Bloomington Normal Economic Development Council

Homebuilders in Bloomington-Normal are playing catch up in meeting the growth of the last decade, the more recent expansion of the labor market, and projected future growth.

The Italian chocolate and confectionary company is expected to bring 200 more manufacturing jobs to the Twin City area in 2024 via its $214.4 million facility.

The head of the Bloomington-Normal Economic Development Council says the local economy has a lot of encouraging signposts, noting that consumers are buying a lot, according to year-to-date sales tax receipts.

Three additional public information meetings are planned for May, to address Unit 5’s multimillion-dollar deficit.

School officials in Bloomington say everyone benefits when the community grows, gave its support Wednesday night to a uniform tax incentive package developed by the Bloomington-Normal Economic Development Council (EDC).

Twin City economic development officials field inquiries from potential businesses all the time. But Bloomington-Normal Economic Development Council head Patrick Hoban says he's really excited about one particular prospect right now.

During Tuesday’s debate between Normal Mayor Chris Koos and challenger Marc Tiritilli, the two candidates found themselves in a familiar place: The…

The Normal Town Council on Monday OK’d spending about $150,000 on a three-year agreement with Midwest Fiber to continue the decades-old drop-box recycling…

Bloomington will become home to an international candy maker’s first chocolate manufacturing center in the United States.Ferrero North America has…

A decaying, unfinished industrial property in Normal could become viable again if a development agreement is approved with a Milwaukee-based firm.A newly…