Kankakee Iroquois Regional Planning Commission

06/05/2026

06/05/2026

Congratulations to a great community partner!

We're so excited to share that Community Foundation Executive Director, Leeann Wright, has been selected for the 2026 cohort of CFLeads Executive Leadership Institute for CEOs!

Through this national program, Leeann will connect with fellow community foundation leaders from across the country to reflect on leadership strategies, explore new approaches to tackling our biggest challenges, and help strengthen the work that we do at the Community Foundation of Pulaski County to ensure that our rural home grows and thrives today and for generations to come.

We are SO PROUD of Leeann for this important milestone in her career and her work here in Pulaski County!

Learn more about CFLeads at: https://bit.ly/4x8uyn1.

06/03/2026

What a great day to celebrate and learn all about SMALL projects with BIG impacts!

Loved seeing 6 leaders and innovators from the KIRPC region attend- proving once again, small is mighty!

What's one small thing you have done in your community that has turned big?

05/28/2026

Yesterday we had a great day at the Statehouse!

Thank you Representative Matt Commons for convening a great group of people!

Talk about a power hour. 🧠
Looking forward to seeing great projects progress in our Region! 💦

Warren County Economic Development
Benton County Economic Development
Greater Lafayette Commerce
Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs
Commonwealth Engineers, Inc.

05/19/2026

Join us as we present the FINAL drafts of the KIRPC Region Safety Action Plan! 🚗🚙🚌

Come chat - 2 opportunities on June 10th!

04/13/2026

We are hiring! Know someone who loves helping their community and being part of a great team- send this to them!

04/09/2026

Calling all Food Entrepreneurs - Small Businesses - Farmers Market Vendors- THIS IS FOR YOU!

WASHINGTON — The American Farm Bureau Federation, in partnership with Farm Credit, is accepting online applications from entrepreneurs for the 2027 Farm Bureau Ag Innovation...

04/08/2026

Join us as we chat about all things placemaking!

04/08/2026

👏Thank you for the shout out Pulaski County Community Development.

We had a great time sharing information about Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs Owner Occupied Housing Program.

🏠If you would like to explore options to help income eligible residents who own their home- Let's chat!

📨Email Emily Albaugh- [email protected]

Last week, Exec. Dir. NPO and Council V.P. Mike Tiede joined representatives from Jasper, White, and Benton Counties at the office of the Kankakee Iroquois Regional Planning Commission in Monon to learn about the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs’s Owner Occupied Rehabilitation Grant program from esteemed Northwest Indiana Senior Community Liaison Gerry White.

This program allows communities to support the rehabilitation of existing housing stock for residents meeting certain income qualifications and having eligible needs. Thank you to Gerry and to KIRPC for providing this great information.

03/09/2026

Congratulations to the Town of Reynolds on their recent OCRA grant award for their new water treatment plant!

The Town received the Community Development Block Grant for the start of the new water treatment plant today. $750,000