by Tory S. Dahlhoff Peoria entrepreneurs working to launch or grow their businesses immersed themselves in a pool of local economic developers Wednesday morning with the hopes of building relationships and finding new paths to accessing capital. The Small Business and Entrepreneur Resource Expo — hosted by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity...
Year-long exhibit enhancing Peoria’s art community By: Savannah Jones On the Peoria Sculpture Walk, art isn’t only observed but interacted with and brought to life. Sponsored by the Peoria Riverfront Museum, visitors are encouraged to feel and add their own interpretation to the sculptures lining Southwest Water Street in downtown Peoria. While art lovers...
BY RYAN VALENTINE Sculpture Walk transforms Peoria’s Warehouse District PEORIA – Arts Partners of Central Illinois is currently hosting “Sculpture Walk Peoria” along Washington Street in the Warehouse District in Peoria, Ill. Sculpture Walk brings 15 large scale sculptures that were crafted by 15 artists from seven different states. Joe Richey, business head...