NSA Crane Responds to the COVID-19 Pandemic
June 22, 2020 - By: Matt Craig, Director of Crane Community Support, Radius Indiana Naval Support Activity Crane has responded to local and national COVID-19-related needs in unprecedented ways by joining efforts to fight the virus, boost the economy, and assist community members in need. Radius Indiana is proud of NSA Crane’s...
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Economic Development is More Important Than Ever
April 28, 2020 - Column from the Indiana Economic Development Association Indiana launched into 2020 with the unemployment rate in many communities hovering at near-record‐ level lows of 2 – 3%. A major concern in many communities was the lack of workers to fill current jobs. In response, economic developers shifted from attracting businesses to attracting workers. It...
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“Pitch-In” Defines our Regional Collaboration and Communities
March 31, 2020 - From: Jeff Quyle, Radius Indiana President & CEO Did you know that the Dictionary of American Regional English says that southern Indiana has the best pitch-in dinners of any part of the country east of the Rocky Mountains? Now, in truth, the dictionary brags on our region only in a...
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Keeping Watch at Crane
January 8, 2020 - By: Matt Craig, Radius Indiana Director of Crane Community Support Every year the counties and cities around Naval Support Activity Crane expend some energy to assuage concerns that it will someday fall to the ax of military cutbacks. Some ask, “is it necessary?” Without doubt or hint of hesitation,...
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Crane’s Evolution Strengthens Region
October 15, 2019 - By: Matt Craig, Director of Crane Community Support for Radius Indiana Photographs from Naval Support Activity Crane’s early years contain some familiar images that we can still see today at the installation—from the original command office at Building One to vast acres dotted with munitions storage—there...
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The Lion Roars: Loogootee HS Manufacturing Program
June 16, 2019 - by Kara Kavensky for Radius Indiana Trends are encouraging in the Radius region of Southern Indiana when it comes to productive engagement between the private sector and schools. Across the eight Radius counties, community stakeholders are realizing a stronger bridge between education and local industry is critical for future growth. ...
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Crane Flexible Manufacturing Complex Nears Completion
September 16, 2018 - By: Matt Craig, Director of Crane Community Support for Radius Indiana
Crane originally began as an ammunition depot site to produce and manufacture munitions in 1941, now nearly 80 years later, manufacturing at Crane continues to be prominent economic driver -- though the processes and technologies have greatly evolved. Our entire region...
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Crane’s Innovation Program Expands Research and Opportunities for the Region
September 16, 2018 - By: Matt Craig, Director of Crane Community Support for Radius Indiana
As the state’s only federal laboratory, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division is entrusted to develop the high-level technologies that are critical to our military missions, and to provide superior capabilities for our service men and women. Each...
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Crane’s Impact on Our Region
May 14, 2018 - By: Matt Craig, Director of Crane Community
There has long been a military presence in the southwestern area of Indiana, which consists of Naval Support Activity Crane, (NSA Crane), the nation’s third-largest naval base. Since 1941, Crane has heeded the call of the United States of America by serving our...
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Keeping the Radius Indiana Region Competitive
April 23, 2018 - By: Jeff Quyle, President and CEO Earlier this year, the 11 countries who continued to negotiate the Trans-Pacific Partnership announced plans to move on without the United States. Those countries’ government and business leaders concluded that increased trade among their nations would promote positive economic growth among the nations that border...
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