News for Economic
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
This year, Michael Belcher, VP Senior Commercial Lender, represented First Farmers as one of the featured cooks — raising funds for CASA of Grant County and earning top recognition for his dish. He was joined and supported by team members from the Marion and Converse branches.
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Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Carey Services opens sponsorship opportunities for our 2026 Denim & Diamonds event which will be held Saturday night, February 28th. Every sponsorship helps support programming, impact, and our ongoing mission, “Turning abilities into opportunities.” Your support will help to Unlock Possibilities!
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Wednesday, December 10, 2025
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Wednesday, December 10, 2025
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Wednesday, December 03, 2025
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Wednesday, December 03, 2025
Even with concerns about the economy being on every newscaster’s lead story, the holidays haven’t been cancelled. Your customers are still planning to celebrate. The question is not “Will they spend?” It is “Where, how, and with whom?”
Here is the good news: national forecasts say 2025 holiday retail sales are expected to top 1 trillion dollars for the first time, with overall growth around ...read more
Categories: Chamber, Economic
Friday, November 21, 2025
We’re fast approaching the time of year where it can feel like you’re running a marathon on a tightrope. Customers need attention. Promotions are queued up to be launched (or designed). Your inventory is giving you nightmares and you have huge goals for the end of the year.
And you’re supposed to stay cheerful, strategic, and somehow well-rested through it all.
But the problem isn’t your big ...read more
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Wednesday, November 19, 2025
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Wednesday, November 19, 2025
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Small business development office offers opportunity for student entrepreneurs
KOKOMO, Ind. — Indiana University Kokomo celebrated a partnership that brings entrepreneurial resources to its students with a ribbon cutting for new offices for the Hoosier Heartland Indiana Small Business Development Center (HHISBDC).
Chancellor Mark Canada, along with Tim ...read more
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Wednesday, November 19, 2025
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Wednesday, November 19, 2025
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Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Our meals will be on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day from Noon-2pm again. (We also serve three meals a day, 365 days a year.) Warming Center - On the warming shelter, if it is below 32 degrees, we allow people to warm themselves in the kitchen from the opening of breakfast (6:30am) through the close of dinner (5:30pm). Cold Weather Emergency Shelter - If it is below 0 degrees, we allow people ...read more
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Wednesday, November 19, 2025
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Kelley School of Business experts present annual economic forecast
KOKOMO, Ind. — Indiana University experts forecast growth in the national economy for 2026, but warn that slowing business investment and tariff policies could weaken that growth.
Panelists presented the annual Futurecast 2026 economic outlook Tuesday at Indiana University Kokomo. Kyle ...read more
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Monday, November 10, 2025
Press Release
Together We Can Feed Grant County
$100,000 in Proactive Grants Awarded to Local Food Programs
Grant County, IN — The Community Foundation of Grant County awarded $100,000 in proactive grants—$25,000 each—to four local organizations on the frontlines of fighting hunger in our community:
· St. Martin Community Center
· Grant County Rescue Mission
· The Salvation Army of ...read more
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Monday, November 10, 2025
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Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2025
Child Care Shortages Cost Grant County Employers $17.4M a Year
New plan outlines solutions to fill 1,696 child care seats, stabilize Grant County’s workforce, economy
MARION, Ind. (Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2025)—A new countywide analysis reveals that Grant County employers are losing an estimated $17.4 million every year due to child ...read more
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Monday, November 10, 2025
Getting Your Business Holiday Ready in 5 Simple Steps
It’s officially that time of year where you have to keep looking at the calendar because it’s so hard to believe how quickly time is going or as we like to say—it’s Blurvember.
The holidays have a way of sneaking up on even the most prepared businesses. One minute you’re stocking fall candles and the next you’re wondering where the extra ...read more
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Monday, April 29, 2024
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