IBJ asked Republican U.S. Sen. Mike Braun, Democrat Jennifer McCormick and Libertarian Donald Rainwater how they plan to approach economic development and job creation.
Small start: The pastel-labeled jars of chunky peanut butter mixture carried in Walmart and Meijer stores across the country began out of a commercial kitchen in Zionsville. In 2013, Jon and Kathy Weed started grinding up peanuts with their three kids—Jackson, Julie and Sawyer—with the goal of teaching them what it means to run a […]
David Sklar previously served as JCRC’s director of government affairs and then assistant director before leaving in 2021 to become director of government affairs for the Alzheimer’s Association Greater Indiana Chapter.
Lawmakers, regional partners and sector leaders are expected to attend the two-day Midwest Defense Innovation Summit on Oct. 16-17 at the Indiana Convention Center.
The plan submitted to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources estimates excavation of the site, which could contain hundreds of human remains, won’t be completed until late April 2025.
The plan, revealed during the group’s State of Sports event, follows more than two years of internal discussion and engagement with more than 100 community leaders and advocates.
Four-year-old Novusterra Inc. is planning an initial public offering within 90 days and hopes to be approved to trade on the OTCQB Venture Market, often used by companies that are still developing.
Economic development leaders want the 45 acres to be developed as the OneHealth Innovation District—a partnership between Elanco Animal Health, Purdue University and the Indiana Economic Development Corp.
The IEDC said officials will attend SEMICON Taiwan from Sep. 4-6, an event hosted by the international industry association SEMI. That group is bringing an event called SEMIEXPO in the Heartland to Indiana in 2025.
Jim Barnes and John Stitz built the Carmel-based supply-chain technology consultancy from a two-man startup to a company with $113 million in revenue and hundreds of employees. Barnes has now filed a lawsuit against Stitz.
Casey and Abbie Samson own and operate the colonial outfitter that produces and sells more than 800 varieties of mostly late-18th-century-era clothing, accessories and living-history supplies.
More than two years after Gov. Eric Holcomb’s Indiana Economic Development Corp. quietly disclosed plans for the 9,000-acre campus in Boone County, the endeavor’s future now largely depends on the guidance of the next governor.
Classifying Indiana’s economic development efforts as “failed business attraction strategies” and the LEAP District (which will bring hundreds of new high-paying jobs to the state) as “deeply troubled” is wrong.
