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Request for Proposals – Due by September 30, 2019 @ 5:00 PM

August 29, 2019

I-69 Corridor Strategic Development Plan for Delaware and Grant Counties, Indiana Request for Proposal (RFP) East Central Indiana Regional Planning District The East Central Indiana Regional Planning District (ECIRPD)…

In a first-of-its-kind endeavor, AquaBounty farms country’s bio-engineered salmon in Indiana

August 6, 2019

In a first-of-its-kind endeavor, AquaBounty farms country’s bio-engineered salmon in Indiana Casey Smith, Indianapolis StarPublished 6:00 a.m. ET July 28, 2019 | Updated 7:41 a.m. ET July 29, 2019 Bio-engineered salmon,…

Trip to Europe results in two German companies wanting to tour Delaware County

April 30, 2019

James King (Delaware County Commissioner), Bill Walters (Director of the ECI Regional Planning District), Thomas Schwegmann (CEO PONS Atlantic Partners in Berlin), and Brad Bookout (Director of Municipal and Economic…

Albany farm OK’d to grow genetically engineered salmon

March 11, 2019

Albany farm OK’d to grow genetically engineered salmon Seth Slabaugh, Muncie Star PressPublished 4:13 p.m. ET March 8, 2019 | Updated 12:52 p.m. ET March 10, 2019 MUNCIE, Ind. — The U.S.…

U.S. Economic Development Administration Announces Award to the ECIRPD

December 9, 2018

U.S. Economic Development Administration announced that they awarded $88,600.00 to the ECI Regional Planning District, Inc. and Ball State University, Muncie/Delaware County, Indiana, to fund the East Central Indiana I-69…

Italian Manufacturer to Establish North American Headquarters in Daleville, Indiana

November 5, 2018

MILAN (Sept. 20, 2018) – Governor Eric J. Holcomb and Delaware County officials joined Filtrec S.p.A., an Italy-based manufacturer of filters and filter elements, in Milan this week as the company…

Rural Business Development Grant (RBDG) Awarded to ECIRPD

June 22, 2018

USDA Rural Development announced on June 19, 2018 that they awarded a Rural Business Development Grant (RBDG) in the amount of $68,000.00 to the East Central Indiana Regional Planning District.…

WESCO To Move Into New Daleville Location

June 20, 2018

DELAWARE COUNTY, IN — WESCO Distribution reaffirmed its commitment to Delaware County with plans to move its Daleville branch at 13880 W. Commerce Drive to a larger 50,000-square-foot-facility at 9101…

ECIRPD Washington Fly-In

May 23, 2014

During the week, several members of the ECIRPD Board of Directors flew out to Washington D.C. to meet with legislators to discuss several projects and grants that the Planning District…

ECIRPD Hosts Meeting with Economic Development Committee

April 10, 2014

Rob Gotschalk (Vandewalle & Associates) listens to feedback from the Economic Development Committee Photo by Morgan Crouse In 2013, ECIRPD was awarded a $150,000 planning grant from the United States…