"What's playing so well in Peoria...is Peoria itself."
Reuters News Service

"If I couldn't live in New York, I'd love to live in Peoria."
Ed Koch, New York City

"Peoria is the heartland and the heartland is 'in'..."
Bruce Nussbaum, Business Week

"It's cheaper to live in Peoria and the people seem nicer, too"
Hartford Journal Inquirer

"River city on the rebound"
Associated Press

"Peoria: Bouncing back..."
New York Times

"Quite a lot is playing in Peoria"
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"What's playing Peoria is prosperity"
Nation's Business Today, ESPN

"Leave the lights on... Peoria is thriving now."
New York Journal of Commerce

"Peoria...it's the Little Apple"
New York Post

"Peoria's hot"
Vero Beach Press Journal

"Peoria is coming back"
Charles Kuralt, CBS Sunday Morning

"Peoria Stands for hard work and traditional values"
Alan Dale, ABC-TV