Name: Representing:

Samantha Bobbitt Daviess County Commissioners

Michael Sprinkle Daviess County Council

Barry Tedrow Alfordsville Town Council

Dale Delong Cannelburg Town Council

Susan Carpenter Elnora Town Council

Mike Healy Montgomery Town Council

Carol Kryder Odon Town Council

Lee Coffman Plainville Town Council

Mayor Joe Wellman City of Washington

Ed Michael Greene County Commissioners

Joe Huntington Greene County Council

Dave Harding Bloomfield Town Council

Mayor Roy Terrell City of Jasonville

Mayor John Wilkes City of Linton

Scott Powers Lyons Town Council

Stacy Henry Newberry Town Council

Carla Porter Switz City Town Council

William Sloan Worthington Town Council

Ashton Ellerman Knox County Commissioners

Nichole Like Knox County Council

Mayor Thomas Estabrook City of Bicknell

Howard Lanam Bruceville Town Council

Pat Doades Decker Town Council

Connie Dinkins Edwardsport Town Council

Bill Sampson Monroe City Town Council

Randy Rinsch Oaktown Town Council

J. Nate Yagle Sandborn Town Council

Mayor Joe Yochum City of Vincennes

Joseph Moore Wheatland Town Council

Rodney Fish Lawrence County Commissioners

Dustin Gabhart Lawrence County Commissioners

Gene McCracken Lawrence County Commissioners

Julie Hewetson Lawrence County Council

Judy Carlisle Bedford City Council

Mayor J. D. England City of Mitchell

Bill Kendall / Glen Gross Oolitic Town Council

Kevin Boyd Martin County Commissioners

Randy Wininger Martin Country Council

Bernard Butcher Crane Town Council

Mayor Noel Harty City of Loogootee

Clint Hoffman Shoals Town Council

Jessica Potts Martin County

Executive Board:

Mike Healy — Chairman

John Wilkes — Vice Chairman

Randy Wininger — Secretary

Joe Yockum — Treasurer

Rodney Fish — County Representative

SIDC STAFF

Greg Jones

Executive Director

gejones@sidc.cc

Michelle Carrico

Program Manager

michelle@sidc.cc

Jenny Dearwester

Housing Program Manager

jenny@sidc.cc

Audrey Conlon

Project Specialist

audrey@sidc.cc

Rhonda Rumble

Program Specialist

rhonda@sidc.cc

Matt Sward

Development Specialist

matt@sidc.cc

Rex Knight

Project Coordinator

rex@sidc.cc

Janice Taylor

Administrative Specialist

janice@sidc.cc

Hannah Parsons

Administrative Assistant

hannah@sidc.cc

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SIDC & INDIANA MILITARY MUSEUM WINS INDIANA STATE

TOURISM DEVELOPMENT GRANT OF $250,000.00

NEW DIORAMA TO FEATURE MILITARY HISTORY SCENES

WITH RARE EQUIPMENT FROM WORLD WAR I TO THE

VIETNAM WAR. PARTNERS FOR THE $750,000.00 PROJECT

INCLUDE: COOK GROUP, JAY E. HAYDEN FOUNDATION, CITY

OF VINCENNES, TOYOTA, & OLD NATIONAL BANK

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

HOUSING

RURAL TRANSIT

TRANSPORTATION

ENVIRONMENTAL

BROWNFIELDS

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P.O. Box 442

Loogootee, IN 47553

812-295-3707 phone

812-295-3717 fax

I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

IMM Tourism

Award Project

2

Director’s Notes

Program

“Spotlight”

2

2

Small Urban &

Rural Planning

Program

2

OCRA Projects

Recently Funded

3

Historical

Preservation

Grant

3

Owner

Occupied

Housing

3

SIDC Board

Members &

Staff

4

NEWS LE T T E R

2 0 1 7 S U M M E R

S P E C I A L

P O I N T S O F

I N T E R E S T :

