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After two previous deferrals, a divided Peoria City Council voted to greenlight the proposal from GRO Community that will turn an empty building on the South Side into a 12-bedroom transitional residence for formerly incarcerated men.

The gift to the Illinois Central College Educational Foundation comes from Philippi-Hagenbuch Inc., which makes customized mining equipment and off-highway haul trucks.

Clients of the Peoria nonprofit organization EPIC have some advanced new tools to help them gain employment skills.

Jessica Linder Gallo thinks the Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce can act as a conduit between businesses, community organizations and city leaders as Peoria works to overcome its housing shortage.

Peoria’s need for more residential development to address historically low available housing emerged as a focal point of Mayor Rita Ali’s annual State of the City address on Thursday.

The Peoria nonprofit Artists ReEnvisioning Tomorrow Inc., or Art Inc., is extending its programs, and its reach, into issues like gun violence prevention and workforce development.

Goodwill Industries of Central Illinois is officially launching a program to get neurodivergent young adults into stable jobs.

In its sixth year of existence, the Regional Workforce Alliance (RWA) is working to develop and employ strategies to “upskill” unemployed and under-employed adults while offering workforce exposure to high school students.

A new certificate program at Illinois Central College prepares students to enter the growing field of artificial intelligence.

A grant-funded partnership between Illinois Central College, Bradley University and Eureka College is helping people get the IT skills they need for jobs in the sector, and the two-year-old program is already exceeding goals.