PEORIA MAGAZINE August 2022

‘HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, BABY, GOT YOU ON MY MIND…’ August marks the Peoria NEXT Innovation Center ’s 15th anniversary. LET’S GET SOCIAL The Greater Peoria 2030 Talent Attraction Initiative (GP 2030) is hosting a welcome party from 6 to p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25 at Peoria’s Mt. Hawley Country Club for anyone who has relocated to the greater Peoria area in the last three years. “As a fellow transplant to the region with a full time job, I understand how difficult it can be to meet and connect with other people,” said David Aduama, communications manager of the Greater Peoria Economic Development Council. “We want to provide an ongoing space for newcomers to build a sense of community, engage, share

and mingle while learning about all the different amenities, opportunities and activities our great region has to offer.” RSVP at mixer.greaterpeoria. org by Friday, August. 19. NEWS YOU CAN USE The University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria (UICOMP) is collaborating with the University of Illinois Chicago to bring a Long COVID study to patients in central Illinois. The study is part of a four-year, $22 million endeavor through the Enhance Recovery Initiative at the National Institutes of Health . It involves both Peoria and Chicago researchers who will work with patients, public health departments, health care providers and community-based organizations to study what makes an individual vulnerable to Long COVID.

Author ClareHoward and photographer David Zalaznik of Peoria will have a book signing, photography exhibit and reception for their collaboration, In the Spirit of Wetlands – profiled in theMay 2022 issue of Peoria Magazine — from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5 at the Peoria Art Guild, 203 Harrison St. in Peoria.

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