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Rental home community opens in McCordsville
Feb 3 2025Good growth doesn’t just mean more housing, but different kinds of housing to accommodate the diverse residents every community needs to thrive.Meridian Homes at Sycamore Drive is part of that exact concept by offering suburban living in luxury rental homes in the town of McCordsville. This new 152-lot residential subdivision...

Attorney Michael Frischkorn joins HEDC
Feb 3 2025The Hancock Economic Development Council welcomes Michael Frischkorn, a Hancock County-based attorney, to its membership.Frischkorn’s practice areas include economic development, business and contract law, and real estate law. He works with Brand & Morelock, a Greenfield-based law firm, and has worked with the HEDC as well as the City of...

Business View Magazine features Greenfield in its latest edition, highlighting the city's infrastructure as well as industrial and residential expansion.Check out the article here!
The 2024 Women's Leadership Initiative was a resounding success, empowering over 100 women across the state with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to advance their careers in economic development. Building on this success, we are thrilled to announce the 2025 Women's Leadership Initiative, designed to further elevate your leadership journey.What...
IEDA Webinar: Indiana Workforce Alliance
Feb 1 2025Join the Indiana Workforce Alliance for a virtual webinar on Zoom, “Workforce Board 101 for Economic Development Professionals” on Thursday, February 27th, 2025, at 10:00 a.m.Webinar Date: Thursday, February 27, 2025Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (EST)Location: ZoomRegister for this webinar here.

KERAMIDA Inc. joins HEDC
Jan 29 2025ElserThe Hancock Economic Development Council welcomes KERAMIDA Inc. to its membership.The Indianapolis-based sustainability and environmental, health, and safety services firm advises industry, businesses, financial institutions, and governments worldwide. KERAMIDA’s multidisciplinary team of engineers, scientists, CPAs, and economists provides strategy, implementation, compliance, reporting, and assurance services globally.The company will be represented...

The Vernon Township Fire Territory, which includes the Town of McCordsville, the Town of Fortville and the unincorporated area of Vernon Township, is pleased to announce that they have received the results of the agency’s latest Public Protection Classification (PPC) evaluation from the Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO).The Township and...

Hancock Parks Community Input Session Coming Up
Jan 27 2025Be a part of the future of Hancock County Parks & Recreation!A Master Plan Community Input Session is 10-11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025 in the Commissioners Court at the Hancock County Annex, 111 American Legion Place, Greenfield, Indiana.You're invited to share your thoughts and feedback as Hancock County Parks...

The digital world is evolving at breakneck speed, yet many data centers are struggling to keep up due to aging infrastructure. According to the Uptime Institute, 55 percent of data centers are over a decade old, and nearly 25 percent are older than 15 years. With such a significant portion...

Hancock County has a new plan for preserving and enhancing everything that makes it unique and great.Quality of place is made up of the elements that make a community a distinct, vibrant place to live, work, and play. Think Downtown Greenfield during a light snow at Christmastime, a summer afternoon...

Attention organizations and businesses served by NineStar Connect electric!The Wabash Valley Power Alliance, of which NineStar is a member, is offering funding to support local community and workforce development and is currently accepting applications now through the end of March for the following grants.Community Support Grant: This grant is to...
Unemployment low, nursing demand high
Jan 21 2025Hancock County’s unemployment rate for November 2024 was 3.6%, according to a Labor Market Review recently released by the Indiana Department of Workforce Development.The county’s rate is up slightly from 3.4% in October 2024 and nearly a point from November 2023’s 2.7%.Indiana is on a similarly upward trajectory, with an...

The 2025 Regional Workforce Development Rankings
Jan 20 2025The rankings on these pages are high-level measures of states’ workforce development climates. They do not reflect which states in a region have the most effective workforce training programs or labor boards or tools for connecting job seekers with potential employment opportunities. Rather they recognize states that performed well in...

Leaders bringing a career and vocational training facility to Hancock County continue connecting with businesses, schools, and workforce officials to determine the best ways to get local residents good jobs and local companies effective employees.Work is underway on the Amplify Hancock Innovation Center at the northwest corner of County Roads...

HEDC taps new Executive Officers
Jan 16 2025The Hancock Economic Development Council is starting a new year with some new Executive Officers.Earlier this week, the HEDC Board voted to appoint David Spencer President. The Director of Marketing & Community Engagement for NineStar Connect replaces Dr. Harold Olin, the Greenfield Central Schools Superintendent who just completed his term...

F.A. Wilhelm Construction joins HEDC
Jan 13 2025CanterburyThe Hancock Economic Development Council welcomes F.A. Wilhelm Construction Co., Inc. to its membership.Founded in Indianapolis over 100 years ago, F.A. Wilhelm Construction is a legacy contractor and construction management company capable of a diverse range of projects. The company will be represented on the HEDC by Zach Canterbury, Business...

Empower Your Workforce, Shape the FutureAs earth continues to move at the site of a new career and vocational training facility in Hancock County, a meeting is coming up to connect with advanced manufacturers about training their workforces there.Work is underway on the Amplify Hancock Innovation Center at the northwest...

Leaders tout growth at State of Community
Jan 6 2025Speaking into a microphone before the crowd, Hancock Health President & CEO Steve Long urged everyone to turn to the person next to them and tell them they’re awesome.That word could be used to describe the county they live and work in as well, if Long’s and his colleagues’ comments...

State of the States 2025
Jan 3 2025Well, it’s been quite a year. And as far as state economic development policies and news go, it’s about to be quite another year.Looking back and looking forward, among the themes to emerge across the 50 state legislatures are workforce housing, streamlining of permitting, child care, infrastructure and shovel-ready site...

From construction to healthcare to hospitality, the U.S. is grappling with a labor shortage, with 8.2 million job openings and only 7.2 million unemployed workers, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.The post-pandemic labor landscape has seen a decline in participation in the workforce, prompting many to re-evaluate their career...

A saturated market presents business owners with unique challenges. It can be difficult for new businesses to break into a saturated market or for well-established businesses to increase their revenue. However, with SEO-driven content marketing strategies, you can capture more market share and add to your existing customer base.What is...

The Community Foundation of Hancock County and the Hancock Economic Development Council have partnered with HWC Engineering to develop a Quality of Place Plan. “Quality of place” refers to the elements of your community that make it feel like home, from multi-use trails to public art.The project team is excited...

Community collaboration is the genesis of many economic development organizations, but partnership efforts often stall at the regional level. Results-driven EDOs need to work through the barriers funding and geographic boundaries can present to drive returns. Forming strategic alliances with other groups, agencies, or local governments maximizes resources, allows for...
As the world grows increasingly reliant on technology, the United States faces an urgent challenge: breaking China’s dominance in the rare earth supply chain. Rare earth elements (REEs)—critical components in electric vehicles (EVs), wind turbines, and defense technologies—are abundant in the Earth's crust but notoriously difficult to mine and process...