WTHI More projects are getting started in the Wabash Valley. Thrive West Central is beginning its brand new housing initiative. It's paid for by American Rescue Plan money. The project will help address Vigo County's housing problem, to help the community grow.
WTHI The Swope Art Museum in Terre Haute is requesting $225,000 in ARPA funds for a number of building projects. The museum hopes to update its heating and cooling system for storage of the works it houses, its original 1948 elevator, and a new indoor fire escape system.
Tribune-Star Terre Haute Mayor Duke Bennett and the Vigo County Commissioners have developed a website to provide an update on how the $56.7 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds the city and county are dispersing.
WTHI - The City Council approved two proposals from United Way on Thursday. Both of which focused on small business and non-profit grant programs.
Tribune-Star - The Terre Haute City Council approved Mayor Duke Bennett’s 2024 budget during its meeting Thursday evening at City Hall.
WTHI - The Terre Haute Children's Museum wants to elevate the experience it gives Wabash Valley kids. The children's museum is working on future development plans to upgrade its facilities. Those plans would include constructing an outdoor play area.
Tribune-Star - The east exterior wall of the Vigo County History Center — which displays the iconic Coca Cola mural — is deteriorating and needs extensive work, executive director Marla Flowers told the Vigo County Council Tuesday during its sunshine, non-voting session. She is requesting $50,000 from the county’s federal American Rescue Plan Act dollars to assist with the overall project, which will cost more than $300,000.
Tribune-Star - City Council candidates in contested races — specifically, the at-large candidates and those running to serve in District 1 — appeared in the League of Women Voters of Vigo County’s 2023 general election candidate forum Tuesday night at the Vigo County Public Library. Participating were Democratic District 1 candidate Kandace Hinton, Republican At-Large candidate Ray Agan and Democratic At-Large candidates George Azar, Tammy Boland and Curtis DeBaun IV. League of Women Voters Co-President Carly Schmitt served as moderator.
Inside INdiana Business - Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology is utilizing a variety of different funding avenues to relocate the Rose-Hulman Ventures program closer to campus. Rose-Hulman Ventures will operate out of a new, 25,000 square-foot facility. Funding is expected to create 250 jobs and generate $2 million in private investment, according to a U.S. Department of Commerce news release.
Tribune-Star - Higher education in Vigo County in the past year made some major advancements in projects, programs and facilities that will help foster economic development and help address workforce needs both locally and statewide.