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Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Economic Development Council announces details on the 2025 Big Table Peoria event
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — The Greater Peoria Economic Development Council announced details for the 2025 Big Table Greater Peoria event. This year's theme will be 'innovation as a regional growth strategy'. Expert in entrepreneurship Victor Hwang was announced as the 2025 keynote speaker. Greater Peoria Economic Development Council CEO Chris Setti said the 2025 Big Table will feature community-driven discussion sessions that will directly shape the future of central Illinois. 'In 2019. The first time we did this, one of the big topics of conversation was startups and innovation. And here we are six years later in a facility that is the region's investment in this idea that we need to have a center for startups and innovative activity,' said Setti. The 2025 Big Table Greater Peoria Event will be held on Oct. 9 at Distillery Labs in Peoria. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
14-05-2025
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- Yahoo
Peoria start-ups unveil innovative products at showcase event
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — On Tuesday, in celebration of Economic Development Week, the Peoria Economic Development Council hosted a start-up showcase. It was a collaboration with Distillery Labs and gener8tor. Several local entrepreneurs were able to give demonstrations of their products before participating in a panel discussion. Ashlie Inman is the founder of dotbox, a self-care subscription box that will sync to a menstruation cycle tracking app to send products when needed. She said it felt great to present her product for the first time. 'So way out of my comfort zone. But I am so glad that I did it. Just being able to get out there and knowing there's so many people in the community that are so supportive. It's just been fantastic,' she said. 'Now I have to do this because now people know it exists. So I think that's good. I think giving myself that pressure is good.' Iman partnered with other local entrepreneurs to supply the products in the subscription box. She hopes to make dotbox available by the fall. To stay up to date with dotbox, click here. Other start-ups included Bear's Bites, HuMod, AgDefense Systems, and enterN. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
