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EDC opens downtown office, pushes ‘Experience Adams County’ tourism effort and raises innkeeper-tax study

5500795 · July 28, 2025
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The county economic development corporation moved into a Downtown Decatur office, launched a part-time tourism position focused on a 'visitor economy' brand, and commissioners asked for a short study of county innkeeper-tax options used elsewhere in Indiana.

Adams County’s Economic Development Corporation said Tuesday it has moved into a new downtown office and has started a modest, grant-funded tourism effort aimed at turning visitors into day-long customers for local businesses.

Colton Bickel, the EDC director, said the EDC transitioned into a new office on Third Street in downtown Decatur and will open its conference rooms to businesses and community groups. The office was primarily paid for with grant dollars and a small EDC…

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