This investment supports the development and implementation of a comprehensive economic development strategy (ceds) in the region covered by kankakee-iroquois regional planning commission-EDD

This $840,000 project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration supports the Kankakee-Iroquois Regional Planning Commission in developing and implementing a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy for its eight-county region in Indiana through December 2025. As part of the EDA's Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations program, the Commission will bring together public and private sector stakeholders to create an economic roadmap that strengthens the regional economy, supports private investment, and creates jobs. Led by the Commission, this planning effort aims to stimulate and guide regional economic development across Benton, Carroll, Jasper, Newton, Pulaski, Starke, Warren, and White counties in the state.

Kankakee-iroquois regional planning commission-EDD is comprised of benton county (all census tracts), carroll county (all census tracts), jasper county (all census tracts), newton county (all census tracts), pulaski county (all census tracts), starke county (all census tracts), warren county (all census tracts) and white county (all census tracts) in in-state. This project was made possible by the regional planning efforts led by the kankakee-iroquois regional planning commission-EDD. EDA funds kankakee-iroquois regional planning commission-EDD to bring together the public and private sectors to create an economic development roadmap to strengthen the regional economy, support private capital investment and create jobs.