Peoria, Illinois, USA
Good article about the Housing Bubble recession in Planetizen


Peoria is Looking Good


I copied this from the urbanophile  


http://www.urbanophile.com/

They write great anlysis of midwest cities, but usually don't cover smaller cities the size of Peoria. Note his comment abuut Peoria, which I am pleased to highlight. And I have invited the editor to visit Peoria, and he indicates that he will.
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Best Performing Cities


The Milken Institute released their rankings of the best performing cities of 2009. Their index “ranks U.S. metropolitan areas by how well they are creating and sustaining jobs and economic growth. The components include job, wage and salary and technology growth.”


http://bestcities.milkeninstitute.org/bestcities2009.taf


Austin, Texas was #1 in America. Here is how the large Midwest metros stacked up. On this one, a higher rank is better, like a normal league table. The ranking is out of the 200 largest metro areas. You know your region is struggling when it can’t crack the top 50. (In fairness, Peoria, a city I generally don’t cover, was #33)


* #52 – Kansas City
* #108 – Columbus
* #109 – Pittsburgh
* #123 – Minneapolis-St. Paul
* #125 – Indianapolis
* #128 – St. Louis
* #138 – Cincinnati
* #148 – Chicago
* #151 – Milwaukee
* #153 – Louisville
* #186 – Cleveland
* #199 – Detroit





 The Peoria area can add yet another top notch national ranking to its resume. The Milken Institute has ranked Peoria the 33rd Best-Performing City in the country.





The University of Illinois provides assistance in local government economic development efforts.


http://economicdevelopmentnews.blogspot.com/





Please send your responses to  Doug Leunig 

350,000 to 500,000 Sq Ft Building Needed




DCEO sent EDC a lead for a building.

Please let EDC know if you know of any appropriate building. 

An industrial broker in the Chicago area has requested assistance with the following project outlined below.

REQUIREMENT
  • Building size ~ 350,000 - 500,000 SF
  • Site size ~ 50 - 100 acres
  • Crane coverage ~ Approximately 50%
  • Height under hook ~ 30 feet
  • Minimum bridge crane capacity ~ 40 tons
  • Rail ~ To site at grade
  • United States or Mexico preferred
  • No time for “build to suit” options
  • Timeline - negotiate lease in December for March followed by installation of equipment beginning in April and operational later in 2010; willing to lease or purchase
  • Power - the power installed for the last user should work well
  

Beth Kolowski
The Economic Development Council for Central Illinois
A company of The Heartland Partnership
100 SW Water Street
Peoria, IL  61602-1329
309-495-5973 - Office
309-256-9011 - Cell
www.edc.centralillinois.org


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Downtown Nashville - Downtown Peoria


Downtown Nashville has a great entertainment district. It looks a lot like Peoria, with the Main Street cascading down to the River. Of course, it is a much larger city and region, but it has the kind of dynamism that we would like to build in downtown Peoria.

http://www.thedistrictnashville.org/

http://www.vacationsmadeeasy.com/NashvilleTN/pointsOfInterest/RiverfrontParkinNashvilleTN.cfm