Janesville Acoustics, a unit of Milwaukee-headquartered Jason Industries, Inc., announced plans to establish a manufacturing plant in Richmond, creating up to 87 new jobs by 2016. The company plans to invest $10.62 million to lease, renovate and equip a portion of the Osborn building located in the Midwest Industrial Park at 2350 Salisbury Road. You […]

Wayne County took a big step toward their Certified Work Ready Community (CWRC) designation. Juniors and seniors at Hagerstown High School took ACT’s WorkKeys skills assessment test which will help them identify their strengths and potential career paths. The test results from the students will count toward the county’s effort to earn the CWRC designation. […]

The move is projected to create 35 new jobs by 2015. The company will construct a 7,400 square foot addition to their existing 180,000 square foot Richmond facility. More details on the project can be found here.

Richmond, Indiana made the 2014 Top Ten Least Expensive List for Urban Areas. The list  is a culmination of three quarters of cost of living data collected throughout the year. Richmond ranked 8th on the Least Expensive list in the first quarter and 5th in the third quarter. Richmond ranked 7th on the year-end list. To […]

Primex Plastics Corporation, a subsidiary of ICC Industries, located at 1235 North F Street in Richmond will receive $70,000 in an Economic Development Income Tax (EDIT) Grant from the Economic Development Corporation (EDC) of Wayne County. The funds will be used to assist the company with a three-phase expansion project involving new equipment, a new […]

Once again Richmond ranks on the Top 10 Least Expensive Urban Areas list in the Cost of Living Index for the 3rd Quarter of 2014. This is the second time Richmond has made the Least Expensive list. Richmond moves up to fifth place on the list from 8th in the 1st Quarter. COLIMediaReleaseQ32014rev You can learn more about the cost […]

Read about our region’s employment – the latest Labor Market Review is available. LMR 08 2014 R6

Read about our region’s employment – May’s Labor Market Review is available – LMR 0514_R6.

Recently we presented a draft of our new 5-year strategic plan for the

As you know, for the last five months we’ve been working with economic development consultants Ady Voltedge on developing a strategic plan for the EDC of Wayne County. In my last blog, We’re Off and Running, I discussed Ady Voltedge’s first visit to Wayne County and what they accomplished while they were here.