SDC Launches Housing Optimizers Preconstruction Grant Program
The Northeast Indiana Strategic Development Commission (NEISDC) has announced the launch of the Housing Optimizers Preconstruction Grant Program, a forward-looking initiative designed to address the region’s pressing housing shortage by reducing risk in early-stage development. This grant program provides seed funding for preconstruction activities, including architectural and engineering services, permitting, surveying, environmental assessments, land acquisition […]
Housing Proposal Highlights Progress in READI 2.0
Substantial progress has been made on the READI 2.0 initiative. At the local level, 77% of the available funding—approximately $9 million—has yet to be obligated. To date, 21 projects have been committed under READI 2.0, in comparison to 21 total for READI 1.0. However, despite this momentum, no final approvals have yet been issued by […]
NEI Regional Initiatives Update
As staff of the RDA, we have maintained our effort in seeking creative and thoughtful methods to dispense these funds in the most meaningful way for the region we serve. The focus has been on the obligation and implementation of the READI 2.0 Funds, the continued compliance and fund disbursement of our READI 1.0 projects, and […]
Regional Development Authority Focusing on Sustainable READI Funding
To start this year, I took over for the departing Ryan Twiss as the Executive Director of the Regional Development Authority (RDA). The focus has been on the obligation and implementation of the READI 2.0 Funds, the continued compliance and fund disbursement of our READI 1.0 projects, and the administration of the Strategic Development Commission’s […]