SEI READI submits proposal for 2024 state grant

Part of state READI grant

(BROOKVILLE, Ind.) – SEI READI has submitted the Southeast Indiana region’s proposal for a second round of funding from the state’s Regional Economic Acceleration and Development Initiative (READI). 

SEI READI received $15 million in the first round of READI in 2021. Through 2023, those funds were invested in 19 economic and community development projects to enhance economies and attract new talent and investment across Dearborn, Franklin, Ripley, Ohio, Switzerland, and Union counties. 

“Southeast Indiana demonstrated well its ability to make meaningful impacts with the IEDC’s READI 1.0 investment. READI 2.0 not only encourages us to continue thinking boldly about what our region can be, but this program allows us a real opportunity to make those things happen,” said Bill Schirmer, president of the non-profit SEI READI, Inc. Board of Directors.

This new proposal focuses on five areas: Housing and Neighborhoods, Culture, Tourism, Recreation, and Lifestyle, Infrastructure, Business Retention, Growth, and Attraction, and Child Care. 

Organizers expect funding allocations to be announced in April.