Week 10-26-09
10/26/09
Kyle Ham was a guest on “WMBD This Morning” to discuss the recent news of CNN Money/Fortune Small Business ranking Peoria the 5th best place to launch a small business. Click here to watch the video!
Caterpillar
selects Oberhelman as next CEO
Jim McConoughey, president of the Heartland
Partnership, praised Oberhelman's involvement in the community and in
charitable causes.
Small-business
owners less pessimistic
PEORIA -- A recent survey of small-business
owners in Illinois indicates that gloom is lifting when it comes to the
economy.
Stinkweed
smells sweet to former Caterpillar Inc. CEO Glen Barton.
Mr. Barton is chairman and one of several Peoria-area investors in a local startup, Biofuel Manufacturers of Illinois LLC, which plans to build a $40-million factory near Peoria next year that can make biodiesel out of just about anything, from soybeans to animal fats to stinkweed.
The Heartland Partnership Family of Companies
The Heartland Partnership family of companies is committed to moving the Central Illinois Region from good to excellent through economic and community development.
