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Bradley Park going to the dogs?

At the Peoria Park District’s Planning Committee meeting Tuesday night, they heard a report back on the possibility of establishing a dog park in Peoria. The idea is to fence in approximately five acres of Bradley Park (it was unclear from the picture shown at the meeting exactly what part of Bradley Park is being [...]

August 23rd, 2007 | Category: Peoria Park District | 33 comments - (Comments are closed)

School consolidation could lower property values

While the city explores using its enterprise zone to help incentivize reinvestment in older neighborhoods, any potential benefit may be undermined if the school district continues to consolidate and realign its neighborhood schools.

District 150 tells the Journal Star that in order to use $32 million in Health Life Safety bond money, they’ll have to close not [...]

August 23rd, 2007 | Category: City Council, City of Peoria, Peoria Public Schools | 3 comments - (Comments are closed)