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. Grant funding allows Indiana participants to complete the certificate…
In 2022, the Economic Development Administration (EDA), working with leading economic development organizations, established a robust networking, technical assistance, and research program to guide innovation in place-based economic development. Using the work of the 60 coalitions selected to participate in…
The following is from Larry DeBoer, professor of agricultural economics at Purdue University. Utilities are building a lot of solar energy projects in Indiana. Fields of solar panels will become a common part of our landscape. This may help avert…
Utilities are building a lot of solar energy projects in Indiana. Fields of solar panels will become a common part of our landscape. This may help avert some consequences of climate change on the planet. But what are the local…
The number of entrepreneurs over 50 is growing. A Purdue Extension program may help those who are considering starting a business but don’t know where to begin, according to information provided. More than half of America’s small business owners are…
Earlier this month, county officials got a look at a wage and benefit survey for Henry and seven other counties. The New Castle-Henry County Economic Development Corp. (EDC) partnered with other counties in the East Central Indiana region to conduct…
How can small towns and rural communities get people off the sidelines and into the labor force? How can they build on their existing assets for economic development? And what does it take to attract and retain new residents? These…
Back in August 2022, the U.S. Treasury approved Indiana’s plans to use $187 million of Capital Projects Fund support for its Next Level Connections program. That was 92 percent of the state’s total Capital Projects Fund and earmarked to provide…
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