Around Our Town

To find out more about the exciting happenings which await you in the Washington, Peoria and East Peoria area, be sure to check out our Things To Do page packed with exciting and helpful information tailored to your needs!

Community Services

The Washington area is serviced by the following organizations committed to providing the best service to the residents of Georgetown Common Apartments.

If you are relocating to our area, this page will help you find what is most useful for you.

New Resident Contact Numbers

Employment Opportunities

Our areas’ employment rates have remained particularly strong and steady over the past few years of economic instability, due to the diversity of job offerings in our area. Our area provides a career opportunity no matter what your field of interest, due to the fact that we are home to several major companies such as Caterpillar Inc., as well as having a strong healthcare offering in addition to a strong retail segment. Click on the links below for more information on many of the large employers in our area. We’re sure you’ll find the job of your dreams!

With the rapid expansion and redevelopment of the East Peoria Riverfront and economic incentives of an Enterprise Zone and Foreign Trade Zone encouraging commercial development in Washington, East Peoria and Peoria now is an ideal time to become a business owner in the Central Illinois area with many new prime office and retail spaces becoming available in excellent locations.

We would be happy to give you more information regarding employment and business opportunities in our area, so just ask!

Schools

Washington is privileged to be served by some of the most outstanding educational facilities in the state, and we’re proud to provide the best educational facilities to our families.

Elementary
At Central Grade School in District 51, one of the top school districts in the county, it is the school’s mission to provide the best educational opportunities to the children of our community, and to develop their abilities and talents to their fullest extent in order for them to become productive and self fulfilled members of society.  See www.greatschools.net for helpful information.

High
The mission of Washington Community High School in conjunction with the members of our community is to empower all students to create their futures as upstanding and contributing members of society by offering diverse opportunities for each student to recognize and achieve their full potential. Please feel free to contact Windsong Estates for more information or visit wchs.tazewell.k12.il.us/ for additional information.

Colleges & Universities
Washington and the surrounding areas of Peoria and East Peoria boast some of the most incredible educational facilities for continuing education in the state including:

	Illinois Central College located in East Peoria, only 2 minutes away from Windsong Estates, ICC has over 7,000 full or part time students offering degrees in art & sciences, engineering, general education and applied sciences. A wonderful institution we’re proud to call our neighbors.
	Bradley University located a short drive away in Peoria, has five different college divisions including business administration, communication and fine arts, education and health services, engineering and technology, and liberal arts and sciences. With more than six thousand students on campus and a wide range of sports activities as well, this institution is a fixture in the Central Illinois community.
	University Of IL College of Medicine at Peoria with it’s excellent medical program right in the midst of the hustle and bustle of Peoria.
	Midstate College offers a wide range of interesting education training programs including aviation training, travel and tourism, hotel management and many other attractive training programs with its’ students careers in mind.

Healthcare

Our area is home to three prestigious hospitals, Methodist Medical Center of Illinois, OSF St. Francis Medical Center and Proctor Hospital. Each of these institutions are constantly researching and improving their treatments for patients of all ages. The children of our community are treated at some of the most outstanding healthcare facilities in the Midwest including Children’s Hospital of IL and the St. Jude Midwest Affiliate to ensure that our children are receiving the utmost in innovative and up to the minute treatments. The Cancer Center for Healthy Living offers incomparable cancer care with groundbreaking treatments, technologically advanced facilities and some of the best physicians in this field. We are proud to be able to offer the services of these excellent institutions to each and every one of our residents at Windsong Estates.

Things To Do

There so much to do in the Washington, East Peoria, Peoria and Morton area and Georgetpwn Common Apartments is located exactly where YOU need to be…

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Shopping
Only a two-minute drive away is the convenience of full service shopping at our new local Walmart as well as the Cherry Tree Shopping Center- home to Kroegers, Washington State Bank, Lipmans Furniture and several other stores. Drive just a few minutes longer and you’re in famed Washington Square, with a myriad of options for your shopping and dining delight.

East Peoria offers you magnificent antiques at Pleasant Hill Antique Mall and just a hop and a skip away are Northwoods Mall and The Shoppes At Grand Prairie, a unique open air shopping center, filled with boutiques that cater to your every retail whim.

Recreation
No lifestyle is complete without an activity for every member of the family. The central location of Georgetown Common Apartments, nestled between Washington and East Peoria, provides for the utmost in recreational possibilities. Nearby you’ll find…

	Golf Some of the best golf courses in the area including Quail Meadows, Hillcrest, and Pine Lake golf clubs are in the immediate vicinity of Georgetown. Join our residents on one of the many golf outings-they’d love to have you!
	Parks and Zoos Washington and East Peoria offer some of the most wonderful jogging trails, hiking routes, boating parks and zoos in the Midwest. Washington is home to the Washington Recreational Trail, Oakridge Park and Meadow Valley with a variety of hiking and walking trails, as well as Bowen Lake a peaceful escape for boaters and fisherman alike. Eastside Center is one of the area’s greatest attractions, the Eastside Center home to 102 acres of recreational activities including indoor track fields, vault, basketball courts, volleyball and soccer arenas, golf simulators and a lagoon! Eastside Center is also home to Splashdown, a premier water park offering group rates and birthday parties all for the pleasure of your children. For more information call our staff or the Eastside Center at 309.698.KIDS. The Peoria Riverfront offers countless attractions throughout the year for both Resident and Visitor alike. From concerts, shopping and open air markets, restaurants, sporting event locations, The Peoria Riverplex, art galleries, and of course, the Spirit of Peoria- a magnificent boat ride offering 1,2 and 3 days excursions, there is an attraction for every member of the family, no matter where their interests lay!
	Sports In Washington, sports are not just games, they’re a way of life. Washington and its’ surrounding areas have created some of the best youth sports programs around focusing on each child’s particular strengths, with an activity for each child including baseball, softball, soccer, basketball and football. Contact the Washington Park District for more information and to sign your child up today-don’t be left out! For our adults, Peoria offers the best in sporting events at the Peoria Civic Center, but more importantly, our own baseball team, The Peoria Chiefs playing out of O’Brien Field, the minor league baseball team for the St. Louis Cardinals, and our very own Peoria Pirates Indoor Football League. For the hockey enthusiast, our Peoria Rivermen will keep you at the edge of your seats the entire game… We’ve got something for every sports fanatic!
	Gaming East Peoria is known for it’s famed riverboat casino, the Par-A-Dice, with the “Loosest Slots in the State”! Stop by and check out what the Par-A-Dice has to offer in top-notch gaming facilities.
	Local Organizations and Groups Washington and East Peoria provide the best for their residents and offer their residents the ability to become members in a variety of fulfilling and important local and national groups and organizations with options ranging from book and moms clubs to the American Cancer Society and United Way as well as political, religious and other special interest clubs. Any of the associations in our area would love to welcome you as their newest member.

The Washington Chamber of Commerce and East Peoria Chamber of Commerce are always establishing new committees and creating new events for our residents. Feel free to contact them for more information on scheduled events, business after hours and business incentive programs, or any information that can aid in your discovery of why Windsong Estates and Washington-East Peoria is the place to live!

All this and so much more eagerly await you at Georgetown Common Apartments in wonderful Washington, IL.

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