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Name: Representing:
Samantha Bobbitt Daviess County Commissioners
Michael Sprinkle Daviess County Council
Charles Robbins Alfordsville Town Council
Mary Ann Brown Town of Alfordsville
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
Robert Uland 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
Terressa Sparks 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
Bobby Joe Lindsey City of Mitchell
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
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
Michelle Carrico
Program Manager
Jenny Dearwester
Housing Program Manager
Audrey Conlon
Project Specialist
Rhonda Rumble
Program Specialist
Matt Sward
Development Specialist
Rex Knight
Project Coordinator
Janice Taylor
Administrative Specialist
Hannah Parsons
Administrative Assistant
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SIDC & THE CITY OF VINCENNES WINS $50,000 HISTORICAL
PRESERVATION GRANT
THE GREGG PARK SHELTERHOUSE, FIRST CONSTRUCTED IN
1938 BY THE WPA, WILL NOW GET A NEW FACELIFT. A GRANT
FOR THIS WORK WAS AWARDED THROUGH THE DNR HISTORI-
CAL PRESERVATION PROGRAM. BIDDING WILL BEGIN THIS
FALL AND WORK WILL BE COMPLETED BY JUNE OF 2019.
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 :
DNR Historical
Preservation
2
Director’s Notes
Program
“Spotlight”
2
2
Small Urban &
Rural Planning
Program
2
OCRA Projects
Recently Funded
3
New Website on
its way
3
Owner
Occupied
Housing
3
SIDC Board
Members &
Staff
4
NEWS LE T T E R
2 0 1 8 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 :
DNR Grants
Fund the
Preservation
of Historic
Structures
SIDC Region
is Proving
Regionalism
Works
QuIP Grants
Inspire Peo-
ple Driven,
Unique Ideas
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2 0 1 8 S U M M E R
SIDC assisted the City of Vincennes with
applying and receiving $50,000 of grant
funding in 2018 for rehabilitation to the
Shelterhouse at Gregg Park. The City has
received past funding for the Vincennes
Police Station that was the Old U.S. Post
office Building. 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 Ser-
vice’s Historic Preservation Fund Adminis-
tered by the Indiana Department of Natural
Resources, Division of Historic Preserva-
tion and Archaeology. For information on
this program, please call the SIDC office.
County is 2017 and just completed counts in
Martin County for 2018. SIDC recently re-
ceived the contract to complete counts in
Daviess County for the 2019 count cycle.
SIDC also contracted with INDOT in 2012
to collect traffic count data on non-state
owned roads as part of the INDOT Cover-
age Count Program in Daviess, Greene,
Knox, Lawrence and Martin Counties. SIDC’s current contract runs through 2019 and
includes counts in Daviess, Greene, Law-
rence and Martin Counties. Traffic count
data is submitted to INDOT to be used for
planning and other state program activities.
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, Lawrence
SIDC will complete counts in Knox County on
a future contract that is anticipated to be re-
ceived in 2020.
INDOT offers grant funding for road improve-
ments as part of their Community Crossings
Grant Program. Counties, Cities and Towns
are eligible to receive up to $1,000,000 in
grant funding through this program. Applica-
tions are due September 28, 2018. INDOT will go to two grant rounds starting in 2019
with a spring and fall round. If you have ques-
tions regarding traffic counts or Community
Crossings, please contact Matt Sward, Devel-
opment Specialist, at (812) 295-3707,
that Economic Development is a zero sum
game and look for ways to work together or
with SIDC. I have been in numerous meet-
ings where LEDO’s have praised the attrib-
utes of the other counties in the region in
order to sell prospects on growing or com-
ing to the region. The LEDO’s have trust in
the region, so much so that they were willing
to spend a considerable amount of time
helping SIDC establish regional goals and
strategies through the Stronger Economies
Together process as well regionalism was
put into practice by Martin County Alliance
demanding that a broadband study of the
region should benefit all the Counties in the
region not just Martin County. That Broad-
band study has been seen by a number of
State officials and I believe has helped drive
home the needs for
Broadband investment in the State. The im-
pact of the study would not be as great if it
only pertained to Martin County. I have seen
the LEDO’s work with additional regional
partners such as Radius and the ROI to help
conceptualize efforts to raise up the region
as a whole such as with the SWITCH
(Southwest Indiana Technology Collabora-
tion Hub), White River Military Coordina-
tion Alliance, OCRA Workforce Training,
EPA Brownfield Assessment, and the Strate-
gic Planning at Westgate. Over my tenure at
SIDC I have seen the concept of regionalism
expand from a couple of communities work-
ing together to now a band of Counties
working together. Thank you!
Over the past year I keep coming back to the
same thankful thought about the SIDC region.
The thought is one that can be shared in a few
select areas of the state but certainly not all.
