When Vickie Clark, COO of the Economic Development Council, updated the Peoria City Council on the agency’s efforts for the third quarter of 2009, it was delivered in an upbeat manner. The now infamous advertising slogan, “It’s Better Here,” however, was not uttered to the council, which is trying to trim $14 million from its budget.
The three words, however, are still in use because Clark pointed out the study shows the Peoria Metropolitan Statistical Area is outperforming many areas of the nation.