With Wednesday’s official opening of a 27-mile stretch of Interstate 69 between Crane and Bloomington, Indiana University now has unprecedented access to areas of southwest Indiana that extend all the way to Evansville. This means increased opportunities — thanks largely to decreased travel times — to further expand ongoing partnerships with facilities such as Naval… Read more »
Tag: Regional Economic Development Fund (RED Fund)
Innovate Indiana's Gard named to leadership role with APLU's economic engagement arm
For the next three years, Innovate Indiana’s David Gard will serve a key leadership role within the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities‘ (APLU) Commission on Innovation, Competitiveness and Economic Prosperity (CICEP). As CICEP’s secretary, Gard will work closely with CICEP’s incoming chair, University of California at San Diego chancellor Pradeep Khosla, in setting and… Read more »
IU Council for Regional Engagement and Economic Development set to meet Nov. 4
The final quarterly meeting of 2015 for Indiana University’s Council for Regional Engagement and Economic Development (CREED) is set for 11:30 a.m. Wednesday (Nov. 4) at Room 1006 of University Hall on the Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis campus. Scheduled presentations include: An overview of IU’s Grand Challenges initiative by Fred H. Cate, IU’s vice… Read more »
Innovate Indiana representatives to anchor panel discussion at University Economic Development Association annual summit
The ongoing dialogue in Indiana to reduce a widening gap between the demand for technically skilled workers and the number produced by Indiana colleges and universities is the topic of an IU-led panel discussion at the University Economic Development Association’s annual summit to be held Sept. 27-30 in Anchorage, Alaska. Innovate Indiana’s Rebecca Carl, associate… Read more »
Innovate Indiana, IU Kokomo officials contribute to project that outlines university roles, methods in economic development
A trio of Indiana University officials played integral roles in a recently established framework that defines the roles that colleges and universities play in modern economic development and the methods they can use to better pursue that mission. The two-year project — taken on by the University Economic Development… Read more »
Red Fund grant helps support a GIS-based economic development tool for NW Indiana
Two dozen town and city administrators from nine Lake County towns were introduced last week to a new economic development tool that uses geographic information systems (GIS) to help businesses and city leaders make better strategic decisions. The Aug. 22 seminar at IU Northwest’s Gary campus — conducted by IU Northwest School of Business and… Read more »
OVPE settles into new campus headquarters on the fifth floor of IUPUI's University Hall
University Hall on the campus of IUPUI is now the new home base for IU’s Office of the Vice President for Engagement. The move, which took effect July 2, puts OVPE within close proximity to other key IU administrators, IUPUI researchers and unifies more of the OVPE team under one roof. Prior to the relocation,… Read more »
IU campuses encouraged to submit RED Fund economic development proposals by June 5
If your organization has an economic development-related project or initiative in mind, requires funding and is based at one of IU’s regional campuses, the RED Fund can offer valuable financial support. Administered by Indiana University’s Council for Regional Engagement and Economic Development (CREED), the Regional Economic Development (RED) Fund provides cost-matching grants of up to… Read more »
RED Fund Focus: Kokomo CEO program gives high schoolers entrepreneurial experience
KOKOMO — More than 100 business people recently gathered at Oakbrook Church for a half-day entrepreneurial conference. In every tangible way, it proceeded as if it were professionally managed. Yet the organizers were 14 high school students enrolled in a cutting-edge program known as Kokomo CEO, which stands for Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities. “The students did… Read more »