9/22/09

Heartland reports progress online
Peoria Journal Star - Peoria,IL,USA
The Peoria NEXT Innovation Center graduated its first company in April 2009. The company was Endotronix, which developed technology for a wireless blood ...
LaHood, Owens, McConoughey: economic recovery coming in 2010
Peoria Journal Star - Peoria,IL,USA
The event was titled “The Insiders View — Our Road to Recovery” and featured LaHood, Owens and Heartland Partnership CEO Jim McConoughey in a panel ...
City of Peoria Economic Development News: Economic Development Video
By Craig Hullinger AICP City of Peoria
The Heartland Partnership family of companies is pleased to announce the release of "The Insiders' View -- Our Road to Recovery", a five segment video featuring U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, Caterpillar Chairman & CEO Jim ...
An insight into the local economy and its future comes to Central Illinois starting tomorrow
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The Heartland Partnership is about to post its' conversation with Caterpillar CEO Jim Owens and US Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood on its new website.
Peoria's Road to Recovery
According to The Heartland Partnership's Renee Charles, questions addressed are: Has this recession changed us? How do we get ahead of the competition? What is ahead for the world and nation? What is ahead for us in Central Illinois? ...

Area officials make long-shot bid for high-speed rail funds
Peoria Journal Star
High-speed rail and/or a public barge dock on the Illinois River may be a long shot, but local transportation officials still applied for more than $100 million in federal grants this week…

LaHood bullish on Olympics, mum on Illinois high-speed rail feud
Chicago Daily Herald
…envision a network of rapid trains connecting cities such as Detroit, the Twin Cities, Indianapolis, Cleveland, Milwaukee and Kansas City. During a conference call Wednesday from Washington D.C., members of the Midwest High Speed Rail Steering Group, including Illinois transportation Secretary Gary Hannig, said they'd met LaHood and were confident about securing high-speed rail funding.

Byway kiosk to promote local attractions
Pekin Daily Times - Pekin,IL,USA
As part of the Illinois River Road National Scenic Byway project, ... The Illinois River Road between Ottawa and Havana was designated as one of the Federal