Economic Development Impact from NIPSCO

NIPSCO-Economic-developmentOur audiences are economic development partners, including site selectors and commercial/industrial REALTORS®. For more information, contact Diane Thalmann at 800-262-6477 or dlthalmann@nisource.com.

What's the Big IEDA?
As I have visited with IEDA members across the state of Indiana, I am often struck by the degree to which economic development has become a ‘team sport.’ While one or two individuals, the LEDO director and a local elected official may be the visible focal points for discussions about economic development, as communities rise or fall to meet international competition, it is the degree to which a broad array of community stakeholders coalesce around a common direction that determines whether progress occurs...
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State of the Cities: an Overview
Mayors across the state gave their respective State of the City addresses throughout the early months of 2014, reviewing both the struggles and the successes of the past year while informing their constituents of new projects and initiatives on the horizon...
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NIPSCO Electrifies the Future of Electric Vehicles
NIPSCO has partnered with South Shore Clean Cities to make it easier and more affordable for businesses and organizations to install public charging stations for electric vehicles with their IN-Charge Around Town program...
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Purdue Research Foundation Program Offers Big Boost via Big Cuts
The Purdue Research Foundation (PRF) and the Purdue Research Park, the largest university-affiliated business incubation complex in the country, will now offer its resources at reduced costs for entrepreneurs commercializing patented technologies licensed from any Indiana or Illinois institution of higher education...
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Major Moves Gets Major Money
Governor Pence and state lawmakers inside an Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) garage ordered the release of $200 million in funding, approved this year by the Indiana General Assembly, to be used immediately on road projects...
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Main Attraction: Columbia City Joins the Indiana Main Street Program
In April, Lieutenant Governor Sue Ellspermann welcomed Whitley County’s Columbia City into the Indiana Main Street (IMS) Program...
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Safe with Us: Kosciusko Business on 'Most Trusted' List
Forbes put three Indiana businesses on its national top 50 list of “Most Trustworthy Financial Companies,” including Kosciusko County’s Lakeland Financial Corporation...
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Familiar Faces in New Places
Kent Anderson is replacing Charlie Sparks at the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) while Maura Durham is taking over from Heather Ennis at the Duneland Chamber of Commerce...
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Ground Breaking Held for Plymouth Shell Building
Local government and economic development officials broke ground on a new shell building in Plymouth, IN. The building will be located within the PIDCO Commerce Industrial Park and will be the first of its kind in Marshall County...
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Food Incubator Being Cooked Up in Wells County
2008 plans for a food-focused business incubator in Bluffton, IN that were shelved due to the recession are now back out of the icebox for Wells County...
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Economic Development Impact
New companies are moving in. Existing companies are growing. We are pleased to report success stories from throughout the northern Indiana area, showing economic development at work and working...
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LEDO Perspective
A county-by-county snapshot of what's new, what's successful and what's better in economic development this year...
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FeaturED Properties
Is one of these sites what your company has been looking for? Here are four prime industrial properties, as chosen by directors of local economic development organizations in northern Indiana...
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Welcome from the NIPSCO ED Team
Through our partnerships and relations with local contacts, we can help get economic development projects started throughout northern Indiana...
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