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  • Dennis in Peoria: According to May 16th PJS, Jim Richerson is out as PRM CEO, with Debbie Ritschel named interim CEO....
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  • mbd: this isnt just happening in peoria either.
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  • concerned citizen: Joe Dulin is a liar. unfortunately, code enforcement for profit already exists. Property owners in...
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  • ProudPeorian: Sorry for the typoes in my previous proclamation…Peoria and its surrounds (communities) are short...
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Hey Bloomington, hurry to Peoria! Gas is only $2.96/gal. here!

This is a pretty funny story from today’s Pantagraph — especially the comments section. Apparently, a rumor got started in Bloomington-Normal yesterday that gas prices outside of the twin cities, from Champaign to Peoria, were up to $4 per gallon! So, everyone was rushing to the gas stations to fill up at $2.96 per [...]

Bloomington to give form-based codes a whirl

Some of Bloomington’s older neighborhoods are concerned about what kind of houses might fill-in vacant lots between their pre-World-War-II homes. Traditional zoning only regulates the use, but not the form of the structures. So you could have a beautiful, Italianate-style home next door to a McMansion, or a split-level, or a ranch, or something [...]