St. Martin Community Center located in Marion is passionate about caring for the Grant County community. Since 1967, St. Martin Community Center’s staff and volunteers have served meals to those in need.

Earlier this year, Wiley Metal completed a modernization project that included equipment for meeting the needs of industrial customers.

If you’re an entrepreneur who hopes for a long, successful career, it’s critical to maintain an eagerness to learn and grow. No matter what industry your business is in, there will be many challenges that come your way. You will make mistakes—many of them. You will fail more than once. This is normal.

The Growth Council is known for operating at the speed of business. Even in a pandemic there are businesses expanding, which means the Growth Council is right there to help!

Do you have a vision for your business’s look? Can you see new décor, new lights, new door, new awnings, or something else? If you can, the Charm grant might be for you.

Both Obi’s Barbeque and Sender Cafe have opening events on Tuesday, February 2nd. Show you care by supporting these two new downtown businesses.

The Growth Council’s housing assistance grant is back for another year. As you can see, it has a new look thanks to three students at Indiana Wesleyan University.

What can we do right here in Grant County to support our entrepreneurial ecosystem and create innovative opportunities?

US Department of Agriculture Rural Development Director Michael Dora visited Grant County.

On October 6, 2020, the City of Marion was awarded a placemaking award for the 2019 City of Marion Pitch Night.

For the first time, two businesses came together to apply for and share the CHARM grant funds. Congratulations, Linda Harmon and Dawn Conwell.

The Growth Council secured an additional $100,000 for the revolving loan fund to help offset costs associated with lost revenue, bills, or transitions to remote work.

In Grant County, Eastern Indiana Wifi was awarded over $250,000 in grants and local match funds to service over 100 homes and 29 businesses in eastern Grant County.

Exeon Processors and its predecessor have operated a wire reclamation facility for more than three decades in Jonesboro, a city with fewer than 2,000 residents. It was great news when Exeon opened a new production line next to its existing plant and added fifteen employees in 2020.

Since 2002 the Grant County Economic Growth Council has regularly conducted a confidential Business Climate Survey of local employers. The 2020 survey incorporates many of the questions from the original and 2020 respondents provide employment for the majority of Grant County employees.

The Growth Council announces the selection of Charity Bailey as Senior Director for Economic Development Services.

Several local organizations launched a project – Gift Cards for Thanks – in late April to support Grant County’s frontline workers and to give the local economy a boost at the same time.

In this time of uncertainty—business closures, stay-at-home orders, economic distress, political poliriziation, and racial unreset— the Growth Council’s mission to “To promote a vibrant, sustainable economy that attracts and empowers business growth and innovation” is more important than ever.