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City planner reports surge in permits and nearly $40 million in 2025 development investment
Summary
Director Dustin Purvis told the Richmond Common Council the city's Infrastructure and Development department issued 77 zoning permits in the first half of 2025 and the city has seen nearly $40 million in combined commercial and residential investment so far in 2025, driven in part by a downtown project and industrial expansions in 2023.
RICHMOND, Ind. — Dustin Purvis, director of Infrastructure and Development, told the Richmond Common Council on July 21 that the department has seen a rise in development activity in 2025, including permit counts and measured investment downtown and across the city.
Purvis said the city issued 77 improvement-location permits in the first half of 2025 — the most zoning permits since 2020 — and 18 improvement-location permits for new signs. He said the city’s unified development ordinance is the primary regulatory framework for planning and zoning (chapter 158 of the city code), and that the planning staff includes a three-person planning team: Purvis, Joanne Barroker (zoning administrator), and Monica Young (planning technician).
Purvis reported that the Board of Zoning Appeals held hearings…
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