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Emphasizing diversity, equity and inclusion and educating the workforce remain among the Greater Peoria area’s key needs, according to a summary of this year’s virtual Big Table discussions presented Thursday.
During a Zoom media conference discussing the findings, Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Joshua Gunn said more work needs to be done to develop and recruit a workforce that is representative of the community. He said greater diversity and inclusion is required to unlock paths to improvement in the other focus areas.
“It will be a key component to every aspect that we’re talking about,” said Gunn. “Without an equitable lens to the work that we do around workforce and education or quality of life and certainly entrepreneurship and innovation, we’re not going to be as effective as we need to be.”
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