Perry County has been selected as one out of five communities to participate in the Indiana HomeTown Competitiveness program! The Chamber of Commerce completed the successful application earlier this year and held a panel review of community leaders for the IHTC resource team to make this happen.
This program has the potential to lead Perry County to be more successful globally by working on committees or "pillars" for entrepreneurship, leadership, youth, community wealth and rural families. This program has proven in communities like Ferdinand, that if you are successful in these areas, the community is successful.
The Chamber stated in the application that Perry County is ready to "burst at the seams with potential" and "we have residents that are eager to both see our community succeed and to assist with that success". This program will give Perry County the structure to maximize on our potential and to support us to be successful in this new global society.
While no monetary gain comes with this successful application, Perry County gains $170,000 in services from the Indiana Resource Team which consists of Ball State University's "Building Better Communities", Indiana Grantmakers Alliance, Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs, Indiana Rural Development Council, Purdue University's Center for Regional Development/Extension Service, USDA-Rural Development, University of Southern Indiana Extended Services and Indiana Association of Community Economic Development.
If you are interested in assisting with this program, contact Cheri at the Chamber office at 547-2385 or perrychamber@psci.net.
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