For the 3rd straight year, Seymour, Indiana has been ranked among the top micropolitans in the United States for economic strength, and in 2018 has been ranked in the TOP 25! Each year, POLICOM Corporation ranks all Metropolitan and Micropolitan areas for "economic strength" which is the long-term tendency for an area to grow in [...]
Jackson County REMC will use a $74 million loan from the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture to finance a project to provide high-speed broadband service to its customers. The project, announced in June 2017, involves installing fiber optics line on existing utility poles and then to the homes of its 20,000+ customers. The work has a [...]
CROTHERSVILLE, Ind. (Feb. 7, 2018) – Aisin Drivetrain (ADI), a Japan-owned manufacturer of automotive and heavy equipment parts, announced plans today to expand its operations in Jackson County, creating up to 47 new jobs by the end of 2018. "Global companies like Aisin Drivetrain continue to find success in Indiana, and they provide good jobs [...]
Manufacturer, engineering firm plan to add jobs A longtime Jackson County employer is planning a major investment in 2018 that has the potential to create nearly 250 new jobs. And a small local engineering company is expanding its injection molding business resulting in the need for two additional workers. Valeo North America and C&T Engineering [...]
On May 9th, 2017, the Jackson County REMC's Board of Directors unanimously made the progressive decision to provide high-speed broadband services over a fiber optic connection to all of its members in rural Jackson County, Indiana. The first shipment of fiber arrived on October 13, and construction began on October 30. Follow the progress on [...]
Making room for more doctors Schneck Medical Center in Seymour, Jackson County, Indiana, plans to spend $44 million in the next couple of years to provide better access to health care. The need for improving that access by adding 30 doctors and a 5-story building to house them was determined through a process that began [...]
