WGLT asked McLean County residents for their ideas for revitalizing the Eastland Mall property. Thousands of you pitched your ideas. Here are the Top 5 that emerged.

Bloomington Mayor Dan Brady said a deal for the Eastland Mall property could be reached by the end of September, though he said the city doesn't control or have input on the bidding process.

An investor purchased the property with the intention to offer businesses $1 leases. Nonprofits looking to expand can operate from one of five campus buildings for free.

The new head of the Bloomington-Normal Economic Development Council is addressing past concerns and critiques of the organization as he lays out his vision for the future.

During a media appearance Tuesday in Bloomington, Pritzker said he's the most pro-economic development governor since Jim Thompson, who left office in 1991. He plans to work with Logan County officials to address state properties where industry has left, including the pending closure of Logan Correctional Center.

The Federal Aviation Administration approved $12.5 million for the first phase of CIRA’s project last year.

Mayor Tracy Welch wants to see the women's prison site remediated, unlike what happened two decades ago at the 100-acre Lincoln Developmental Center site. It's part of the City of Lincoln's multi-pronged strategy boosting economic development in the Logan County seat.

Unit 5 and Rivian are locked in a property-tax dispute that could cost the school district an estimated $6.8 million annually.

At the Bloomington Public Library on Wednesday, residents heard about the reasons behind the rising costs of energy from Nick Hylla, executive director of the Midwest Renewable Energy Association [MREA].

The new permanent CEO of the Bloomington-Normal Economic Development Council [BNEDC] is Tyler Cravens. Cravens has been the interim president and CEO since March when previous CEO Patrick Hoban left for another position.