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East Valley Growth Cell TIF Meeting

Editor’s note: This post has been written and submitted by Frederick E. Smith, a resident of the East Bluff who attended the meeting on Monday, February 7.

There was a diverse crowd at the Glen Oak Community Center last night for the Monthly meeting of the EVGC TIF Advisory board, however the invited [...]

Peoria City Council 2/8/2011 (Live Blog)

Hello, and welcome to Peoria City Hall, Council Chambers. I got here a little late, so the council is already in session. Here’s the agenda for this evening:

PETITIONS, REMONSTRANCES & COMMUNICATIONS – TOWN OF THE CITY OF PEORIA

ITEM NO. 1 Communication from the Town Supervisor Requesting Approval of an INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT Between [...]

Turner defends putting strip club next to day care center

“If (Big Al’s) doesn’t move, these hotels don’t get built,” at-large council member Eric Turner said afterward. “They’ll be built – but they’ll be in East Peoria.

“It’s essential that we do something,” Turner continued. “We have got to find a way to make this work.”

–Peoria Journal Star, 2/7/2011

Even if that “something” [...]