Rising Sun Works - The Ohio County Economic Development Corporation

04/02/2025

They will undertake the historic renovation of the Courtyard Restaurant and row houses located along Front Street & Fourth Street in downtown Rising Sun, Indiana adjacent to the Ohio River.

01/21/2025

Grant Opportunity: Up to $40,000 for Childcare Solutions!

The Indiana Economic Development Association Foundation, in partnership with the Duke Energy Foundation, are offering grants to help Indiana communities address childcare needs.

Who Can Apply?
State and local government entities, economic development agencies, and nonprofits.

🗓 Deadline: Proposals due by Jan. 31, 2025
📅 Awards Announced: March 2025

For details on requirements, eligibility, and scoring criteria, visit: https://www.ieda.org/foundation

👉 Apply now: Grant Application https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeT1DMsCde5pq01cs6F4SHocxR753uHWY4C5OiUekvGStHMJg/viewform?usp=sf_link

09/12/2024

Since 2016, Indiana has experienced four consecutive years of increased job and investment commitments. To continue this momentum and accelerate the state’s economic and population growth, the state launched the Regional Economic Acceleration and Development Initiative (READI). This initiative dedicated $500 million in state appropriations to promote strategic investments in regions across the state that demonstrate the potential to attract people and stimulate economic growth.

In December 2021, the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) announced funding awards, allocating READI’s $500 million to 17 regions in Indiana. The IEDC worked collaboratively with these regions to designate matching funds to specific, shovel-ready projects and programs. Less than two years later, transformational investments are already underway across the state.

The Ohio County Economic Development Corporation has been honored to participate in READI through the regional group, SEI READI..

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06/04/2024

(Southeast Indiana) - SEI READI, Inc. today announced the opening of two requests for proposals (RFPs) for economic and community development projects to be considered for investment by the Indiana Economic Development Corporation’s READI 2.0 program.

Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb and the IEDC announced in April a $10 million allocation from READI 2.0 for projects in the Southeast Indiana region. These funds are to be invested into projects enhancing quality of life, quality of place, and quality of opportunity in Dearborn, Franklin, Ripley, Ohio, Switzerland, and Union counties.

Additionally, Gov. Holcomb announced a $250 million statewide match to READ 2.0 from Lilly Endowment Inc. (LEI) for projects funding blight remediation, redevelopment, public arts, and cultural initiatives. Southeast Indiana projects meeting LEI’s goals will be eligible for consideration of LEI funding.

SEI READI has published two separate RFPs and associated online application forms for LEI and READI 2.0:

Lilly Endowment Inc. (Blight & Redevelopment and Arts & Culture projects)
Southeast Indiana projects meeting stated goals and eligibility of the LEI match (see https://indianareadi.com/resources) to READI 2.0 may submit project proposals to SEI READI quarterly at www.southeastindiana.org/rfp. The first round of LEI proposals will be due Friday, June 21, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. SEI READI may issue subsequent RFPs for LEI-aligned projects subject to funding availability.

READI 2.0
Projects of various types including infrastructure, housing, placemaking, child care, blight remediation, redevelopment, arts, culture, and other categories may submit READI 2.0 funding proposals at www.southeastindiana.org/rfp. Proposals for these projects will remain open through July 31, 2024 at 4:00 p.m.
READI 2.0 funding in Southeast Indiana is expected to be very competitive. Prior to preparing responses to the RFP, applicants are encouraged to review the IEDC’s READI 2.0 and LEI policies at see https://indianareadi.com/resources. Project stakeholders are also encouraged to discuss READI 2.0 project proposals with the local economic development office (LEDO) in the project’s respective county prior to application submission. Find LEDO contact information below.

Following the RFP closure, the SEI READI Board of Directors will evaluate projects in collaboration with IEDC before announcing projects which will receive READI 2.0 and LEI investments.

LEDO contact information:

Ohio County – Ohio County Economic Development Corporation, Mike Northcutt – 812-438-3324, [email protected]

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05/25/2024

7 weeks left to pre-register your vehicles. Forms must be postmarked by June 22 for the reduced $15 rate. Don't worry. You can register anytime between now and noon on the day of show. The first 300 cars registered will receive a dash plaque!

10/21/2023

With the announcement of READI 2.0, SEI READI is seeking input on regional conditions and needs to guide the development of a refined strategic investment strategy. To gather information SEI READI is issuing three different surveys as a part of our introductory planning and assessment work.

Take the 𝙍𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄𝙣𝙥𝙪𝙩 𝙎𝙪𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙮 and weigh in on your regional priorities today!

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SEIregion