Accelerate Rural Indiana (ARI)—the City of Batesville, Shelbyville, Greensburg, and Rushville, along with Decatur, Rush and Shelby counties—recently celebrated its early success in implementing $20 million of Regional Economic Acceleration and Development Initiative (READI) funding. State and local elected officials including representatives from the Indiana Economic Development Corporation joined in on the celebration.
$2.55 million of these funds have been awarded to the city of Batesville. Mayor Mike Bettice states, “The READI program gives us the opportunity to push ahead some quality-of-life initiatives that we believe will help us grow for the future and take us to the next level. For rural communities to be relevant and grow, we have to continually add attractive, vibrant quality-of-life items. We have to do our part to attract talent so our businesses can be successful. The READI program gives us the opportunity to advance some quality-of-life initiatives that will take us to the next level.”
Launched by Gov. Holcomb and led by the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC), the Regional Economic Acceleration and Development Initiative (READI) encourages regional collaboration and data-driven, long-term planning that will attract and retain talent in Indiana. Learn more about ARI’s $20 million READI award in this press release: https://batesvilleindiana.us/press-releases/
