The Office of Community and Rural Affairs today announced Purdue University’s Roberto Gallardo will be assisting with the Next Level Connections Broadband Grant programs. In this role, Gallardo will be responsible for leading and guiding the suite of rural broadband…

WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo today announced the grantees of the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) 2021 University Center Economic Development Program Competition. EDA is providing a total of $2.5 million in grants to 25 colleges and…

URBANA, Ill. – The workplace has changed during the global pandemic, and its impact on urban and rural communities is still being written. University of Illinois Extension, in partnership with the Purdue Center for Regional Development, will review strategies for…

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A quarter of Indiana’s economic output is based in manufacturing, and the transition to becoming data-driven and using artificial intelligence holds the possibility for broad economic impact among manufacturers, who, at this point, are missing a…

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (Aug. 10, 2021) – Today, Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch and the Office of Community and Rural Affairs announced the new Hoosier Enduring Legacy Program at a news conference held at Ivy Tech Evansville. “In my position as Secretary…

The Purdue Center for Regional Development (PCRD) data tools are a best kept secret at Purdue. PCRD data tools present a variety of socioeconomic information for individual counties in Indiana as well as regions that are members of the Indiana…

READI encourages long-term quality of place, talent attraction planning across 91 counties. For more information contact Erin Sweitzer (IEDC). INDIANAPOLIS (July 12, 2021) – The Indiana Regional Economic Acceleration and Development Initiative (READI), spearheaded by Governor Eric J. Holcomb to…

INDIANAPOLIS (June 29, 2021) — Today, Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch and the Indiana State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) announced that 20 remote work learning scholarships are being provided across nine agriculture organizations in partnership with the Purdue Center for Regional…