Southern Indiana Business Report
BEDFORD – Radius Indiana’s fifth annual Economic Development for Community Leaders conference will be coming to the French Lick Resort Conference Center May 17-19.
Attendees at the two-and-a-half-day course will participate in educational sessions on topics including real estate development, population attraction programs, business retention and attraction, workforce, marketing, business finance and incentives, and community development and business district revitalization. The course is open to local and state officials who are interested in learning more about economic development.
The format of this year’s event will offer attendees the opportunity to choose among session topics for parts of the conference to create a more personalized experience. Organizers are encouraging communities to consider sending more than one representative to attend in order to gain information from all the relevant topics that will be covered at the conference.
“We are grateful for the continued opportunity to host this conference for community leaders in our region and throughout southern and central Indiana,” said Radius Indiana President and CEO Jeff Quyle. “Each year we are striving to outdo our conference from the previous year, and we believe a change in structure will help us achieve that.”
Speakers from state agencies, site selection companies, secondary education institutions, and financial firms will share best practices and offer perspectives on local and regional economic strategies. Topics are focused on the day-to-day functions of economic development and are designed to help leaders weave an economic development perspective into their daily responsibilities.
Scholarships will be available from local partners in the program. Local economic development organizations and those interested in attending are encouraged to contact the Radius Indiana office to learn more about scholarship opportunities in their area. Registration for the course will remain at $450 for Radius region officials and $500 for other local officials, covering the cost of all classes, materials and meals.
Registration for the Radius Indiana Economic Development for Community Leadership Program will open on Feb. 14. Registration information will be available on the Radius Indiana website.
More about Radius
Radius Indiana is a regional economic development partnership representing eight counties in Southern Indiana: Crawford, Daviess, Dubois, Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Orange and Washington. Formed in 2009, Radius Indiana also serves as a point of contact in Indiana for Naval Support Activity Crane and leads regional collaboration by leveraging the diverse assets of the region to drive attraction, retention and expansion of business, thereby increasing employment and investment opportunities and quality of life within the region.