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Resolutions

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Most of Americans make them, but do they really keep those resolutions?

Most of Americans make them, but do they really keep those resolutions? Research indicates Americans make resolutions, but few actually complete or are successful in achieving their goals for the New Year.

So why do we even consider making resolutions?

• It signifies a new beginning


• It...

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Puzzle It Out

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What do you see?  A new piece of the puzzle will be revealed each Friday.  Post your guess and see if you can figure it out first!

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An Unlevel Playing Field

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Brick-and-mortar stores are still alive, but online shopping continues to grow.

The cover of Time magazine on July 20, 1998 probably alarmed an awful lot of people, particularly those in the business of retail development.

The cover showed the founder of Yahoo, Jerry Yang, on a surf board in bare feet easing out of a computer screen across a key board.

The headline screamed "KISS YOUR MALL GOODBYE" with a subhead...

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How we did it: a behind-the-scenes look at making Issue 2's cover

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cover-webThanks to Ken Clubb Illustrator for donating his time and talents to the production of the second issue cover of The Peorian. In his illustration Paul Gordon, The Peorian Editor, is getting into the Holiday Spirit as elves Kevin Kizer and Stuart Clubb come to his aid.

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An Unlevel Playing Field

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Brick-and-mortar stores are still alive, but online shopping continues to grow.

The cover of Time magazine on July 20, 1998 probably alarmed an awful lot of people, particularly those in the business of retail development.

The cover showed the founder of Yahoo, Jerry Yang, on a surf board in bare feet easing out of a computer screen across a key board.

The headline screamed "KISS YOUR MALL GOODBYE" with a subhead...

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Goin' Fishing & Hunting

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Now in its third generation of ownership, the Presley family has been baiting lines for 65 years

It once had one of the best, most descriptive names of any independent retailer anywhere – South Side Worm Ranch.

The Presley family has since moved from Peoria's south side to a larger space in Bartonville and calls the store Presley's Outdoors.

But now in its...

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At the Junction

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City's oldest shopping destination has some of its most modern flair

Its very first enterprise may be gone, but Junction City shopping center is doing as well as it ever has and boasts some of Peoria's newest retail.

And while it has grown by about 30,000 square feet in the past four years, Junction Ventures LLC owners Alexis and Elizabeth Khazzam...

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