Episodes
Monday Apr 24, 2023
CivicLab Podcast
Monday Apr 24, 2023
Monday Apr 24, 2023
Launched in 2012, CivicLab is a unique nonprofit institute, founded to leverage the lessons of community collaboration learned and fine-tuned over many decades in Columbus, Indiana. Led by J. Irwin Miller Cummins CEO, arts patron, industrialist and civil rights activist, the Columbus community became a leader in creating unique public-private partnerships and CivicLab seeks to spread the model to other communities, using what has become internationally known as ‘The Columbus Way.’
In this podcast Jack Hess, Co-Founder and Executive Director of CivicLab, and Dakota Pawlicki, Director of Talent Hubs talk about their unique approach to addressing community challenges by creating tools for community teams.
Thursday Mar 30, 2023
CreatINg Places
Thursday Mar 30, 2023
Thursday Mar 30, 2023
What do public restrooms for festivals, a historic alley, murals and a bog have in common? They were all funded through the CreatINg Places program, a place-making grant program from the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority and Patronicity.
Meagan Heber from IHCDA, Bridget Anderson from Patronicity, and Marce King from the Owen County Chamber and Economic Development Corporation talk about the unique crowdfunding and grant program for Indiana communities on this podcast.
Tuesday Mar 14, 2023
IEDC Site Strategy Podcast
Tuesday Mar 14, 2023
Tuesday Mar 14, 2023
Gone are the days when a community could get an option on a cornfield and wait for a company to show up. Now, the competitive edge goes to the communities that have sites that are ready for development with infrastructure and amenities in place.
In this podcast, Brock Herr and Matt Wade from IEDC and Victor Leotta, Leotta Location and Design, talk about the State’s strategy for moving Indiana to the front of the competitive pack with more available and ready sites.
Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
IEDC Attraction and Lead Generation
Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
This podcast launches a new series of podcasts in which staff from the Indiana Economic Development Corporation will talk about IEDC programs, policies and strategies. In this podcast, Brock Herr, Jessica Tower and Matt Saltanovitz talk about the ‘5E’ concept and how it is being deployed for the State’s attraction and lead generation strategy.
Thursday Sep 01, 2022
Concrete Lions?
Thursday Sep 01, 2022
Thursday Sep 01, 2022
What do concrete lions and a painting of Wendell Willkie have to do with economic development? A lot, if you are in Rushville, Indiana. Brian Sheehan, Director of Special Projects and Community Development for the City of Rushville, and Miah Michaelsen, Executive Director for the Indiana Arts Commission talk on this podcast about how ‘the arts’ have helped to leverage millions of dollars of new investment in Rushville and how the Indiana Arts Commission can help your community.
Friday Aug 12, 2022
Keeping Companies Local with Employee Ownership
Friday Aug 12, 2022
Friday Aug 12, 2022
As members of the Baby-Boom cohort retire, local business owners are faced with choices about how to transition ownership of their companies. Too often, the companies are sold to an out-of-state entity and local control and investment is lost, or just as often, the company is closed and jobs are lost to the community. Jeff Banning just took his company, Banning Engineering, through the ‘employee stock ownership plan’ or ESOP, process as a way of keeping it in Hendricks County. Jeff joins Debbie Trocha from the Indiana Cooperative Development Center to talk about the process in this podcast.
Wednesday Jul 27, 2022
LDRSHIP
Wednesday Jul 27, 2022
Wednesday Jul 27, 2022
LDRSHIP – How do these 7 letters apply to Army Values and economic development? Chris Pfaff, CEO of Knox County Economic Development and former Army Colonel explains in this podcast with Lee Lewellen.
Tuesday Jul 12, 2022
Flipping Finance Challenge
Tuesday Jul 12, 2022
Tuesday Jul 12, 2022
The Indiana Bond Bank (IBB) assists local communities and public entities with financing physical assets. But what about those community needs that can’t be solved with a road or a building. IBB came up with a creative solution to creative challenges: the Flipping Finance Challenge a ‘hack-a-thon’ that brings creative problem-solvers from various disciplines together with Indiana communities to create unique and sometimes ‘out-of-the-box’ solutions to community challenges. Mark Wuellner, executive director of the Indiana Bond Bank, and Travis Richards, executive director of the Jay County Development Corporation talk about the process.
Monday May 16, 2022
Indiana’s Motorsports Industry – A new study
Monday May 16, 2022
Monday May 16, 2022
Rollie Helmling has had a rich and diverse life and career, ranging from serving as owner and CEO of Harold’s Supermarkets in Vincennes, Indiana to his service as president and CEO of USAC, the United States Auto Club. Rollie is one of the winningest racing team owners with Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart and John Andretti among his drivers. In this podcast, Rollie talks about the newly released study documenting the broad and deep economic impact that the motorsports industry has on all of Indiana’s 92 counties. You’ll be surprised at the international and extraterrestrial impact of Indiana’s motorsports industry!
Wednesday May 04, 2022
Rural Economic Development Model
Wednesday May 04, 2022
Wednesday May 04, 2022
The Rural Economic Development Model is Indiana’s unique effort to leverage Indiana’s agriculture assets into new economic development opportunities for the state’s rural areas. In this podcast, Connie Neininger, CN Consulting, and Stephen Eastridge, Jasper County Economic Development, talk about the details and promise of the REDM program as it is being deployed in 38 Indiana counties.