Choose Southern Indiana incentivizes out-of-state workers to move to region
Southern Indiana Business Report
JASPER – The Kueller family from Chicago has been awarded a Dubois County Relocation Impact Grant.
Dubois Strong, in partnership with Radius Indiana, awards the $5,000 grants to out-of-state workers choosing to move to Dubois County. Recipients must commit to staying for at least two years. The grant is part of the Make My Move/Choose Southern Indiana initiative with TMap to incentivize out-of-state workers to move to Dubois County.
Will Kueller, along with his wife Emily and their 8-month old daughter, Vivienne, are relocating to Jasper from Chicago.
Will, originally from the northwest Chicago suburbs and Emily who grew up in Washington, Indiana, are excited to be moving closer to family. They’re looking forward to living in a lower cost-of-living area with a slower pace.
Will has found employment at Jasper Engines & Transmissions. Emily is an eighth-grade art teacher for Washington Community Schools.
This grant opportunity provides assistance to the Kuellers in establishing their new life in Dubois County.
For more information, contact Dubois Strong via email at [email protected] or by phone at 812-482-9650.
About Choose Southern Indiana
Radius Indiana launched the pilot program Choose Southern Indiana in July 2021. The Radius region has a workforce of more than 108,000 people, and many communities were finding that their companies have additional vacant positions that need to be filled. Attracting talent to the region is seen as a critical part of growing the local workforce, which can stimulate economic growth and prosperity in communities.
To meet that need, the Radius program is targeting attraction of talent from outside the state of Indiana, in order to avoid depleting talent in other Indiana communities.
To learn more and apply to the relocation incentive program, visit www.choosesouthernindiana.com.
About Dubois Strong
Dubois Strong is a collaborative, public-private partnership that maximizes community resources and assets to foster economic growth. Dubois Strong works to grow new businesses and expand existing ones with marketing, networking, training seminars, access to capital, site selection assistance and intellectual properties. The Dubois Strong philosophy is to make a business startup, an expansion or a relocation as easy and as user friendly as possible. Dubois Strong is the county’s economic development source for innovative entrepreneurs and thriving businesses.