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Knox human resources roundtable event features actionable insights on managing younger workers, legal updates, and critical compliance issues VINCENNES – Professionals from the Gen Z and Millennial generations prefer and expect different workplace attributes than older workers, which can create challenges if expectations are not met, according to Kathleen Lapekas, an expert human resources consultant [...]

Conexus Manufacturing Readiness Grant (MRG) helps advance strategic equipment purchase to move 100-year-old facility toward Industry 4.0. VINCENNES – A $2.5 million investment by Wabash Steel, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lenex Steel, will elevate both productivity and workforce capacity at its facility here, allowing the company to capitalize on a new IoT-driven high-tech blaster [...]

More than 5,000 family members, coaches, 10-year-old players from across America and international areas expected to take part in the August 7-16 competition in 2025. VINCENNES – Top youth baseball players will take the field here next year in the 2025 Cal Ripken 10-Year-Old World Series, one of the largest youth sporting events in America. [...]

Little Alice Learning Center in Vincennes - Photo courtesy of Vincennes Sun-Commercial With a ribbon-cutting in August, the Little Alice Learning Center in Vincennes advanced available child care services for Knox County. “This new development helps address important needs for our workforce,” said Chris Pfaff, CEO of Knox County Indiana Economic Development. “We are grateful to [...]

By Chris Pfaff, CEO Knox County Indiana Economic Development   Indiana is on an innovation roll. Reflecting a new dynamic of entrepreneurial expansion, Gov. Eric Holcomb and Elevate Ventures recently announced the creation of a new $100 million growth fund, a powerful addition to Indiana’s expanding innovation arsenal.  A key question: where do the one-third of [...]

VINCENNES – A $35 million housing project to support local talent attraction and retention has entered into the final stages of planning and approval. After final details are wrapped up later this summer, the project will begin building 240 new apartment units in Vincennes, according to Chris Pfaff, CEO of Knox County Indiana Economic Development. [...]

A large gathering of industry, county and city officials assembled in the Knox Business Park June 19 for the long-awaited ground-breaking for AgroRenew, called by several “a transformational day.” The company, which is expected to create more than 300 local jobs, represents “a truly transformational opportunity…In a city and county of firsts,” said Drew Garretson [...]

AgroRenew set to break ground on Vincennes facility that will transform Knox County watermelon into 100% biodegradable plastic. First recruiting wave to begin in July   Vincennes, Ind. - Vincennes-grown bioplastic startup AgroRenew is pleased to announce a Groundbreaking Ceremony on Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. (EDT) at 701 E. Elkhorn Rd. in [...]

As media reports noted in early 2024,“incredibly unique” transformational packaging, containers and more are on deck and attracting national attention as the Knox County-based AgroRenew startup company firms up plans for a $83 million processing facility. Joining national media such as Plastics News, Inside Indiana Business reported that “The facility, which will ultimately span nearly 200,000-square-feet, will be used [...]

VINCENNES - The news of a $1.4 billion expansion for an all-new battery electric vehicle to be built at the Toyota Indiana facility in Gibson County was well-received by Knox County Indiana Economic Development (KCIED). “This is excellent news for Princeton and the southwest Indiana region that includes Knox County,” said Chris Pfaff, KCIED CEO, [...]