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Brilliant. Bright. Community. is a regional effort to create and implement a long-range sustainability plan for Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford Counties of Central Illinois.  Program goals:

• Provide more transportation options.
• Promote equitable, affordable housing.
• Enhance economic competitiveness.
• Support existing communities.
• Coordinate policies and leverage investment.
• Value communities and neighborhoods.
• Facilitate strong alliances of residents and regional interest groups to maintain a long term vision.

This Regional Sustainability Planning program is funded through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant Program.  The planning process is lead by the Heart of Illinois Sustainability Consortium.  Consortium member organizations are as follows:

• Peoria Park District – Youth and Outreach Intervention Program
• Economic Development Council for Central Illinois
• Peoria County
• Illinois Central College
• Arts Partners of Central Illinois
• Peoria Opportunities Foundation
• Peoria Housing Authority
• City of Peoria
• Illinois River Valley Council of Governments

Get involved by subscribing to our blog and following Brilliant.Bright.Community. on Facebook.  Attend our listening sessions and public meetings, invite the Consortium to your community meetings, and fill out our surveys posted on this page.

Central Illinois is a beautiful place because you are there.  Thank you for being a part of our Brilliant.Bright.Community.

The work that provided the basis for this publication was supported by funding under an award with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.  The substance and findings of the work are dedicated to the public.  The author and publisher are solely responsible for the accuracy of the statements and interpretations contained in this publication.  Such interpretations do not necessarily reflect the views of the Government.