Regional planning group wants to hear Richmond residents’ economic development ideas

RICHMOND, Ind. — “Whichever their thoughts are.”

That is what the Japanese Indiana Regional Scheduling Fee hopes to listen to from citizens about economic improvement throughout a March 15 public forum, according to Jeff Plasterer, the EIRPC’s president.

The Richmond community forum will be the 3rd in the EIRPC’s 6 member counties as the group develops its thorough financial advancement strategic system. The forum will be 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. March 15 at Kuhlman Middle, 861 N. Salisbury Street.

Plasterer mentioned the detailed method is necessary to obtain federal funding for economic growth jobs for the regional team that consists of Wayne, Union, Randolph, Fayette, Henry and Rush counties. Financial progress do the job is evolving to include talent attraction when it had beforehand focused on business attraction.

“We are starting little by little to extend the definition of economic growth,” Plasterer reported. “It will be intriguing to see how that will work.”

The in-human being community boards stick to 14 virtual periods, 6 with each individual taking part county’s elected officials and eight with groups of stakeholders representing areas this kind of as education and learning or economic enhancement directors, Plasterer reported. The to start with two public community forums took area in Union and Randolph counties.

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Plasterer said reaction was fantastic, with about 20 persons attending in Union County and about 10 in Randolph County. Total, he claimed amongst 150 and 200 individuals have participated in the periods. The forums are intended to get as much input from regional citizens as doable, what ever their economic development concepts are.

Any regional resident is invited to attend any of the general public discussion boards. After Richmond’s forum, 3 discussion boards will continue to be. They are:

• Fayette County, 4-6 p.m. March 17 in the Ivy Tech Community Higher education creating at 721 W. 21st St. in Connersville

• Henry County, 10 a.m.-midday March 22 in the previous Circuit courtroom on the next ground at 101 S. Major St. in New Castle and

• Rush County, 10 a.m.-noon March 24 in the Metropolis Hall council chambers at 330 N. Major St. in Rushville.

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Richmond Mayor Dave Snow highlighted the great importance of community participation in the course of Monday’s Richmond Frequent Council assembly though encouraging forum attendance. He claimed the much more voices collaborating the far better.

“This is an important organizing approach which will support our six-county region program for our strategic expansion and financial commitment and helps officials recognize priority tasks as pushed by the local community,” Snow mentioned.

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