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The state’s goal of getting 1 million EVs on the road by 2030 is a lofty one. And to hit it, even communities like Bloomington-Normal that have a high EV IQ — thanks to Rivian and a resurrected EVTown initiative — will need more education and hand-holding.
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McLean County farmers are the top corn and soybean producers in the nation, according to the recent release of final 2023 crop production data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). McLean County farmers also finished in the Top 10 nationally in corn and soybean yield for the 2023 growing season.
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The Bloomington City Council on Monday will consider a developer’s $18.5 million plan to build luxury apartments and townhomes on a long-vacant property just east of downtown. The developer is asking for $4.5 million in incentives to do it.
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Homeless shelter managers in Bloomington believe they have found a long-term solution to a shortage of emergency beds during the winter, but they are still about 50 beds short this winter.
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Sunnyside Urban Farm serves several nonprofits, and will employ 10 teenagers from within a two-mile radius in west Bloomington.
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Rivian’s founder and CEO RJ Scaringe said Tuesday that the constant tinkering they’re doing now to lower the cost of manufacturing will serve the company well as the electric-vehicle business gets a lot more crowded in the coming years.
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Maria Alvarez from Maria's Cakes is now one of Bloomington-Normal’s most successful professional cake makers. She became popular, in part, by making cakes for Bloomington-Normal’s Hispanic families for quinceañeras.
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Bloomington-based Heritage Operations Group is selling off about half its fleet of nursing homes, and cutting administrative staff.
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Jenna Smith is a nutrition and wellness educator with University of Illinois Extension based in Bloomington. She guides would-be food entrepreneurs and actually helped shape some recent changes to Illinois’ Home-to-Market law.
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Electric automaker Rivian has a big order to fill for Amazon — to the tune of 125,000 delivery vans. So when the assembly of one component began to create a chokepoint in the entire production process, the electric vehicle manufacturer with a plant in Normal outsourced the job to a Peoria not-for-profit.
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Top officials at Rivian told investors over and over again Tuesday that they have a plan to become profitable – and that involves a much more productive manufacturing plant in Normal.
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The Bloomington Planning Commission on Wednesday will hear plans for a new Starbucks on the city’s west side and a new restaurant to take the former home of the Ozark House.