Politics & Government
New Joliet Economic Development Director Is From Peoria
Joliet's new economic development director has been working for Peoria the past seven years, Cesar Suarez.
JOLIET, IL — It's been two months since Joliet's economic development director Derek Conley left to take a similar job in west suburban St. Charles. On Monday night, Joliet City Manager Jim Capparelli informed the City Council that he's hired a new economic development director for City Hall.
Cesar Suarez, the city of Peoria's senior business development specialist, has been hired to fill Conley's vacancy, Capparelli announced at Monday's pre-council meeting.
"He's got large shoes to fill in replacing Derek," Capparelli remarked.
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According to his LinkedIn profile, Suarez has worked for Peoria since June 2015. He was also the economic development director for Galesburg for nearly seven years, from 2007 until 2014 and before that, he was economic development director of Centralia, from 2004 to 2007.
Capparelli told the Council that Suarez has also worked in Arizona and Hawaii.
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