Radius Indiana provides site selectors and investors with the information and local expertise to make the best choice for locating or expanding a business in the region. Our team provides real-time data on the economic climate, workforce development initiatives, and state and local incentives to ensure that a company has access to all available resources needed to thrive in our region. The Radius Indiana Regional Impact Fund (RIF) is an additional resource that provides loans and grants to help businesses with gap funding that may be needed for infrastructure and site development and is the state's only regional deal-closing fund.

The Radius Indiana business leaders and owners are key to our economic development success throughout our region. We work with our business community to ensure they have the resources they need to grow and prosper. We have staff members dedicated to working with our established businesses who understand their challenges and needs so that we can create programs and initiatives to help find solutions and opportunities for growth. Our workforce development programs and talent attraction programs have been developed to meet the needs of our businesses and industries.

Our region is home to a vibrant entrepreneurial community. We connect entrepreneurs to business planning experts and funding resources to help a new business plant roots. Each year we host pitch competitions in a variety of categories from defense-related intellectual property to home-brewing with winners receiving cash awards to help cultivate their ideas. Our Spark Dowtown program also works to revitalize vacant buildings in our communities into re-imagined spaces ideal for new businesses and start-ups.

Radius Indiana works with our local officials to identify opportunities for growth in our region. Our team collaborates with local governments to help navigate land use and planning, infrastructure and funding challenges to position our counties and communities for expansion and investment. We host the "Radius Indiana Economic Development for Community Leadership" program regularly, which is a three-day course to educate our elected officials on the most important factors of economic development.

Our utility partners play an important role in our regional economic development efforts. Radius works closely with our utility to providers to ensure that sites for business development and expansion have the needed infrastructure and help plan for energy, usage, and capacity needs. Our utility partners are part of our community and often collaborate and co-sponsor our educational and marketing initiatives for the region.

Through our Choose Southern Indiana program we offer a $5,000 incentive to residents relocating to the Radius region. We also help connect new residents with employers looking for specific skill sets such as nursing or defense. The region has also become an ideal location for remote workers. In addition to our talent attraction initiatives, the program also offers activities and events for new residents to meet other new movers and learn more about their communities.

The trail is slated to span nearly 60 miles through Lawrence, Orange, Washington, and Clark counties, with an additional portion completed through the city of New Albany. The final, full trail will traverse 62.3 miles through southern Indiana, making it the longest continuous trail in the state.

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