Entrepreneurship

Longtime central Illinois business veteran Denise Moore is opening the second Minority Business Development Center in the area, after launching an office in Peoria around a year ago.

The president of Illinois Wesleyan University says the design phase of a new $20-30 million campus building is finishing up. Georgia Nugent said the Petrick Idea Center is on pace to open in the summer of 2025 on the southwest corner of the campus quad.

Bloomington-Normal’s Black business community came out in force Thursday night for a meet-and-greet with Illinois State University students and others.