Promised investment in Jackson County was $106 million in 2021.
That was the fifth-highest total since Jackson County Industrial Development Corp. was created in 1984, said Jim Plump, who has been executive director since the beginning of the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.
The highest was $177 million in 2013, followed by $175 million ... Read More
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Aug2022
Jeffersonville, IN (August 16, 2022) – During Monday’s meeting of the River Ridge Development Authority (RRDA), the board of directors received an update on a $3 million grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA). The EDA grant will fund a portion of the new 20-inch ... Read More
August 24, 2022katia
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Jul2022
On June 30, the South Central Indiana Talent Region had the honor of hosting Governor Holcomb and Secretary of Commerce Bradley Chambers, as well as representatives from Accelerate Rural Indiana, East Central IN Regional Partnership, and North Central Region.
Columbus Major Jim Lienhoop stated that “what attracts people [to regions] are ... Read More
July 11, 2022katia
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Jul2022
South Central Indiana Economic Development (SCIED) representatives recently participated in the 2022 SelectUSA Investment Summit held in Washington, D.C., June 26-28.
Hosted by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo, the SelectUSA Investment Summit is the highest-profile event in the United States dedicated to promoting foreign direct investment (FDI) into the ... Read More
July 11, 2022katia
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Jul2022
Reprinted from Inside Indiana Business, June 15, 2022
MARTINSVILLE, Ind. - A new consortium comprised of nearly two dozen electric and telephone cooperatives looks to provide fiber service to a majority of customers statewide. Accord Telecommunications Collaborative LLC says it will create one of the largest, contiguous, fiber-based networks through a ... Read More
July 1, 2022katia
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Jun2022
On May 27, 2022, the City of Madison announced that it had been awarded a National Park Service (NPS) Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization Grant. The $325,000 grant will support the city’s Preservation and Community Enhancement (P.A.C.E.) Grant Program.
“The primary goal of the P.A.C.E. Grant Program is to promote economic development ... Read More
June 3, 2022katia
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Apr2022
On March 1, 2022, Madison’s Mayor Bob Courtney announced the Madison Redevelopment Commission has entered into an Economic Development Agreement with Madison Plaza Group, LLC to revitalize the former shopping center site at Michigan Road and Clifty Drive known as the Madison Plaza.
The 22-acre site, owned by Madison Plaza Group, LLC, is ... Read More
April 28, 2022katia
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Apr2022
Originally published by Louisville Business First magazine, April 13, 2022
Ground has broken on the first stage of Origin Park in Southern Indiana, and visitors will be able to experience it as early as this fall.
Origin Park is the planned 600-acre attraction across the Ohio River in Clark and Floyd counties. ... Read More
April 27, 2022katia
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Mar2022
The boom in businesses choosing to locate in southern Indiana continues unabated with the news that Resident Home Inc., an e-commerce provider of digitally native brands in the mattress and home goods market including Nectar Sleep and DreamCloud, intends to open a Resident Mattress Manufactory (ReMM) facility at 100 Logistics ... Read More
March 29, 2022katia
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Jan2022
Economic development sets record pace set in 2021 in capital investment and new jobs.
One Southern Indiana ended 2021 with its 200th economic development announcement, thanks in large part to the red-hot pace of new projects finalized during the year. The fourteen projects announced over the course of 2021 alone added ... Read More
January 30, 2022katia