PEORIA, Ill. – The Greater Peoria Economic Development Council has opened a public comment period on the region’s Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy for 2026 through 2030.
The five-year plan guides economic development across Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford, Logan and Mason counties. More than 480 community members and partner organizations shaped the draft through five Big Table events held across the five counties. Participants in all five counties described a region whose assets are disconnected rather than absent: training programs employers do not know about, services residents cannot navigate, and communities solving the same problems separately. That finding drives the plan’s emphasis on regional alignment.
The strategy organizes the next five years around three questions. What infrastructure makes growth possible? Who gets to participate in the economy? What kind of place does the region want to be? Each becomes a theme, and together they carry nine objectives and 29 strategies covering site readiness, broadband, capital access for entrepreneurs, child care, transportation, downtown corridors, tourism and housing supply.
The plan also sets out how the region will measure itself. Of the 29 strategy points, 21 carry a recurring public or internal measure drawn from sources including the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Census Bureau and the Illinois Office of Broadband.
Comments will be accepted through Friday, October 2nd and you’ll find more information by clicking the link attached to this story on our website. https://greaterpeoriaedc.org/ceds/comment/
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