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Three Bloomington-Normal Areas Approved for Federal Opportunity Zones, on www.cities929.comThree Bloomington-Normal areas — Downtown Bloomington, Uptown Normal, and Northwest Normal — have been approved for federal Opportunity Zone designations beginning in January 2027. The U.S. Department of the Treasury approved the three census tracts as part of 240 Illinois locations announced November 5 by Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and
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Officials tout future entrepreneurs testing ideas at Illinois Wesleyan, on WGLTThe two federal officials toured IWU's new Petrick Idea Center last week to discuss ways to incentivize innovation and promote entrepreneurship.