Building Better Communities (BBC), the outreach and engagement division at Ball State University, announced Thursday that the Riverside Park Amphitheater in Rushville is one of four recipients of the 2014 Primacy of Place Community Awards. The awards, presented at an awards ceremony luncheon at the Minnetrista Cultural Center in Muncie, recognize Indiana communities’ exemplary approaches [Read More…]

Building Better Communities (BBC), the outreach and engagement division at Ball State University, today announced nine finalists of the 2014 Primacy of Place Community Awards Program (PoPCAP.) The program, launched in 2013 by BBC and the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs, recognizes Indiana communities making innovative strides in improving quality of life for [Read More…]

RUSHVILLE: Build It and They Will Come Rushville, Indiana (Pop. 6,341) After attending a music festival in a neighboring community, then city councilman (now Rushville mayor) Mike Pavey asked, “Why can’t we do that in Rushville?”  In less than six months, Pavey and other Rushville residents mobilized Rushville city government, businesses and residents to build [Read More…]

A great article in the Building Indiana magazine! To view the entire  magazine, go to http://www.buildingindiana.com. Look for “current issue” and go to page 64. Talks about the infrastructure installations being done throughout the site, getting it “backhoe-ready” for interested businesses.    

Watch this site often or check us out on Facebook (Rush County ECDC) to monitor construction progress at the North Industrial Park.  Water, sewer, roads, redundant fiber soon. This is a project of the city of Rushville / Rushville Redevelopment Commission. General contractor for the project is King’s Trucking and Excavation; Butler, Fairman & Seufert [Read More…]

INTAT Precision, Inc., a leader in automotive component manufacturing, has announced its intentions to expand its operations in Rushville, Indiana, creating up to 40 new jobs by 2016. At a meeting hosted by the Rush County Economic & Community Development Corporation, leadership from INTAT announced their plans to develop a new manufacturing process at their [Read More…]

Goals have been set to reach “Certified” status Cathy Wenning, Chair of the Rush County Economic and Community Development Corporation and Government and Community Relations Manager for DUKE Energy opened the program “No Foolin’ We’re Going for the Gold” at the April 1st Rotary meeting. This informational program described Rush County’s acceptance to and subsequent [Read More…]

Economic development officials from Rushville joined Mayor Mike Pavey and Donald Kathan, Area Director for the U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration to break ground on a new $3 million industrial park on the Northside of the City. The new development is planned for a late-2014 completion. “This is an exciting step in this [Read More…]

The Groundbreaking Ceremony will be held Monday, March 24th at 11:00 a.m.  2201 North State Road 3, Rushville.  Speakers will include Mayor Mike Pavey, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Economic Development Administration Thomas Guevara, Rushville Redevelopment Commission President John McCane and Rush County ECDC Chair Cathy Wenning.

Barada Law Offices, LLC is sponsoring this workshop presented by the partnership of East Central Small Business Development Center, Rush County ECDC and Rush County Chamber of Commerce. Come learn the ins and outs of business management and hear about the myriad  local financing options. The best way to create jobs is to grow our [Read More…]