The Heartland Partnership recently held a press conference to release information including a comparison of the December 2008 unemployment rate of the Peoria MSA to other communities across the nation, employment and unemployment rates from the 1970’s to today, and current distribution of employment by industry sector of the Peoria MSA. Read about it on the link below:
http://www.edc.centralillinois.org/news/questions-answers-about-recession