You have the opportunity to help a local business thrive in downtown Marion in 2019!  The Grant County Economic Growth Council is hosting Community Pitch Night, a shark-tank style business competition in which applicants compete for an all-inclusive “Business Start-Up Prize Package”—which includes a 1-year free lease in downtown Marion’s Ridley Tower. 

70 local stakeholders gathered for the Grant and Blackford County Talent Summit with Governor Holcomb’s Secretary of Career Connections and Talent Blair Milo.

Victoria Herring, Director of Business Development and Operations for the Grant County Economic Growth Council, received a National Scholarship to participate in 45 credits of intensive advanced education for economic development professionals.

Entrepreneurs, businesses, and start-ups from across Indiana have a new opportunity to launch or expand their business concept in 2019.

More than 200 Grant County students learned about local industries and the paths that lead to careers in those fields during an inaugural countywide Industry Showcase event Friday morning.

Eighty-nine Grant County businesses were honored at the 2019 Investor Appreciation Luncheon at the Tomahawk Lounge at Meshingomesia Golf Club.

Executives at the Grant County Rescue Mission have announced the relocation and new name of their thrift store.

Thanks to Marion-Grant County Chamber of Commerce highlighting local talent attraction initiatives during a conversation with reporter David Harrison, the Wall Street Journal published the article “How Bad is the Labor Shortage? Cities Will Pay You to Move There,” and thus, catapulted Grant for Grads—a program that provides financial housing assistance to new Grant County residents—into national media attention.