What Central Indiana Can Learn From Regional Innovators
Written by Jennifer Bartenbach, CEO of Central Indiana Community Foundation
In 2023, the Indy metro area not only led our state in its rate of population growth, it also led regional peer metros like Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit, and Louisville.??
That year, we also discovered that the Indy metro area had also outpaced every other Midwest metro in GDP growth from 2019 to 2022—some of the toughest years in our history.??
That growth promises great benefits for our region, but only insofar as the benefits accrue to every Central Indiana county, town, neighborhood, and doorstep.?
Today, that is too seldom the case in areas like northeast Boone and northwest Hamilton counties, where half of all households in the 46069 zip code falls below the ALICE threshold (Asset-Limited, Income Constrained, and Employed); or in Hancock County, where a shortage of licensed childcare is only able to serve 46% of children; or in Shelbyville, where a growing senior population contends with limited food access; or the far east and far west sides of Indianapolis, where renters face some of the highest eviction rates in America.??
Central Indiana Community Foundation is committed to a broad Central Indiana region where growth is good news for every household.??
Managing Director Tobias Leadership Center
1 天前This is a great article and I can't wait to hear more.