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By Chris Pfaff, CEO, Knox County Indiana Economic Development   Knox County entered 2025 with an ambitious vision:  become a region where talent wants to live, businesses want to invest, and opportunity thrives. By year's end, we can look back, not at isolated achievements, but at a coordinated endeavor that touched every sector of our [...]

By Chris Pfaff, CEO, Knox County Indiana Economic Development   Rural Indiana stands at a pivotal moment.  While headlines often overlook rural communities, the data reveals a different story: rural America contributes $2.2 trillion to the nation’s GDP, and rural residents demonstrate more stable economic mobility than their urban counterparts. For Indiana’s rural counties, the path [...]

By Chris Pfaff, CEO, Knox County Indiana Economic Development Rural communities don’t often dominate economic headlines, but they should. Rural America contributes more than $2 trillion annually to the nation’s economy, and research continues to show that rural residents often experience stronger economic mobility than people in many urban areas. Here in Knox County, that [...]

VINCENNES, Ind. - The City of Vincennes announced October 29 the signing of a new Sister City relationship with the City of Ovruch, Ukraine - a partnership that celebrates friendship, cultural exchange, and a shared commitment to community resilience. Mayor Yochum of Vincennes and Mayor Korud of Ovruch have expressed mutual interest in forming this connection as [...]

VINCENNES (Indiana) - In conjunction with a French Student Exchange, Charlotte Libert , the mayor of Vincennes, France visited Vincennes in Indiana in mid- October to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the two cities becoming Sister Cities. During an October 19 ceremony at Vincennes City Hall, Libert and Mayor Joe Yochum reaffirmed the Sister City friendship by [...]

The year 2025 has seen numerous changes in HR administration and best practices. Is your firm in compliance with regulatory requirements and up-to-speed with recent shifts? Want to expand your network? Join us Beckes Student Union on October 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM (Eastern Time) for a dynamic discussion on HR strategies. To hear and benefit from leading [...]

Key message: “Knox County is open for business and ready to be a trusted global partner.”   VINCENNES – “Excellent and productive face-to-face meetings for current and future engagements in the Knox County region” were a strategic highlight of the recently completed Indiana trade mission to Japan, said Chris Pfaff, CEO of Knox County Indiana [...]

  VINCENNES – The year 2025 is proving to be a year of national and state recognition for Good Samaritan hospital in Knox County Indiana. Inside Indiana Business published an interview with Good Samaritan CEO Adam Thacker on Sept. 16 following the hospital being named to Newsweek magazine’s list of America’s Greatest Workplaces in Health Care. According to IIB, the Newsweek rankings were “based [...]

VINCENNES – Beginning an extensive Japan Trade Mission on Sept. 4,  Chris Pfaff, CEO of Knox County Indiana Economic Development (KCIED), noted that “Knox County represents a great fit for Japanese companies, given our strengths in advanced manufacturing, agri-business, logistics, and renewable energy.” Pfaff and Vincennes Mayor Joe Yochum joined the Mayors of Columbus, Greensburg, Seymour and [...]

Producing an estimated $7 million in economic impact, some 5,000 families, coaches, 10-year-old players from across America and international areas are taking part in the August 2025 competition.   VINCENNES – In what is described as one of the largest youth sporting events in America, more than 300 top youth baseball players from 14 states [...]