{"id":888292,"date":"2026-10-20T01:04:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T01:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/888292\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T01:04:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T01:04:14","slug":"braun-highlights-economic-growth-in-southern-indiana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/888292\/","title":{"rendered":"Braun highlights economic growth in southern Indiana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BLOOMINGTON, Ind.\u2014 Indiana Gov. Mike Braun pointed to new businesses, company expansions and workforce development efforts as signs of economic growth in southern Indiana during a Bloomington event Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Braun spoke to hundreds of business leaders during IBJ Media\u2019s Innovate Indiana series, which is holding nine regional events across the state this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 10-county Indiana Uplands region has added more than 50 businesses since January 2025, with $71.7 million in capital secured for entrepreneurs and small businesses, according to Braun\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several companies also have announced expansions or new jobs in the region, including Kratos Defense &amp; Security Solutions in Daviess County, Prometheus Energetics in Greene County, Simtra BioPharma Solutions in Monroe County and Wabash Valley Foods in Dubois County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Braun pointed to the region\u2019s defense industry, including Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane, and its ties to Indiana University as key parts of the area\u2019s economic development strategy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The region also secured $60 million in state READI funding for community development projects. Additional funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. will support selected blight remediation and arts and culture projects.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Indiana Secretary of Commerce Chuck Goodrich said regional partnerships are helping communities attract businesses, develop workers and build on existing industries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Braun said the goal is to attract more investment and create higher-paying jobs across the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BLOOMINGTON, Ind.\u2014 Indiana Gov. Mike Braun pointed to new businesses, company expansions and workforce development efforts as signs&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":888293,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[28,101],"class_list":["post-888292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=888292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/888293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=888292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=888292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=888292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}