EDC 40th Anniversary Video
Celebrating 40 years of serving this community. Check out this video and follow along with Corey Murphy of NCHC-EDC. […]
READ MORESupporting small business through the COVID-19 recovery
According to a recent survey, Henry County shoppers want to get back to normal, while keeping some of the COVID-19 practices in place. More than 400 people responded to an online survey co-sponsored by Henry Community Health, New Castle-Henry County Economic Development Corporation (EDC), East Central Indiana Small Business Development […]
READ MOREEDC hears COVID-19, shell building updates
An ‘ELF’ has stood extremely tall for some Henry County businesses coping with the effects of COVID-19. During Thursday’s New Castle-Henry County Economic Development Corp. board meeting, members learned that the organization’s Enterprise Loan Fund has approved seven loans totaling $58,000. EDC President Corey Murphy said that represented half the […]
READ MORECOVID-19 Economic Relief Initiative Grant Awarded to United Way of Delaware, Henry and Randolph Counties
United Way of Delaware, Henry and Randolph Counties is pleased to announce that it has received a $1.1 million COVID-19 Economic Relief Initiative Grant. The grant was made possible through a partnership between Lilly Endowment, Inc. and Indiana United Ways, the state professional association of which United Way of Delaware, Henry and Randolph County is a member. These funds will be used to invest in long-term economic recovery and resiliency efforts by supporting human and social service nonprofits across Delaware, Henry and Randolph Counties. […]
READ MOREBusiness Funding Resources
Available to Henry County’s COVID-19 Impacted Small Businesses Local, state, and federal resources are available to help businesses who have been impacted by the recent pandemic. If you have questions about any of these funds, please reach out to the EDC office at 765.521.7402. EDC Enterprise Loan Fund Up to […]
READ MOREEDC hears how local business is coping with COVID-19
Fortunate, diligent and aggressive. Stable and strong. Tremendous success. Ready to pounce. Those words described what it’s like in the local business trenches during this COVID-19 pandemic. New Castle-Henry County Economic Development Corp. board members heard largely positive, frank and heartfelt updates from officials with manufacturing, real estate, banking and energy sectors of the economy during their May 7 meeting. […]
READ MORERDC pinpoints new shell building project
Plans for a brand new “shell” building are coming together for the New Castle-Henry County Economic Development Corp. […]
READ MOREShell building RFP
NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT) The Henry County Redevelopment Commission (“Commission”) is requesting proposals from prospective entities interested in submitting a proposal to develop, design, build, finance and operate a new 50,000 square foot light industrial shell building, all pursuant to a public-private partnership agreement to be […]
READ MOREHenry County awarded second EPA brownfield grant
Henry County has been selected by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a recipient of the Brownfield Assessment Grant. This is the second time the county has received this grant in the past five years after first receiving it in 2015. “Henry County is pleased to partner with the […]
READ MORECity of New Castle Business Grant Program
(OCRA CDBG) Current as of October 8, 2020 The application portal is now closed. We will re-open if more funding is secured. Eligibility is limited to businesses within the municipal boundaries of the City of New Castle. Maximum grant request is $25,000. May 21 update: Independent contractors (receiving a 1099) […]
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