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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Read about our region’s employment – the latest Labor Market Review is available. LMR 08 2014 R6
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Read about our region’s employment – May’s Labor Market Review is available – LMR 0514_R6.
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Recently we presented a draft of our new 5-year strategic plan for the
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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.
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First I want to congratulate the City of Richmond on the recently announced Stellar Community Designation. This is great news for Richmond and the region. We are very excited about the potential this designation brings and we’re
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The benefits of being designated a Stellar Community are enormous. What an opportunity for Richmond to be able to fast track many important projects that would strengthen the central business district and provide corridors for connection to other areas, not only visible within the city of Richmond, but throughout the county and region as well. […]
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Over the last couple of weeks some really exciting things have happened for Wayne County. I want to offer my congratulations to Osborn International for receiving the Ivy Tech Community College Partner Award.
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