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02/03/12	Feb. 1, Gov. Mitch Daniels signed HB 1001 into law making Indiana the 23rd Right-to-Work state. Ice Miller LLP provides FAQs designed to help answer some questions around the new law.
12/21/11	Honda North America Plans Production Increase Today's Wall Street Journal reports that Honda expects to make up to a 40 percent increase in North American production capacity. The President of Honda North America said that the company plans to build a new plant in Mexico as well as expand all seven of its existing North American assembly plants, five of which are in the ACP region. This includes doubling the capacity of the Greensburg, Indiana, plant from 100,000 per year to 200,000 and increasing the workforce by 1,000.
12/8/11	Repurposing Former Automotive Manufacturing Sites Prepared by CAR (Center for Automotive Research)
10/21/11	11-County Economic Gardening Program Success for Hendricks County Company Economic Gardening Press Release
09/23/11	Indiana among top 5 states for doing business
09/22/11	Groups Claim National Economic Development Honors
09/06/11	The Benefits of Re-Shoring Manufacturing The Case Against Shifting Production To China; Hidden Costs And Growing Risks Make U.S. Attractive For Manufacturing
08/31/11	Does America Need Manufacturing ? A recent New York Times article answers the above question with a resounding YES. Please click the link to read the full article. Does America Need Manufacturing - Article by Jon Gertner, published in The New York Times, August 24, 2011.
08/30/11	THE PACKAGE THEY CAN’T WAIT TO OPEN Tips, Tricks and Ideas for Building Great Response Packages Team LEDO Workshop Presentations Atlas Advertising – Ben Wright (pdf) Deloitte Consulting - Brad Lindquist (pdf) Ginovus – Leslie Wagoner (pdf)
08/15/11	Inside Indiana Business Hoosier Small Towns Among 'Best Places'
07/25/11	Indianapolis Business Journal Forefront Ad Featuring Economic Development IBJ Advertorial July 25, 2011 (pdf)
06/23/11	IEDC News release State Reports Strong Mid-Year Economic Development Results International Economic Development Council News Release NPR Acknowledges It Misfired on Local Economic Developers (pdf)
10/22/10	October 22 LEDO workshop presentations Governance as Leadership (pdf)
08/31/09	August 20 Smart Grid Workshop Presentations Duke Energy Smart Grid Initiatives - David Mohler, Duke Energy VP & Chief Technology Officer (pdf) Energy Systems Network (ESN) Paul Mitchell - CEO Energy Systems Network (pdf) (pdf) Michael Brylawski, VP Corp. Strategy Bright Automovive, Inc. (pdf) Jeb Conrad, President Greater Kokomo Economic Development Alliance (pdf)