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Regional planning district outlines grants, internships and $1.66M in local project funding returned
Summary
East Central Indiana Regional Planning District reported 2025 activities including a $500,000 SS4A planning grant, a community crossings match that yielded about $1.6 million for towns, internship placements, Brownfields assessment grants, and outreach workshops. Commissioners thanked the region for leveraging per‑capita dues into larger regional funding.
Jacob Thomas, director of economic development at the East Central Indiana Regional Planning District (ECI), and Anna King Cross, ECI officer of community engagement, gave a year‑end recap of 2025 and early plans for 2026.
ECI described a multi‑year internship program that provides paid placements for college students and recent graduates to work on grant writing, marketing and community development. Thomas said ECI helped secure community crossings matching…
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