Have you ever wondered what a digital inclusion plan is? Or what goes into creating one? Digital Inclusion Plans are fairly new and come in many shapes and sizes. PCRD has become a leader in assisting communities and regions in…
To help entrepreneurs, freelancers and employees enhance their remote work skills, The Purdue Center for Regional Development (PCRD) and Purdue Extension have partnered to offer the Remote Work Professional Certificate course. Indiana participants can now complete the certificate for $50…
Countdown to Purdue’s Day of Giving Every April, Purdue University conducts its “Day of Giving.” For 24 hours, Purdue units reach out to their stakeholders and ask them to help our organization take its next giant leap. This year is…
The consequences of COVID-19 lockdowns and emphasis on remote work affected passenger travel, long haul trucks, and local fleets in the U.S. For example, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics used INRIX data to determine that on April 1, 2020 (Wednesday),…
Written by Andrey Zhalnin and Melinda Grismer. According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Decennial Census, the Hispanic or Latino1 population in Indiana almost doubled between 2000 and 2010, from 215,000 to 390,000 people. By 2020, the Latino population in Indiana…
In a November 2021 report, PCRD posed the question of unemployment stabilizing. Now 1.5 years later trends are starting to form a result. To recap the previous report, PCRD analyzed all 92 Indiana counties’ unemployment rates. Then looked into the…
The Purdue Center for Regional Development (PCRD) is now updating its online data platform, Rural Indiana Stats (RIS). Nearly all 130+ variables that are available on the RIS site is being updated with the newest data available. The major data…
This article was written by Roberto Gallardo, Indraneel Kumar and Larry DeBoer. The federal government and other organizations are focusing more on integrating renewable energy across the country. Interest in renewable energy in Indiana is not the exception. As part…