State leaders want to grow Indiana’s agribusiness sector. The Indiana Small Business Development Center, Purdue Center for Regional Development, Purdue Extension, and the Indiana State Department of Agriculture have partnered to form the Agribusiness Initiative. The program will offer Indiana…

Photo: ISDA Director Bruce Kettler is seen here during a tour of Indiana’s hardwoods industry. (IIB photo/Wes Mills) INDIANAPOLIS – Agriculture is big business in Indiana, measuring more than $31 billion in cash receipts each year. But there is a…

INDIANAPOLIS (March 8, 2022) – The Indiana Small Business Development Center (SBDC), Purdue Center for Regional Development (PCRD), Purdue Extension, and the Indiana State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) today announced a partnership to launch the Agribusiness Initiative. The Indiana SBDC…

Margaret Christopherson – Lafayette Journal & Courier The Purdue Center for Regional Development (PCRD), a client of Purdue’s student-led PR firm Boiler Communication, has sent six of its Fellows across Indiana to increase “broadband and digital literacy” in our mostly…

Leavenworth, Ind. (November 5, 2021) – In 2019, there was no residential fiber internet connection offered in Crawford County, Indiana. Thanks to the efforts of multiple grants, Crawford County is projected to become one of the most connected counties in…

$75,000 in grants are funded by the Duke Energy Foundation. WEST LAFAYETTE, IND. – The Purdue Center for Regional Development selected five Indiana counties to receive $15,000 grants to support “digital inclusion plans” to assess broadband access and needs. The…

CARROLL COUNTY, WHITE COUNTY Ind. – The Lake Freeman economic impact study that was commissioned by the Carroll County Economic Development Corporation in partnership with the White County Economic Development Organization is now complete. The primary goal of the study…

Being able to grasp your community’s digital inclusion level is tricky. The Purdue Center for Regional Development (PCRD) added another tool to help with this across Indiana counties. Typically, the Federal Communication’s Commission (FCC) Form 477 is used in data…