The Association of Commerce in Peoria mirrored a growing national concern among major businesses and industries when it promised to fund Project TIP: Together In Peoria.<\/p>\n
The program, which is directed at overcoming racial conflicts and misunderstandings, looked like a promising solution for recent physical confrontations resulting from racial tensions.<\/p>\n
The A of C saw its donation as a smart business investment. As president Ralph I Classman explained,” ($85,000) is very little when we consider the hours that are spent by police patrolling potentially explosive situation and the cost of community damage that can result from interracial misunderstandings.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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