Midwest Economic Development

Refine your search or view more stories below.

Flare for Training

Human resources professional Chelsey Kamleiter’s eyes lit up as she learned of a way to train her company’s employees that make emergency flares – thanks to the organization’s local electric co-op.

More
Q4 2024 Economic Development Update

It’s hard to believe that we have closed the books on 2024 and we’re charging into a new year! Below,…

More
First Class

As Latisha Provo scribbled a classmate’s name across a bingo card square, she realized she was attending a unique kind of course.

Yet the experience – and the lessons she learned – were no game. It was a networking activity that is part of the Indiana Economic Development Course at Ball State University hosted by the Indiana Communities Institute.

More
Family Discount

Northern Indiana native Darrell Marks first met Mark Bailey when, as a teenager in 1985, Marks and his dad bargain hunted at Bailey’s new store.

These days, Marks continues to meet with Bailey and several of his family members – offering savings of his own.

More