Future coffee shop, three other startups awarded cash as ‘Business Builders’ winners
NEW CASTLE, IN (March 16, 2022) – Five grants have been awarded to the winners of the 2022 Henry County Creates’ Business Builders live pitch competition held March 15 in Hoosier Gym. Entrepreneurs Ben and Emily Hamm’s coffee shop in downtown New Castle, The Press, took first place with a […]
READ MOREFood & Beverage recommendations move to county council
The Henry County Food & Beverage Committee wrapped up their work Thursday with not one project list, but two. The advisory committee is giving the Henry County Council a couple different options on how to spend a couple million dollars of local sales tax. The Food & Beverage volunteer committee […]
READ MOREEDC president announces Food and Beverage Grant is open
The Henry County Commissioners met for their first meeting of September on Wednesday night with plenty of business to discuss. New Castle Henry County Economic Development Corporation (EDC) President Corey Murphy was in attendance to update the commissioners on the state of the EDC. Murphy announced that the Henry County […]
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Henry County Food & Beverage Advisory Committee Recommendations to the Henry County CouncilMarch 3, 2022 As provided in state statute, the Advisory Committee volunteers were appointed by the Henry County Council, Henry County Commissioners, Town of Knightstown, Town of Middletown, New Castle City Council and New Castle Mayor. The volunteer members […]
READ MOREFood & Beverage fund applications open Sept. 7; Committee planning final recommendations in December
Henry County has an official timeline for the 2021 Food & Beverage Fund grants. There is about $1.2 million worth of Food & Beverage Tax money available to local tourism and economic development projects. The Henry County Council will make the final decision on how to spend the money. The […]
READ MOREHenry County will participate in READI; Project planning starts next week
New Castle Henry County Economic Development President Corey Murphy has been going to neighboring cities and New Castle Council meetings to ask for their participation in new READI program. The Indiana Regional Economic Acceleration and Development Initiative (READI) was launched by the state in order to regionalize areas around the […]
READ MOREHenry County Small Business Grant Fund Recipients Chosen
The New Castle-Henry County Economic Development Corporation recently distributed funds to businesses that were awarded a Henry County Small Business Grant. The grant’s funding source is the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs. The federal national objective of the grants is to benefit low-to moderate- income people through job […]
READ MOREMore local properties being transformed by 2nd EPA grant
Like a Phoenix rising from the ashes, former business properties are coming back to life, thanks in large part to the New Castle-Henry County Economic Development Corp. At a recent EDC meeting, board members learned that another Environmental Protection Agency grant is helping transform places suspected of contamination into new […]
READ MOREEDC Receives EPA Grant
New Castle Henry County Economic Development (EDC) has recently secured $400,000 in grant funding from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) through a competitive grant application process. The funding is through the US EPA Brownfields Program and is earmarked to support the redevelopment of brownfields that have contamination or suspected contamination with […]
READ MOREEDC director’s 3 wishes granted by Commissioners
New Castle-Henry County Economic Development Corp. President Corey Murphy was a man on three monumental missions Wednesday night. Murphy brought three requests to the County Commissioners at their January meeting. Each could be described as a beacon of hope for Henry County. No impediments for home rehabilitation Murphy requested and […]
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