The Community Foundation of Pulaski County (CFPC) and the Community Foundation of White County have collaborated with Transform Consulting Group to help identify childcare needs in the county.
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The Community Foundation of Pulaski County (CFPC) is asking residents to participate in an online survey. The survey asks Pulaski County residents to share housing dreams with the Foundation.
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Residents, business owners and organization representatives in Starke County are encouraged to take a survey to help determine the need for local nice, clean affordable accommodations.
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The City of Knox is asking the public to participate in the Knox Master Utility Planning Survey.
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The Starke County Park Board members opened a public input session Tuesday night for people to give feedback on what they would like to see in the five-year Master Parks Plan when it comes to park systems in the county and at Bass Lake.
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Starke County is giving the public a chance to weigh in on its park system. A six-question survey is available online. It asks about visitors’ usage of the county parks, such as the Bass Lake Beach and Campground and the Starke County Forest, and what activities they enjoy.
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Efforts to demolish the former Knox Moose Lodge could have a role to play in the development of a new farmers market. Mayor Dennis Estok told the city council Tuesday that plans are in the works to set up a market on Main Street in front of the old Moose. “Kailey Hart will be the manager of that market,” Estok explained. “She will be a subcommittee from the Knox Main Street group.”
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Knox residents have a chance to weigh in on the demolition of the former Moose Lodge at 115 North Main Street. The city is seeking almost $138,000 in Blight Clearance funding through the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs.
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A broadband internet company is exploring the possibility of bringing fiber optic service to Knox. The city council recently agreed to let Surf Broadband Solutions take a survey to see how many residents would be interested and what they’d be able to pay.
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Koontz Lake residents have a chance to help shape the community’s future development. Ball State University’s Department of Urban Planning is working with the Koontz Lake Association to develop a comprehensive plan. As part of the process, they’re asking residents to fill out an online survey. It includes several questions about what residents like about Koontz Lake and what they’d like to see in the future.
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Pulaski County residents have the chance to help make the case for more COVID-19 relief for local businesses. The county is applying for $250,000 through the state’s COVID-19 Response Program to provide small business grants.
Continue readingThe City of Knox is trying to get more COVID-19 relief for its small businesses, but first, it needs residents to weigh in. The city is applying for $200,000 through the state’s COVID-19 Response Program.
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Starke County officials are looking to apply for the maximum award of $250,000 in an Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs grant and they need residents of the county to help the county secure that grant.
In order to obtain more points in the application in this competitive process, Starke County government leaders are asking residents to complete a simple survey of five questions asking for support for the grant.
A link to the survey can be found below.
If awarded, $100,000 of the grant funds will be used for $100 food boxes made available to those impacted with COVID-19 for pick-up, or sponsor more food distribution days with the Northern Indiana Food Bank.
The remaining $150,000 would be available to small businesses in the unincorporated areas of the county, if awarded.
The Starke County Commissioners previously stated that since officials in the City of Knox and the Town of North Judson will be submitting independent applications, the county would assist those small business owners who qualify in Koontz Lake, Bass Lake, San Pierre and the Town of Hamlet.
The $25,000 match may come from the Northern Indiana Community Foundation or funds out of the county’s County Economic Development Income Tax fund.
The Kankakee-Iroquois Regional Planning Commission wants your input. KIRPC is asking residents what strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats they see in their county.
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Constellation of Starke is making a second attempt at gathering volunteers to help with its regional development and community improvement efforts. The group is asking residents to fill out an online survey to gauge their interest in serving on one of its subcommittees.
Continue readingConstellation of Starke is reporting positive feedback on its Regional Improvement Project. In an online community outreach event Thursday, Executive Committee Member Marty Lucas explained that the region got $333,000 for being a finalist in last year’s Stellar Communities Designation Program.
Continue readingStarke County residents have a chance to weigh in on Constellation of Starke’s plan for its $333,000. About 60 percent of those who responded to a previous survey were in favor of sticking with physical projects, rather than redirecting it to COVID-19 response efforts, according to the region’s executive committee.
Continue readingConstellation of Starke is asking residents if it should redirect its $333,000 to COVID-19 response efforts.
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Knox residents like the historic architecture, small-town feeling, and unique shops of the city’s downtown, but the number of vacant buildings and their overall disrepair remain concerns. That’s according to a recent survey by Ball State’s Department of Urban Planning.
Continue readingPulaski County residents have a chance to weigh in on their communities. The Wabash Heartland Innovation Network is currently conducting the second round of a placemaking survey of its 10-county region.
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