The Regional Development Authority of northeast Indiana yesterday submitted its proposal for the State of Indiana’s Regional Cities Initiative, which is designed to enhance talent attraction and long-term population growth. OrthoWorx Executive Director Brad Bishop is one of five board members elected to the 11-county Northeast Indiana RDA. Two regions in Indiana will be selected …read more.

Yesterday, June 24, the Mayors’ & Commissioners’ Caucus of Northeast Indiana voted in the five member inaugural board of the Northeast Indiana Regional Development Authority (RDA). Electing the board of the RDA was the final step in creating Northeast Indiana’s Regional Cities Initiative proposal. The five members of the RDA board are Brad Bishop of Kosciusko …read more.

A proclamation by Warsaw Mayor Joe Thallemer declaring the week of May 4-8 as Chamber of Commerce Week opened the Warsaw Common Council meeting Monday evening. The week draws awareness to the significant efforts the chamber brings to businesses and citizens in providing economic growth to the community. Kosciusko Chamber of Commerce staff members were present …read more.

Mark Dobson, president and CEO of Kosciusko Chamber of Commerce, approached the Kosciusko County Commissioners during its April 21 meeting regarding Kosciusko County’s participation in the Regional Cities Initiative. Gov. Mike Pence signed the initiative into law last year. It was originally proposed to fund $84 million of two years, but has since been reduced …read more.

Community leaders from across Indiana urge state lawmakers to fully fund the Indiana Regional Cities Initiative at $84 million, after funding for the initiative was reduced to just $10 million a year in the state budget proposed last month by the Indiana House of Representatives. “The biggest threat today to Indiana’s continued economic growth is …read more.

Since November 2014, business, philanthropic, academic and government leaders from Indiana cities across Elkhart, St. Joseph, Marshall and Kosciusko counties have been working collectively to identify a short list of bold economic development projects that will help transform the economy of the entire four-county region. Today, the group announced it’s name as Regional Cities of …read more.