Skill Precast Expanding in Knox County
Reprinted with permission from Inside Indiana Business, May 13, 2022 Vincennes-based Skill Precast LLC is planning to build a new manufacturing site in Knox County. [...]
Sunrise Coal to expand, add 200 jobs
Reprinted with permission from the Vincennes Sun-Commercial, June 15, 2022 Sunrise Coal announced further investment in Knox County this week, this time with the reopening [...]
Knox County Economic Development Releases 2021 End of Year Report
Reprinted with permission from the Vincennes Sun-Commercial newspaper, January 8, 2022 The county’s leading economic development organization had a pretty big 2021. Chris Pfaff, [...]
Knox County and Region READI for housing
Reprinted with permission from the Vincennes Sun-Commercial, March 19, 2022 It’s been three months since local officials learned that Knox County, as part of a [...]
Knox Economic Development Announces Office Relocation
Reprinted with permission from the Vincenness Sun-Commercial newspaper, March 5, 2022 “After 12 years, we’re getting the band back together,” Shyla Beam, executive director of [...]
Knox County Releases Housing Study
Reprinted from Inside Indiana Business Monday, August 2nd 2021, 12:21 PM EDT Updated: Monday, August 2nd 2021, 1:27 PM EDT By Mary Roberts, Writer/Reporter Knox [...]
Knox Broadband Survey Shows Need for Faster Connections
The Knox Broadband Task Force recently conducted a survey to gauge broadband access, identify demand, and test internet speeds throughout the county. Data was [...]
KCDC Adopts New Name and Logo
The Knox County Development Corp. is reinventing itself. On June 4, members at its board of directors meeting at the new Charles C. Hedde MD Health Education Center at Good Samaritan officially voted to give itself a new name and adopted a new logo to go along with it.
Vincennes Creating ‘Cobot Hub’ with $8M Grant
Reprinted from Inside Indiana Business Vincennes University is using a recently-awarded $8 million grant from Indianapolis-based Lilly Endowment Inc. to create a talent pipeline for [...]
Council looking to grant tax abatement to local manufacturer
Larry Wagler, owner of Blue Jay Supplies, a wood wall panel and truss manufacturer located in Sandborn, went before members of the council with plans to invest more than $3.5 million to upgrade and expand his existing 38,000-square-foot building located on Indiana 67. The company will look to convert about 18,000 square feet of space for the production of trusses and wall panels as well as add another 60,000 square feet of new concrete surrounding the building to allow for the proper handling and movement of products during the manufacturing process.