When newcomers and visitors to Southwest Central Indiana learn that one of the largest employers in the region is a naval base, their typical reaction is one of confusion. In fact, NSA Crane is the third largest United States Navy installation by area, contributes more than $2 million daily to the Indiana economy, and accounts… Read more »
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Capstone project for IU graduate students targets economic development in SWC Indiana
By the end of the spring semester, 23 graduate students within Indiana University’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) hope to bring South West Central Indiana closer to addressing some of the economic development challenges that face the region. As part of a capstone course taught by visiting lecturer Frank Nierzwicki, three teams formed… Read more »
IU students working to promote Bloomington Certified Technology Park
Recent visitors to downtown Bloomington may have noticed some changes north of the Showers Building, where the Indiana University Food Services building and Publications Plant used to stand. Most of the 12-acre site, which IU sold to the City of Bloomington in 2011, has been cleared for an ambitious redevelopment into a Certified Technology Park… Read more »
The I-69 Summit: building regional logistics capabilities
The I-69 Regional Summit was held in Bloomington on October 20-21, providing Indiana’s economic development community with an excellent opportunity to discuss strategies for leveraging the new interstate to promote economic growth. The speakers at the Summit contributed a number of interesting insights, many of them pertaining to opportunities to develop logistics capacities in a… Read more »