INDIANAPOLIS – Today, Indiana’s Commerce Office awarded $925,107 in grant awards to accelerate entrepreneurial activity and resources statewide through its Community Collaboration Fund (CCF), including the Marshall County Economic Development Corporation in cooperation with Heartland Art Center.
The awards will help fuel 28 community-led projects focused on entrepreneurial education, connection, and acceleration across Indiana.
Locally, it will kick off the Marshall County Arts Entrepreneurship Program. MCEDC will kick off a program for local artists who wish to establish their own businesses and generate revenue from their work. Through collaboration with Heartland Art Center and the Indiana Small Business Development Center, this group-based initiative will include workshops, peer groups, and an exhibition to showcase the work of program participants.
CCF provides matching grants to support new community collaborations, services, and programming that will serve Indiana’s entrepreneurial ecosystem with a focus on education, connection, and acceleration.
After receiving a large number of applications, the state’s Commerce Office selected 28 projects for matching grants based on their potential to fill critical gaps across the entrepreneurial ecosystem, support underserved markets, and collaborate across boundaries.