IMM Tourism

Development

Award

SIDC SET

Plan

Development

DNR Historic

Preservation

Fund Grant

Program

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2 0 1 7 S U M M E R

SIDC was successful at

pursuing its first Indiana State

Tourism Development

Grant. The grant application

was submitted on behalf of

the Indiana Military Museum in Vincennes, and

it was awarded this past March. The project

consists of the renovation of a 22,800 square

foot area in an existing building on the museum

grounds to house a new Military History Dio-

rama Center. The $750,000 project has nu-

merous funding partners, to include the Cook

Group, the Jay E. Hayden Foundation, the City

of Vincennes, the Toyota Corp., and the Old

National Bank. The State Tourism Develop-

ment Grant is funding $250,000 of the overall

project. The Indiana Military Museum will be

utilizing a number of its very rare artifacts and

vehicles in the creation of the dioramas, span-

ning from World War I through the Vietnam

War. Among the rarest vehicles will be a WWI

French built Ambulance, a WWI French built

American Renault Tank, a WWII T-34 Russian

Battle Tank, and a WWII built “Higgins” Land-

ing Craft. All displays will be life size as well as

lifelike. Work on the project has already begun

and the new diorama is expected to be opened

to the public in the summer of 2018. Cook

Group has provided the architectural services

for the project in addition to funding of up to

$300,000. The diorama design is to be assisted

by Hollywood set designer Gerry Ruben of

Siteline Productions. This is an exciting devel-

opment for the Indiana Military Museum and

to the City of Vincennes. SIDC is proud to

be a part of the effort and we congratulate Jim

Osborne and the IMM on this great achieve-

ment.

The Indiana Tourism Destination Develop-

ment Grants are awarded on a yearly basis. It

is a 50/50 match grant, typically up to a maxi-

mum of

$250,000.

Contact

SIDC to

learn addi-

tional details

on this

granting

opportunity.

pleted counts in Lawrence County for 2017.

SIDC recently received the contract to com-

plete counts in Martin County for the 2018

count cycle.

SIDC also contracted with INDOT in 2012 to

collect traffic count data on non-state owned

roads as part of the INDOT Coverage Count

Program in Daviess, Greene, Knox, Lawrence

and Martin Counties. SIDC’s current contract runs through 2019 and includes counts in

Daviess, Greene, Lawrence and Martin Coun-

ties. Traffic count data is submitted to IN-

DOT to be used for planning and other state

SIDC is contracted with the Indiana Department

of Transportation to conduct traffic counts in the

five county area as part of the Rural Transporta-

tion Traffic Count program. The goal of the pro-

gram is to allow for additional community input

on transportation needs as well as to collect in-

formation on transportation trends for a specific

area, allowing for better informed decisions for

transportation projects in that area. Each county

has counts at least every 5 years and special counts can be requested yearly. Multiple sets of

data are available for each county. SIDC collected

counts in Daviess County in 2014, Greene Coun-

ty in 2015, Knox County in 2016 and just com-

program activities. SIDC will complete

counts in Knox County on a future contract

that is anticipated to be received in 2020.

SIDC has recently started counting gravel

roads and recently completed gravel road

counts in Daviess County. If you have ques-

tions regarding the Rural Transportation

Traffic Count program or would like traffic

counts set on gravel roads, please contact Matt Sward, Development Specialist, at (812)

295-3707, Extension 30.

am reminded of this phrase because of the

willingness of all the officials, organizations

and individuals in the region willing to

“Keep the Ball Rolling” for SIDC with the

regions Stronger Economies Together

Plan. SIDC is very appreciative of all the

partners and everyone who has stepped

up to help. The SET Plan will be complet-

ed over the next year and will establish

a high quality plan that will result in a

regional blueprint for economic devel-

opment. If you would like to help push

the ball forward please feel free to con-

tact me or anyone on the SIDC staff to

help.

As I learned from visiting Grouseland over

in Vincennes Indiana, the phrase “Keep

the Ball Rolling” was coined from a 10

foot diameter tin and leather ball that was

used in the 1840 presidential campaign for

William Henry Harrison. During the cam-

paign the supporters would roll the ball

from campaign stop to campaign stop. I

“Keep the Ball

Rolling” with SET

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10% local match requirement. Must be

owned by the community.

Place Based Investment Fund – Compet-

itive funding that assists communities with

local efforts to become even greater places

to visit, live and work. This funding encour-

ages community partnerships in working

together towards a unique crowd gathering

project. Grant fund requests can be a maxi-

mum of $50,000 with a 1:1.5 local cash match.

