...

Peoria and Metro Population Rises Again in 2009
Despite the recent recession and double digit unemployment figures, the Peoria metro area and the city of Peoria saw population growth in 2009.

Population Grows in Peoria, But Is It Better Here ...
The Economic Development Council for Central Illinois says it's an improvement considering the recession. Vickie Clark, President of Central Illinois' ...

Peoria adds population.  
A 2 percent growth for the city of Peoria between 2000 and 2009 is a “positive sign,” considering the recent recession...

How can Peoria, region grow in the next decade?  The early, estimated returns are in from the U.S. Census. The good news is that Peoria is on the right side of the population ledger - growing, not declining

It Plays in Peoria
It put together something called The Heartland Partnership -- some government but mostly business -- to guide this new economy. Cat played a role. But so did institutions that never concerned themselves much with the local economy ...

EcoThermics names manufacturing partner
The head of the startup company, based since 2007 at the Peoria NEXT Innovation Center, 801 W. Main St., has announced the selection of a ...

EcoThermics Plans to Produce Product Locally ...
A Peoria Next company, EcoThermics, developed a heating and cooling system that officials say is more efficient than any others its size on the market. ...

Area Businesses Taking a Field Trip.
It's a small world after all, and Central Illinois businesses are working to better understand their place in its economy with a visit to China.

Eye-opening trip to China set this fall
A visit to China will not only open the eyes of business leaders, but their minds, said Rob Parks, president of the Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce.

Green tech firm could create 144 jobs
IGT's research and development office is located in the Peoria NEXT Innovation Center. The company has “developed, tested and submitted for industry ...

Stunt Helps Quest Charter's First Teacher Hire.
A brief moment of fame turns into a first teaching job for a Bradley University graduate

Developers Are Stepping Up
The Heartland Partnership's new community campaign, I'm Stepping Up, ( imsteppingup.net) is designed to get people talking about the positive things ...

Don't forget to get your tickets to the Pack the Place event at Wildlife Prairie State Park.  It is July 25th.  Find more information at www.imsteppingup.net.