Young Leadership  Each month we are talking with various leaders from our region to discuss the importance of being involved in their communities. This month we are focusing on young leadership. We talked with young professional Darrin Autry about what it takes to be a young leader. Click here to watch the interview.
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Discover Manufacturing Event Featured on Fox News  The EDC's Specialized Manufacturing Strategy Group members were recently featured by FOX News in an article about manufacturing's need for skilled workers. Click here to watch the Fox News video. This story is in reference to the Discover Manufacturing event that was held this fall. Click here to view the Discover Manufacturing event video.
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Cat Announcement Has Major Economic Impact
 Caterpillar Inc. recently announced plans for significant new investments to its manufacturing facilities in East Peoria and Decatur. The EDC’s economic impact modeling estimates those 300 jobs will spur an additional 162 indirect, induced and/or support type jobs to the region and to add $260M to regional economy. Click here for full report.
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October Unemployment Flat The unemployment rate for the Peoria MSA remained flat in October at 8.3%. The labor force continues to grow, as well as number of employed workers. A steady unemployment rate is considered positive because the number of jobs created remains on pace with the expanding labor force. The unemployment rates for the City of Peoria, City of Pekin, Peoria County, Tazewell County, and Woodford County also remained flat, with no municipality experiencing more than 0.1% monthly change. This report is created each month by the EDC. Click here for full report. |
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State of the City 2012  The Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce invites you to the annual State of the City event with Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis on January 25th at the Peoria Civic Center. Find out what’s in store for Peoria in 2012. Visit www.peoriachamber.org for details and tickets.
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Elmwood Wins Governor's Hometown Award Congratulations to Elmwood. The community received the 2011 Governor’s Hometown Award for Beautification and Sustainability Post Tornado Disaster Recovery Effort. Click here for a full report. |
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Peoria Commercial Development Process  The Peoria Chamber has released the results of a study conducted on doing commercial development in Peoria. This effort was initiated by the Chamber but strongly supported by City Manager Patrick Urich as he began the process to restructure the city staff and look at alternative ways of delivering services. Click here to watch a video interview regarding the study or click here to download PDF of study results.
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What's Your Mood?  The Heartland Partnership and WHOI's Good Company are taking the pulse of the region with the "Mood-O-Meter". This month we want to know about your holiday shopping plans. It will only take a few minutes...click here to participate. The results will be shared on Good Company December 20.
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Don't Take It For Granted If you missed the Chamber’s Thanksgiving Luncheon last month be sure to watch the community narrative delivered by Caterpillar CFO Ed Rapp. It was called “Don't Take It for Granted: Your country, your community, your family.” Click here to watch the video. |
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Make a Difference Thru Reading Many employees of The Heartland Partnership are volunteering their time with Reading Buddies, an organization designed to encourage students (focused on third graders) to find pleasure in books and reading. One of the United Way's 10-year goals is to improve education, and cut the number of high school dropouts — 1.2 million students, every year — in half. Our staff and others are working to help to achieve this goal, improve community value and drive our regional economy thru the Reading Buddies Program. We hope you will get involved too. To learn more call us at 495-5900. |
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Heartland Partnership Holiday Hours  The Heartland Partnership offices will close for the holidays at noon on Friday, December 23rd and reopen on Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012.
Have a safe and happy holiday season!
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