The thought I keep having is this, “I am thankful
our region wants to work together.” This
sounds simple but you would be amazed at how
rare this notion actually is. Regionalism is not a new concept but it is hard to buy into because
ultimately you have to do the hard work of
building trust and you have to think outside of
“mine” and “yours” and think about what is best
for the “we”. Ernest Hemingway said, “The best
way to learn if you can trust somebody is to
trust them.” “Trust” and the concept of “we” is
steadily growing in the region.
Much of the thanks should be placed on the
Local Economic Development Organizations
because they have transcended the myopic view
The concept of
“we” is steadily
growing
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schools. Eligible projects include but are not
limited to: art alleyways, creative projects
showcasing community identity, enhance-
ment of existing or underutilized public as-
sets into new or usable space, interactive life-
sized games or game sheds, pop-up public
gathering spots, transformation of vacant
store fronts, unique signage, etc. Grant
amount requests must be between $2,500 and
$5,000 and require a 50% match in either
cash, in-kind, or combination of both. For
more information on these uniquely creative
community grants, call the office at SIDC at
812-295-3707, or visit the OCRA website at
www.in.gov/ocra/quipgrant.htm.
Quick Impact Placebased (QuIP) Grants –
are uniquely designed to fund space enhance-
ment and community transformation with a
spark of creativity. OCRA believes that com-
munity is driven by “people, places and spaces.”
Put on your thinking cap and be out-of-the-box.
QuIP Grants are open to community groups,
organizations, local units of government or
2 0 1 8 S U M M E R
In the last year, SIDC was able to assist seven
(7) communities with funding from the Office
of Community and Rural Affairs. Those com-
munities include: Daviess County for Wash-
ington Township Fire Station (PFP) in the
amount of $500,000, City of Vincennes for
Main Street Façade Improvements (MSRP) in
the amount of $500,000, Town of Worthing-
ton for Stormwater System Improvements
(SIP) in the amount of $500,000, Town of Decker for Water System Improvements
(WWD) in the amount of $550,000, City of
Linton for Stormwater Improvements (SIP) in
the amount of $500,000, Town of Montgom-
ery for Wastewater System Improvements
(WWD) in the amount of $700,000 and the
City of Washington on behalf of PACE for
construction of Child Development Center
(PFP) in the amount of $500,000.
It is anticipated that there will be two rounds
of funding next year. Anyone wanting to
submit an application needs to be preparing
for those requirements and contacting SIDC
soon to begin the process if not already start-
ed.
Community Planning with Grant Funds
Several communities recently completed in-
frastructure planning grants to include the
Town of Odon Comprehensive Water and
Stormwater Plan, City of Jasonville Wastewater and Stormwater Plan, Town of
Oaktown Master Utility Plan, City of Wash-
ington on behalf of PACE Childcare Facility
Feasibility Plan, Town of Bloomfield Compre-
hensive Plan, and the Town of Shoals Com-
prehensive Plan.
Any community with projects 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 ques-
tions or future projects.
Please contact Michelle Carrico, Program Man-
ager (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.
Be watching for the new and im-
proved SIDC website! The SIDC staff
has been steadily working throughout
the year on updating and improving the
SIDC website. The old site is outdated
and no longer a useful tool to our re-
gion. It was determined that develop-
ment of a new site, one that is more
user friendly and of more assistance, is
greatly needed . An outside website
developer has been employed to build
the new site. New links will be incorporated
within the site that will better direct visitors to
more useful information. SIDC is excited about
the new site and is looking forward to its immi-
nent launch. Keep watch!
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veterans and a target population and also
homeowners are no longer required to
have liens on their property for the rehabili-
tation work that is completed on their
home.
SIDC is currently administering OOR pro-
jects for the following communities:
Town of Elnora – anticipate assisting 4
housing units
Town of Sandborn – anticipate assisting
7 housing units
Town of Worthington – assisting 12
housing units
SIDC is currently working with six commu-
nities in preparing 2018 Owner Occupied
Rehabilitation applications to the Indiana
Housing and Community Development
Authority. Grant applications are due on
December 17, 2018 with award announcements
anticipated to be in January 2019.
Any community interested in the 2019 Indiana
Housing & Community Development Authority
OOR program or any other housing related
project should contact Housing Program Manag-
er Jenny Dearwester or Project Specialist
Audrey Conlon at 812-295-3707.
The following communities received grant
awards from the Indiana Housing and Commu-
nity Development Authority in late December
2017 for the purpose of owner occupied hous-
ing rehabilitation within their respective corpo-
rate limits:
Town of Bloomfield - $275,000 to assist
approximately 11 housing units
City of Petersburg - $178,004 to assist
approximately 7 housing units City of Washington - $178,004 to assist
approximately 7 housing units
Lawrence County - $350,000 to assist
approximately 14 housing units
The OOR program provides homeowners with
a more safe, energy efficient, accessible, and
livable home. Some new features of the owner
occupied rehabilitation program include adding