Our Mission

Summer 2015 Makers in Motion Camp at the Peoria Riverfront Museum
Summer 2015 Makers in Motion Camp at the Peoria Riverfront Museum

The main goal of the Digital Innovation Leadership Project (DILP) is to engage the state of Illinois through local communities and partnerships to expand the potential for entrepreneurship, innovation, economic development, digital inclusion, and social development.

To achieve these goals, we:

  1. Provide hands on training in our three focus areas:
    • digital fabrication/manufacturing
    • digital media production
    • data analytics
  2. Deliver training to communities in Illinois through connections made by Extension’s 4-H team with the hope to eventually diffuse this training to other Extension programs.
  3. Provide leadership training and resources to build capacity for communities to sustain these initiatives throughout the state of Illinois.