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A lengthy career in the finance world has taken Omar Yunus from Peoria to Europe and now back, as he works to grow a startup aimed at helping nonprofit organizations find sustainable funding.
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A Peoria-based startup is developing a system aimed at neutralizing threats from active shooters and other mass attacks. ShotHawk is working on AI-driven technology that would use non-lethal deterrents such as pepper gel against would-be assailants.
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The new CEO of the public-private economic development group Intersect Illinois says landing major projects for downstate is a major priority.
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The Women’s Business Development Center’s Childcare Business Program offers childcare businesses tools and training. It’s available for new and existing businesses.
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As the fall harvest season arrives each year, the economic significance of agriculture in the Peoria area becomes highly visible. That’s a fact Greater Peoria Economic Development Council CEO Chris Setti has come to appreciate after growing up in suburban Los Angeles.
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A new resource at Distillery Labs in downtown Peoria is bringing support to women and minority-owned businesses.
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After more than a decade in planning and development, and nearly a year of construction, the Distillery Labs Innovation Hub is close to opening in downtown Peoria.
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Doug Cruitt says he hopes to build on his past successes - and his failures - as the new executive director of Peoria's Distillery Labs tech and innovation center.
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The accelerator program provides business founders with entrepreneurial coaching and access to a network of mentors, partners and investors.
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A recent agreement approved by the Peoria City Council may be the first of its kind in Illinois — putting Peoria on the map as a so-called “smart city.”