Chris Waible

Visitors to a section of Peoria’s Warehouse District will find things a touch brighter now. Twelve strands of string lights spanning the 800 block of SW Adams Street are in place and functional, completing a placemaking collaboration.

Chris Waible is nearly four months into his new position as the president and CEO of Peoria's nonprofit Downtown Development Corporation. He joins the effort to restore vibrancy to Peoria's downtown amid a glut of vacant office space and a need for reinvestment — an opportunity he's eager to tackle.