Evansville region looks for feedback on five-year strategy
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Businesses and other stakeholders in southeast Indiana have a chance to give their thoughts on the economic framework for the region’s next half decade.
The Evansville Regional Economic Partnership (E-REP) is publicly calling for public feedback on the group’s 2025-2029 Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS). The CEDS will serve as a guide for economic development in Gibson, Posey, Vanderburgh, and Warrick counties.
The first draft of CEDS can be found here, and a survey about the plan be found online here. Josh Armstrong, chief economic development officer at E-REP, said partnership will take public comments until Nov. 18.
Once the input is incorporated, the formal CEDS will be sent to federal agencies and serve as a starting point when local agencies seek federal grants.
“This is the first step towards a deeper connection with the U.S. Department of Commerce, a connection that will provide capacity building tools, grant priority, and financial support towards growing our local economy,” Armstrong said in a press release. “But equally important, the tool lets us know what our residents, units of government, businesses, and nonprofits find important and impactful, allowing us to work towards a collaboratively envisioned local economy.”
The release says the CEDS focuses on four areas of developing regional infrastructure, strengthening key industries, attracting a talented workforce and leveraging signature developments like the newly completed Interstate-69.
E-REP says the final plan will be available at evansvilleregion.com, and comments will be included and addressed in the appendices.