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Welcome to LaGrange County
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LaGrange County is great a place to... You fill in the blank! Advanced Manufacturing, Transportation & Logistics, Agriculture and Food Processing, Alternative Energy - these are just some of the industries currently existing and thriving right here in our county. The LCEDC has five goals that we work towards for our community: 1) Business Attraction, 2) Business Retention and Expansion, 3) Improving Quality of Life, 4) Expanding Entrepreneurialism and 5) Enhancing the Local Tax Base. Business Attraction is a goal of every economic developer, but at the LCEDC we have been working towards building our product so that the decision to choose our community to locate your business comes easy. When a business chooses to set its roots in LaGrange County we feel responsible to make sure that this business has a good reason to stay and grow. We strive to make our existing businesses feel like they are always customers as we understand that LaGrange County must continue to make our community business friendly. With our focus on Quality of Life we ensure that LaGrange County is not only a good place for businesses, but also a place that residents are proud to call home and that visitors are happy to return to. We hope to encourage and expand Entrepreneurialism by cultivating home grown leadership and providing the tools that entrepreneurs need.
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LaGrange County EDC Purchases Fawn River Crossing Business Park
The LaGrange County Economic Development Corporation (LCEDC) is expanding by 64.4 developable acres with the purchase of the Fawn River Crossing Business Park at the southwest corner of the intersection of the I-80/90 Interstate Highway and IN State Road 9. With this purchase, the LCEDC is, "confident that having these sites ready to go, coupled with our aggressive business recruitment strategy and attractive incentive packages will better position us for economic growth well into the future," says Keith Gillenwater, Executive Director. The land is shovel ready, giving the LCEDC the ability to offer it to businesses for development. Businesses currently at the industrial park include, DRV Luxury Suites, Lennard Ag Company, the Holiday Inn Express and the Howe Travel Plaza. Full Story
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High Quality of Life
LaGrange County pulls over 2 million tourists annually and the Town of Shipshewana is annually one of the top 5 most visited tourist attractions in Indiana. Boasting 67 natural lakes and an 11,605 acre Fish and Wildlife Area, the county is a regional hot spot for recreational and leisurely living. The County is also home to the 2nd largest Amish settlement in the U.S. and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has ranked it the 5th healthiest county in Indiana. Find out more on LaGrange's Quality of Life as well as information on our parks and other leisurely activities here.
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Growing Businesses in Our Community
So far this year, the LCEDC has visited a number of businesses in an effort to find out what they need
and help them fulfill those needs. This is part of our ongoing efforts to make sure our existing business
base feels at home and knows that our community values their contributions to our local economy. If you would like to schedule a visit with either Keith or Lora, please call us at (260) 499-4994 or email Lora Tormanen, Project Manager for the LCEDC at ltormanen@lagrangecountyedc.com.
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CR 750 N and St Rd 9 Intersection
A few weeks ago, the LCEDC sent a request to INDOT to look at and repair the intersection of CR 750 N and IN-9, specifically the damage that has been done to the southbound lane running west onto CR 750 N and into the Fawn River Crossing/Howe 121 park. The LCEDC has now received word that the state has agreed to fix the intersection with a deep patch asphalt fix to the turn lane. The engineering of the project is still pending but the project is set to finish by late fall. The LCEDC would like to thank David Fought at DRV and Kyle Lennard at Lennard Ag for recognizing the issue so that measures of repair could be taken.
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Cruiser RV expands adding 200 jobs in LaGrange!
Local EDC's are strong, willing and ready
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LaGrange County  Courthouse Our Mission Statement ______________ To improve the quality of life for the citizens of LaGrange County, Indiana through the enhancement of employment opportunities resulting from the responsible growth and retention of business and industry. ______________
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