Central Indiana Gets WIRED Grant

The workforce development group Miami and Wabash counties are a part of was recently awarded a $15 million federal grant to foster entrepreneurship and increase innovation and job growth in North Central Indiana.

The region is one of only 13 across the nation that will receive the funds, said Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels at a meeting to announce the news at Ivy Tech Community College in Kokomo Tuesday. The grant is a part of the WIRED initiative, or Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development, and will be paid over three years.

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