One Voice

One Voice 2025: Project Applications Now Open!

We are excited to announce that we are now accepting project applications for One Voice 2025! Please email applications to patrick@bnedc.org.

One Voice project applications must be submitted by Sunday, December 1st, 2024.

What is One Voice?

One Voice, under the leadership of the Bloomington‐Normal Economic Development Council, is a pro‐community campaign that has brought together leaders from the City of Bloomington, the Town of Normal, McLean County, labor unions, local educational institutions, and local private businesses. These groups form the One Voice Task Force. The campaign aims to make McLean County a stronger economic force and a better place to live.

Each year, the One Voice Task Force picks local projects to support as they seek federal funding. We then travel to Washington, D.C., to meet with our congressional delegation and showcase our community’s united support of the projects.

In 2024 One Voice included meetings with Senator Tammy Duckworth, Senator Dick Durbin, Congressman Darin LaHood, and Congressman Eric Sorenson. The trip also included meetings with the Accelerator for America, Frederick County Economic Development, the US Chamber of Commerce, the Department of Labor, the American Enterprise Institute, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Education, and the Environmental Protection Agency.