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City and Destination Information
The following information was provided by the city of Peoria. For additional information on Peoria and the surrounding area, be sure to visit their website at www.ci.peoria.il.us.
Just
like in the old vaudevillian days, quality of life MUST BE GOOD to play in
Peoria. The oldest community in Illinois with a population of 112,936, Peoria
is equal distance from Chicago and St. Louis. Here we have an enviable
standard of living, exciting venues within a 15-20 minute drive from our
homes, safe streets, quality and quantity shopping, our own symphony, our own
ballet, Broadway Theater League, museums, art guilds, first-class medical
facilities that are a regional draw, the Nation’s oldest community theater and
the Nation’s oldest Santa Claus parade.
Our
vibrant riverfront showcases a multitude of festivals and celebrations that
light up the summer nights much like our extraordinary Fourth of July
Skyconcert….a fireworks show that draws well over 100,000 annually. Citizens
are flocking to live in the refurbished warehouses and lofts on Water Street
that produce the perfect lifestyle for a 24/7 city.
Naturally,
we are proud to be the site of the world headquarters of Caterpillar, Inc.,
but we have many global businesses that allow Peoria to play all over the
World through their products and services. Peoria has begun to diversify its
economy with infotech industries as well. Thus our business community
attracts some of the brightest graduates throughout the nation.
This
three-time All American City has the heart that is so well known in the
Midwest. While we enjoy a variety of sophisticated entertainment, we are
still homey enough to enjoy a tractor pull at the County fair, and many
citizens vie for blue ribbons for their original cookie recipe or their prize
bull during that competition. Peoria derives its name from the aboriginal
inhabitants encountered by the first wave of French explorers. Located along
the meandering Illinois River, our citizens enjoy both the fast pace of a
dynamic community and the slower, old-fashioned tempo that is showcased by Old
Fashioned Sunday in the Park and quiet pot lucks in their backyards.
We
are a City that cares, home to many charity agencies and organizations.
Peoria is well known for giving more per capita than many cities of its size.
We are the Heart in the Heart of the Nation
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