Category Archives: Economic Development
City launching Small Home Improvement Program with Northeast Community Fund
September 22, 2022 - The City of Decatur is launching an owner-occupied Small Home Improvement Program and residents can soon apply for assistance to make repairs to their homes. The Decatur City Coun...
Sep 22, 2022
Creating a Development Plan with CFMC and Tara Winter
September 22, 2022 - The Community Foundation of Macon County will facilitate a course on Wednesday, October 12, titled, "Creating a Development Plan," to help teach nonprofit development staff the ke...
Sep 22, 2022
Community Resource Fair at Eisenhower September 29
September 20, 2022 - Decatur Public Schools Student Services is hosting a Community Resource Fair to connect families with needed services, like housing, employment, financial aid, and child care assi...
Sep 20, 2022
City Accepting Proposals for Former Fire Station #3
September 19, 2022 - The City of Decatur is again accepting proposals for the sale of the retired Decatur Fire Station #3 located at 1308 W. Eldorado St. in Decatur. Proposals are being accepted via e...
Sep 19, 2022
Statewide Payroll Jobs Up, Slight Increase to Statewide Employment Rate in August
September 16, 2022 - The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced today that the unemployment rate rose +0.1 percentage point to 4.5 percent, while nonfarm payrolls increased by +4,...
Sep 16, 2022
DPS Selects Bill Clevenger to Fill Vacant Board Seat
September 14, 2022 - The Decatur Public Schools Board of Education voted Tuesday night to appoint Bill Clevenger to fill the vacant seat on the Board. The seat became open when President Dan Oakes ste...
Sep 13, 2022
Training Course in Effective Board Membership Offered in September
September 7, 2022 - Central Illinois residents interested in making a difference in their communities through board leadership are invited to enroll in September's "Introduction to Board Governance" c...
Sep 07, 2022
LISTEN: T/CCI and local leaders discuss EV announcement on Byers & Co.
September 7, 2022 - Kara Demirjian Huss of T/CCI, Rev. Courtney Carson of Richland Community College, Rep. Sue Scherer, and Sen. Doris Turner joined Byers & Co. to talk about the $20 million dolla...
Sep 07, 2022
City Council approves Small Housing Improvement Program and public safety initiatives
September 7, 2022 - Highlights from the September 6 Decatur City Council meeting include a new housing repair program in partnership with Northeast Community Fund and a number of public safety initiat...
Sep 07, 2022
T/CCI to invest over $20 million to manufacture electric compressors and establish EV innovation hub in Decatur
September 6, 2022 - T/CCI Manufacturing announced a plan to invest $20 million dollars to manufacture compressors for electric vehicles in Decatur. With the announcement, Governor JB Pritzker and the ...
Sep 06, 2022