To see past projects funded you can go to

www.in.gov/ocra, go to Place Based Investment

Fund on left side. Projects include event ven-

ues such as downtown parks, train depots,

cultural gardens, art parks and more…

Blight Clearance Program – Funding for

clearance of blighted properties such as deterio-

rated and vacant downtown buildings or old

industrial facilities. Clearance of these struc-

tures allow communities to focus on long-term

development and revitalization for these blighted

areas that are being underutilized. Grant fund

requests can be a maximum of $350,000 with a

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SIDC was able to assist Lawrence County

with a blight clearance project for cleanup of

the Old Huron School Building in the amount

of $350,000. Cleanup should take place in

the spring of 2018. The Town of Shoals was

also awarded grant funds in the amount of

$500,000 for stormwater system improve-

ments throughout the Town. Construction

should begin next spring with completion at

the end of 2018.

On September 1, 2017, SIDC submitted grant

applications for the following communities:

Daviess County for Washington Township

Fire Station (PFP), City of Vincennes for Main

Street Façade Improvements (MSRP), and the

Town of Worthington for Stormwater Sys-

tem Improvements (SIP).

Community Planning with Grant Funds

The Town of Odon recently submitted and

was awarded funds to complete a Compre-

hensive Water and Stormwater Plan. The

City of Jasonville also was awarded planning

funds for Wastewater and Stormwater Plan.

The Town of Oaktown is currently complet-

ing a Master Utility Plan and the City of

Washington on behalf of PACE is

completing a feasibility plan for a

Childcare Facility. The Town of

Bloomfield and the Town of Shoals

are nearing completion on Com-prehensive Plans.

Next funding rounds will be next

year so any community with pro-

jects need to be getting ready now!

Planning grants can be submitted at

the end of every month, so please

contact the SIDC office with any

questions or future projects.

Please contact Michelle Carrico,

Program Manager (ext. 29), Rex

Knight, Project Coordinator (ext.

25), Rhonda Rumble, Program Specialist (ext.

26) or Matt Sward, Development Specialist (ext.

30) at (812) 295-3707 if you are interested in

learning more about the funding programs.

DNR Historic Preservation Fund

Grant Program

SIDC assisted the City of Vincennes with

applying and receiving funding for a windows

rehabilitation and masonry tuck-pointing

project that is now complete on the Police

Station Building and the City has applied for

funding to have a conditions assessment and

plans and specifications completed for fu-

ture rehabilitation on the former Old U.S.

Post Office Building that currently houses the

Vincennes Police Department in the Vincennes

Historic District. Grant requests for these funds

can be a maximum of $50,000 with a 50% local

match requirement. Projects are funded in part

by a grant from the U.S. Department of Interior,

National Park Service’s Historic Preservation

Fund Administered by the Indiana Department of

Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preserva-

tion and Archaeology. For information on this

program, please call the SIDC office.

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The OOR program provides homeowners

with a more safe, energy efficient, accessi-

ble, and livable home.

SIDC is currently administering OOR pro-

jects for the following communities:

Town of Elnora – anticipate assisting 5

housing units

Town of Sandborn – anticipate assist-

ing 11 housing units

Town of Wheatland – assisting 8 hous-

ing units

Town of Worthington – assisting 12

housing units

Martin County – assisting 14 housing

units

Any community interested in the Indiana Hous-

ing & Community Development Authority OOR

program or any other housing related project

should contact Housing Program Manager Jenny

Dearwester or Project Specialist Audrey Con-

lon at 812-295-3707.

SIDC submitted Owner Occupied Rehabilita-

tion (OOR) grant applications to the Indiana

Housing and Community Development Au-

thority on July 17, 2017 on behalf of five com-

munities:

Town of Bloomfield - $275,000 to assist

approximately 11 housing units

City of Petersburg - $350,000 to assist

approximately 14 housing units

City of Vincennes - $350,000 to assist

approximately 14 housing units

City of Washington - $350,000 to assist

approximately 14 housing units

Lawrence County - $350,000 to assist

approximately 14 housing units