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Medical device companies measure success in precision, efficiency, and speed. Hancock County, Indiana, provides a foundation that matches those priorities with move-in-ready industrial buildings, development-ready sites, and direct access to a workforce pipeline skilled in advanced manufacturing and life sciences.For companies in orthopedic, cardiovascular, neurology, drug delivery, or ophthalmic device...
From its 1985 founding to today, the Hancock Economic Development Council has guided growth, fostered partnerships, and helped shape one of Indiana’s fastest-growing counties“We Are the World” was on the radio, Marty McFly was time-traveling his way into movie history, Ronald Reagan had started his second term as president, and...
HEDC Leader Earns Prestigious Credential
Aug 29 2025The International Economic Development Council Proudly Awards Erica Adams the Certified Economic Developer DesignationAfter months of studying, coursework, a written exam and oral interview, an economic development leader is now even more prepared to help Hancock County prosper.Erica Adams, Community Development Manager for the Hancock Economic Development Council, has earned...
Revenue-generating practice saves governments money while reinvesting in economiesIn a place growing as fast as Hancock County, it’s imperative for thoughtful, strategic economic development to keep up.That requires money, of course, and in Hancock County leaders have found a way to generate it that keeps funding local for economic development...
Greenfield, IN -- Photon Automation, Inc., a leader in advanced manufacturing solutions for over 25 years, proudly announces the formation of Photon Energy, a new affiliated division focused on contract manufacturing and development services for the battery and energy storage industry and other high-tech products.Photon Energy leverages Photon Automation’s deep...
Over the next five years, GE Appliances plans to invest more than $3 billion to expand and further modernize its U.S. operations — a move that includes expanding its air conditioning and water heating portfolio, increasing production output across all product lines, and further modernizing its 11 U.S. manufacturing plants...
Area Development magazine caught up with its Q2 guest editors, Ford Graham and Steven Pearce from McGuireWoods consulting, to talk about their reporting on data center supply chains. We invited Ermengarde Jabir Director of Economic Research at Moody’s who also explored data centers for a recent Area Development article to...
Secretary Rollins Signs the August World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates Report
Aug 12 2025 U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins signed the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report. This is prepared monthly by the World Agricultural Outlook Board (WAOB) and provides market-moving annual forecasts for supply and use of U.S. and world wheat, rice, coarse grains, oilseeds, and cotton.“American farmers feed...
Five employees with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have been honored with Service to America medals for their groundbreaking research and dedication to solving agricultural challenges that affect the nation every day, from field to table.Since 2001,...
Annual chamber scores rank Indiana lawmakers
Aug 11 2025From 8% to 100%, the Indiana Chamber of Commerce recently graded Indiana lawmakers on their support of major business legislation in the recent General Assembly session.The 41st annual Legislator Scorecard was based on how legislators voted on 12 key “pro-economy, pro-jobs” policies. The most significant of the bills was Senate...
Indiana’s state agencies are slowly earning approval for their plans to save money after being hit with effective 10% spending cuts amid a tough budget cycle.A grim May revenue forecast prompted lawmakers to cut most agency appropriations by 5% in the latest biennial budget — and authorize the State Budget...
The latest news from Apple to invest an additional $100 billion into the United States brings the company’s total planned investment over the next four years to $600 billion. Yesterday’s announcement also includes the creation of the new American Manufacturing Program (AMP), which focuses on bringing even more of Apple’s...
Rural America is having a moment. Policymakers and business leaders increasingly see the heartland as indispensable to the nation’s future health and prosperity.What are the unique strengths of rural communities? What are their most pressing needs? And how can rural communities across the U.S. position themselves as viable destinations for...
A Signature Moment
Jul 17 2025Officials celebrated the ongoing development of the Amplify Hancock Innovation Center in Hancock County, Indiana with a beam signing on Wednesday.The facility is under construction at the northwest corner of CR 200W and CR 300N, where it will accommodate training and educational needs for employers, schools, and adult learners. Slated...
Indiana is home to 40,000 people who moved from Chin State in western Burma (also known as Myanmar) due in part to military violence and ethno-religious persecution. Sui Hnem Par came to the United States as a child, eventually settling in Indianapolis and quickly adjusting to a new culture, language...
Indiana among top states for cover crop adoption
Jul 11 2025Hoosier farmers planted about 1.6 million acres of overwinter living covers – cover crops and small grains, like wheat – this spring, elevating the state to the top in the nation in cover crop adoption, according to a survey by the Indiana State Department of Agriculture.The conservation survey, conducted between...
As tariffs and their effects on the supply chain begin to take shape, Kerim Kfuri, the president and CEO of the Atlas Network, a global supply chain solutions company, has his eyes on the headlines. "We produce a more efficient and effective outcome for businesses through best practices and protocols...
A New Course for U.S. Shipbuilding
Jul 9 2025One of the pillars of the Trump administration has been a desire to rebuild the shipbuilding and repairing business in the United States. This echoes earlier concerns raised by the U.S. Navy (which must build and repair all its ships in the United States) about the lack and age of...
Inflation has become household dinner table talk over the last few years, but its impact is both cumulative and real. A shrinking dollar makes everything more expensive. Whether you are the CEO or the frontline worker, you feel the pinch in your wallet every day. But do you have to?Enter...
How Smart Entrepreneurs Are Protecting Their Brand and Building Wealth — And How You Can Too
Jul 3 2025Every year, more professionals take the leap into entrepreneurship, and more often than not, they're forming LLCs to do it. According to the IRS, LLCs made up 72.7% of all partnerships in 2022, far surpassing other entity types for the last two decades.Why? LLCs combine the liability protection of a...
Smart Insights on Smart Cities
Jul 2 2025After the publication of IMD Smart City Index 2025, I conducted the following email Q&A with IMD World Competitiveness Center Chief Economist and Head of Operations Christos Cabolis. Before responding to questions, he offered this framing of what makes the report (SCI) unique:“The SCI is not a measure of infrastructure...
Airlines are placing orders today for the passenger aircraft of tomorrow. Prototypes of the all-wing Z4 from Long Beach, California-based JetZero and the hybrid-electric ES-30 from Heart Aerospace have left the drawing boards and are in testing.Production of the 250-seat Z4 will take place in a new facility on a...
From navigation to investing to shopping, data centers are now the backbone of nearly every transaction in the modern economy. The recent explosion in AI capabilities and the coming data needs of autonomous vehicles and other new information-driven frontiers mean that the need for more data centers will only continue...
It’s hard to doubt the power of a cool breeze.Scouting the world’s blustery breezeways has resulted in over 1,136 gigawatts (GW) of total cumulative wind energy capacity installed across every continent. Yes, Antarctica included.In 2024, five countries — China, the United States, Germany, India and Brazil — were responsible for...
