Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch and the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs have announced the launch of the Stellar Pathways program. Stellar Pathways is based around the Stellar Communities program, which was paused in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch and the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority (IHCDA) launched a crowdfunding campaign to transform and update Oregon-Davis School Corporation’s elementary playgrounds.
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Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch and the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority (IHCDA) launched a crowdfunding campaign to help gather funds for the Town of Winamac’s Memorial Swinging Bridge lighting project.
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Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch and the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority (IHCDA) are partnering with the Indiana Bar Foundation, Inc. to provide legal services for Hoosiers facing eviction.
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Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch was in Pulaski County Wednesday afternoon to help community leaders celebrate the county’s designation as a Broadband Ready Community.
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Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch will meet with state and local officials in Pulaski County on Wednesday, May 25 to celebrate the county’s Broadband Ready designations. The event will recognize the contributors, local Broadband Task Force and Council, and internet providers investing in the county to bring broadband to residents of Pulaski County through the Community Foundation’s Aspirations in Action initiative.
Continue readingGovernor Eric Holcomb announced Monday that $189 million has been awarded through the third round in the Next Level Connections Broadband Grant Program for 154 broadband infrastructure expansion projects across the state.
Continue readingLt. Governor Suzanne Crouch will be visiting the North Judson-Wayne Township Public Library Saturday, April 9 to recognize two big events.
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Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch and officials from the Indiana Broadband office announced Wednesday that Pulaski County is now designated as an official Broadband Ready Community.
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Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch and the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs encourage all eligible homeowners and business owners to apply for the Indiana Connectivity Program. The project aims to serve residents and businesses that lack internet service. It connects potential customers with internet service providers and assists in the expense of extending broadband to those areas.
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Local residents and businesses will benefit from federal grant funding through the Office of Community and Rural Affairs’ COVID-19 Response Grant Program.
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Garwood Orchards in La Porte was recently awarded the AgriVision Award which is the highest agricultural honor in the State of Indiana.
Continue readingThirteen rural communities in Indiana were selected to receive federal grant funding through the COVID-19 Response Program as announced by Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch and the Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA) on Wednesday afternoon.
The program launched on April 1 where 108 letters of need were submitted requesting $23 million in funds. In this particular distribution of funding, $1.96 million was disbursed to expand or alter existing medical facilities to help in the increase patient load due to COVID-19, provided fixed or mobile testing, expand food pantry services to low-to-moderate populations, and provide grants or loans to small businesses to help retain low-to-moderate jobs.
Locally, the City of Knox was awarded $250,000 to provide working capital to local businesses for job retention, and the Town of Lacrosse was awarded $10,000 to install four WiFi hot spots for residents to access the internet to complete eLearning activities, file unemployment claims, and submit job applications.
More projects will be announced as they continue to be evaluated and reviewed by OCRA.
Five Indiana Main Street organizations were recently announced as finalists for the state’s INspire Idea competition. Two of those organizations are local!
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The time for Culver’s local Stellarbration event has been amended to accommodate a change in Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch’s schedule.
Culver was named the Division II Stellar Community by Lt. Governor Crouch on Wednesday, Oct. 18. The state Stellarbration was held the following week while the Town of Culver scheduled the local event for Nov. 8. The start time for the event has been moved to 4:30 p.m. ET. Continue reading
The state recognition of the Stellar Communities Designation Program designees is set for today from 10 a.m. to noon ET in Indianapolis. Officials from the Town of Culver and the City of Madison will attend today’s festivities as a Stellarbration of becoming stellar communities.
Culver’s local Stellarbration will be held Wednesday, Nov. 8 at the Culver Beach Lodge. Town Manager Jonathan Leist told the Culver Town Council Tuesday night that Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch will attend the local event that begins at 3 p.m. with an open house from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. ET. The public is invited to attend.
Culver Town officials and those who are a part of the Stellar Committee will be joining Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch for a Stellarbration on Wednesday, Oct. 25 from 10 a.m. to noon ET at the Indiana Statehouse North Atrium in Indianapolis.
The Town of Culver and the City of Madison were officially named Stellar Communities in the Stellar Communities Designation Program in their respective divisions on Wednesday, Oct. 18.
Two years of hard work has paid off for the Town of Culver. Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch called the Culver Town Hall on Wednesday afternoon and told a crowd of anxious Stellar supporters that the town is officially designated as a stellar community through the Stellar Community Designation Program.
Town Manager Jonathan Leist says the work now starts on several projects listed within the application.
Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch and the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs recently announced $15 million in Community Development Block Grants.
Thirty-one rural communities received funds in an effort to ensure health and safety, and to improve the quality of life of citizens.
Starke County was the recipient of a $500,000 Public Facilities Program Grant. The county will use the grant funds to replace the elevator at the Starke County Courthouse. The project will help the county meet requirements put forth by the Americans with Disabilities Act. The new elevator will assist all residents in utilizing the offices on all levels of the courthouse. Continue reading
