During the annual Discover Manufacturing Expo, over 800 students from 29 area schools are introduced to manufacturing career pathways.
This is the second year University of Illinois Extension has engaged with the Greater Peoria EDC's Strategic Manufacturing Group in linking area manufacturers with...
UIUC Department of Urban and Regional Planning Graduate Students, City of Peoria representatives, parents and Extension staff conducted a walking audit. The study aligns with current efforts within the city to develop complete streets that allow for additional green infrastructure, greater...
Join us for the second year of the
Illinois Green Office Challenge of Greater Peoria
March 3rd Challenge Kick-Off!
Learn how participating in the Illinois Green Office Challenge of Greater Peoria can take your business' sustainability efforts to the next level!
March 3, 2016 | 8:00 a.m...
During fall semester, students and faculty have worked closely with University of Illinois Extension and City of Peoria's Innovation Team to address combined sewer overflow problems. Peoria's sewers carry both sanitary wastewater and stormwater. When rain or snowmelt overwhelm the system, around 20...
Creating a local Historic Commercial district is the focus of a UIUC Department of Urban and Regional Planning Capstone project. Marcia Klop, Graduate Student in Department of Urban and Regional Planning at UIUC is working with University of Illinois Extension, City of Washington Economic Developer...
Strengthening Local Food Systems
Although conversations are held nationally, many solutions are sought locally. Large urban centers garner most of the media attention in this sector, but small and mid-size cities play an important role in the United States' local food systems. Local residents,...
Local Food Resource Guide
The food we eat has profound impacts on public health, environmental quality, economic development, and land use. Increasingly, activists, analysts, public health practitioners, farmers, consumer advocates, and policy makers agree that finding new...
Prepared by Nancy Smebak, University of Illinois Extension Research Assistant, April 2015
This project documents and describes the food system in Peoria County and the surrounding region through participatory and analytic mapping and key informant interviews and videos....
Taking stock of the community's resources to support entrepreneurship growth and development is a critical element to creating a proactive environment for business development. Local Economic Development Organizations can take proactive approach to assisting existing and prospective business owners...
Regional Economic Development in Fulton County2015 Public Engagement Symposium | March 10Sponsored by Office of Public Engagement and the Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning
Spoon River Partnership for Economic Development, a non-profit...