Economic Development

A new tourism campaign aims to help rebuild Illinois' economy as more of the state's population becomes vaccinated. Advocacy groups say tourism recovery will help Illinois stay competitive nationally and globally after the COVID-19 pandemic.

The job of a Normal Town Council member doesn’t pay much. It comes with a lot of headaches. It takes a lot of work to listen to residents and translate…

The nine candidates running for Normal Town Council split down the middle on the proper role of government in building the tax base and offering…

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…

Rivian has leased the Phoenix Investors warehouse in north Normal as part of its ramp-up to production.The company that will make electric vans, SUVs and…

McLean County Board Finance Committee members Wednesday evening asked Bloomington-Normal Economic Development Council Director Patrick Hoban to develop…

The West Bloomington Revitalization Project wants to build the economy with teeny tiny loans.Bevin Choban is the secretary of the West Bloomington…

The outlook is not good for the nation's cities if current trends continue.That's according to Charles Marohn Jr., the author of the new book "Strong…

The head of the McLean County Chamber of Commerce said he disagrees with Normal Town Council member Stan Nord's view that "business and government should…

Bloomington Normal's unemployment rate dropped a full point from November of last year, down to 3.1%. But the Illinois Department of Employment Security…