I found this report encouraging, especially after hearing Mr. Ady’s presentation at the council meeting Tuesday night.  One of the things he mentioned was the lack of buildings that can be used to lure manufacturing companies to Peoria county/city.  Now it looks as though the port district, or TransPORT, has quite a bit of building space to market — the old Mapleton Cat foundry.  It’s rail-served, near the river, and reasonably close to an interstate (though not ideal on that count).  This could be a great opportunity for Peoria to pull in some good-paying industry jobs.