Start Here Greater Peoria

Greater Peoria’s success is linked to the ability to: unite stakeholders to work collaboratively and develop scalable businesses focused on solving profitable challenges. The focus is three-fold: to cultivate a community of innovators who deeply understand market demand, experiment with novel methods of creating value, and to nurture lasting customer relationships both locally and globally. These

businesses create wealth that ripples outward across our region to communities and stakeholders: from investors, to suppliers and service providers, and to employees through jobs created. These startup businesses create a longer tail of employers in the region, which helps to grow the workforce and the attraction of early stage businesses looking for a home in the USA. Culturally, relationships forged with startup founders and business owners help to create a welcoming sense of place. Greater Peoria EDC continues to experiment and prototype new experiments to support entrepreneurs and works to energize the regional innovation ecosystem so that entrepreneurs can gain access to resources and opportunities.