Wayne County restaurants were able to receive assistance from the Richmond/Wayne County COVID-19 Restaurant Subsidy Program created by representatives from the City of Richmond, Economic Growth Group (EGG), EDC of Wayne County, and the Wayne County Government. The funding for the program was made possible from remaining funds after two rounds of zero percent interest […]

A Richmond company is expanding its operations to accommodate the needs of new customers. ITD Engineering LLC, is a custom machining center that contract manufactures components. They will invest $1.65 million and hire six new full-time employees as part of the project. Located at 5626 New Paris Pike, ITD Engineering will purchase and install new […]

Indiana Secretary of Career Connections and Talent Blair Milo virtually joined state and local officials on January 22, 2021 to announce the East Central Indiana Region as Indiana’s tenth 21st Century Talent Region, a statewide designation awarded to Indiana communities focused on working collaboratively to attract, develop and connect talent. The Talent Region currently includes […]

Local city and county leaders continue to work collaboratively to provide emergency commercial assistance to businesses in Richmond and Wayne County suffering financially from the effects of COVID-19. The Richmond/Wayne County COVID-19 Restaurant Subsidy Program is the newest and focuses on restaurants who have been extremely hard hit by the pandemic. The new program will […]

Recently our community lost one of its great community champions. Richard “Jeff” Jeffers gave of his time, energy, and support to the people and organizations of our community that needed him the most. Jeff was particularly interested in supporting the youth of our community because he knew how much they needed someone to invest in […]

American Quality Molds (AQM), a subsidiary of Shrader Enterprises, LLC, 710 NW 5th Street, Richmond, has been awarded a $53,500 matching grant from the State of Indiana as part of the Manufacturing Readiness Grant program. The grant program, administered by Conexus Indiana and the Indiana Economic Development Corporation, was created in response to the recent, […]

Seventeen small businesses in Wayne County will receive a combined total of $415,000 in funding through round 2 of the Wayne County COVID-19 Small Business Loan Program. The loan program is a collaboration between city and county leaders. Denny Burns, Wayne County Commissioner and Chair of the Wayne County Economic Development Revolving Loan Fund Board, […]

The Wayne County COVID-19 Small Business Loan Program, a collaboration between local city and county leaders, awarded 15 small businesses in Wayne County a total of $331,000 in no-interest loans. The loan program was developed to assist small businesses in the county that were negatively impacted by COVID-19. Denny Burns, Wayne County Commissioner and Chair […]

Phillips Tube Group, a welded steel tube manufacturer, announced they will locate a new facility in Richmond located at 401 Industrial Parkway in the Eastern Indiana Industrial Park. The company plans to invest $8.2 million and hire 30 new full-time employees by 2024 paying an average hourly wage of $26. CEO and owner of Phillips […]

Local city and county leaders have been working collaboratively for several weeks to identify the best way to support Wayne County’s small business community. Knowing that many were severely impacted by COVID-19 due to partial or complete shutdowns, local leaders knew if resources were not quickly made available, we could lose our locally owned retailers […]