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Growing Grant County, Economic Development 101
business attraction, site selection, target industries, advanced manufacturing, I-69, business retention and expansion, workforce data, duke energy
Marketing & Attraction: How We Tell Grant County’s Story and Who Needs to Hear It
Growing Grant County, Economic Development 101
business attraction, site selection, target industries, advanced manufacturing, I-69, business retention and expansion, workforce data, duke energy

Say "marketing" and most people picture billboards and slogans. In economic development, it's matchmaking. It’s finding companies whose needs fit what a place already has, and giving them an honest reason to look. Part of our Growing Grant County series on targeting, positioning, ethical lead generation and the two numbers that matter.

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Growing Grant County, Economic Development 101
business attraction, site selection, target industries, advanced manufacturing, I-69, business retention and expansion, workforce data, duke energy
Growing Grant County, Economic Development 101
access to capital, small business financing, grants, SBA loans, CDFIs, bank-ready, capital stack, Grant County Indiana, economic development, entrepreneurship, ISBDC, IEDC, revolving loan fund
Access to Capital 101: Grants, Loans, CDFIs, and What It Really Means to Be 'Bank-Ready' 
Growing Grant County, Economic Development 101
access to capital, small business financing, grants, SBA loans, CDFIs, bank-ready, capital stack, Grant County Indiana, economic development, entrepreneurship, ISBDC, IEDC, revolving loan fund

In this edition of Growing Grant County, we break down the three forms of business financing, grants, debt, and equity, show you how a capital stack actually works, and explain what 'bank-ready' really means. Plus, three grant opportunities open right now that Grant County businesses should know about.

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Growing Grant County, Economic Development 101
access to capital, small business financing, grants, SBA loans, CDFIs, bank-ready, capital stack, Grant County Indiana, economic development, entrepreneurship, ISBDC, IEDC, revolving loan fund
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Grant County Economic Growth Council awarded $200,000 Community Foundation grant to expand support for local entrepreneurs

The Community Foundation of Grant County has awarded the Growth Council a $200,000 grant to establish Grant County's Entrepreneurial Support Organization, a countywide resource coordinating training, coaching, mentorship and pathways to capital for business owners at every stage.

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Access to Capital 101: Grants, Loans, CDFIs, and What It Really Means to Be 'Bank-Ready' 

In this edition of Growing Grant County, we break down the three forms of business financing, grants, debt, and equity, show you how a capital stack actually works, and explain what 'bank-ready' really means. Plus, three grant opportunities open right now that Grant County businesses should know about.

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Entrepreneurship-Led Growth: Fostering an Ecosystem Where Businesses Thrive

New business formations have reached historic levels nationally, and the communities that will benefit most are the ones actively building the conditions for entrepreneurship to take root. In Grant County, that ecosystem is forming.

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Workforce as Economic Development: Career Pathways, Sector Partnerships, and WIOA Basics

Walk the floor of nearly any manufacturing plant in Grant County and you will hear some version of the same conversation: the work is there, the wages are competitive, and the company would hire more people tomorrow if it could find them. That is not a recruitment problem. It is a pipeline problem, and pipeline problems are economic development.

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Real Estate Development & Reuse: Turning Challenging Properties into Productive Assets

One of the costliest habits in local development is wishful thinking. A vacant building is not an opportunity simply because it is vacant. A former factory is not ready because it sits near a road. Challenging properties move when uncertainty is reduced, one piece at a time. That is the real work of redevelopment and reuse in Grant County.

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One Week Left: Nominate a Business, Organization or Project for the Economic Impact Appreciation Awards

The deadline to submit nominations for GCEGC’s Economic Impact Appreciation Awards is one week away — end of day Monday, May 11. If you've been thinking about nominating someone, or putting your own organization forward, now is the time to act.

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