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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, president of Knox County Indiana Economic Development, kicked the new year off highlighting for his board of directors, as they gathered Friday morning at Vincennes University’s Learning Resource Center, some [...]

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 five-county Indiana First regional application to the state’s new READI program, had received $15 million. But they’ve made only a little progress in determining exactly how that money will be [...]

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 the Vincennes Tourism Bureau said with a smile to members of Knox County Indiana Economic Development Friday morning. The county’s leading economic development organization, during their regular meeting held at [...]

Reprinted with permission from the Vincennes Sun-Commercial newspaper March 16, 2022 Updated March 18, 2022 BICKNELL — City officials on Monday approved their first-ever tax abatement to a local business that has now doubled its footprint. Mayor Thomas Estabrook said the city council gave final approval to a 10-year tax abatement for Basiloid Diversified Products, a [...]

PRESS RELEASE Hamilton, NJ… Vincennes, Indiana will roll out the red carpet to welcome the top 10-year-old talent in the country to Joe Bilskie, Sr. Field and Earl Lawson Field, two of the finest youth baseball facilities in the Midwest, for the 2022 Cal Ripken 10-Year-Old World Series.  The World Series, one of the largest [...]

Reprinted with permission from the Vincennes Sun-Commercial newspaper December 4, 2021 Members of a new nonprofit arm of Knox County Indiana Economic Development say they will soon pour over the some 1,000 responses they received as part of a survey to gauge desired quality of life improvements. Shepard Dunn, the economic development organization’s vice-chair, is [...]

Reprinted with permission from the Vincennes Sun-Commercial newspaper October 5, 2021 Community leaders on Friday hit send on an application for the state’s new READI grant program, one totaling nearly $10 million in requests for local projects. If realized, it would mean $54 million in total improvements in Knox County alone. Chris Pfaff, CEO of [...]

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 County Indiana Economic Development has completed a comprehensive housing study. The study analyzes current gaps in the local housing market and identifies potential sites that are ready to meet existing and future [...]

The Knox Broadband Task Force recently conducted a survey to gauge broadband access, identify demand, and test internet speeds throughout the county. Data was collected online during May 2021, and 1,046 valid responses were received.  “This information provides more accurate and specific data, which is important when applying for additional funding from federal and [...]

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.