Regional Opportunity Initiatives (ROI) is launching a regional grant fellowship cohort to support and develop a network of grant writers in the Indiana Uplands.
ROI Launching Grant Fellowship Program
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Using Residential Tax Increment Financing Districts to Create Housing in YOUR Community
Webinar recording coming soon from the next session in the Indiana Uplands Housing Series!
Applications Open for Inaugural Career Coaching Fellowship
The inaugural cohort will participate in a 10-month fellowship focused on the development of authentic career connections and articulated pathways that lead to high opportunity and high wage jobs.
STEM Fellows Nominations Open
Nominations for the 2021-2022 STEM Fellowship cohort close Friday, April 9th.
Indiana Uplands Housing Series: Creating a Livable Community – What’s in Your Toolbox?
Join us March 24 for the next session in the Indiana Uplands Housing Series!
Ready to launch: The Launching Center is eager to welcome teens & prepare them for STEM careers
The Launching Center is ready to Launch, and the Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence County is eager to welcome teens into a reimagined space that will provide transformative learning opportunities.
Unlikely Developer Becomes Catalyst for Downtown Spencer Revitalization
What started as one man's way of generating retirement income is bringing a small downtown back to life.
Orleans Digital Fabrication Lab: Reimagining Learning Through Making
The Dawgs Den is a digital fabrication lab at Orleans High School, one of three installed across the Collaboration of Shoals, Mitchell, & Orleans Schools (COSMOS) in 2020.
A new nationally recognized model is bringing creative financing to the Indiana Uplands
In 2019, ROI awarded a Ready Communities grant to CDFI Friendly Bloomington. In its first year, it has generated valuable partnerships with CDFIs and a pipeline of potential projects in the Indiana Uplands region.
ROI Housing Series: Multi-Family and Single Family Residential Pro Forma Workshops
We’ve added two new sessions to the Indiana Uplands Housing Series!
ROI Housing Series: Local Development Public Finance Model Workshop
Helping developers and public officials smartly evaluate proposed developments and the impact they may on communities and the tax base.
ROI launches initiative to advance regional broadband connectivity and digital inclusiveness
ROI’s Digital Inclusion Initiative will accelerate efforts to achieve the digital capital, necessary for regional prosperity & economic competitiveness.
Six quality of place projects awarded ROI Ready Communities implementation grants totaling over $1 million
ROI has awarded 6x quality of place grants in five Indiana Uplands counties in the latest round of Ready Communities Implementation Grants.
ROI Housing Series: Session 6 Housing Quality
In this session, you will learn how Indiana communities are removing blighted and dilapidated properties to improve the quality of their housing stock.
ROI Housing Series: Session 5 Financing for Housing Development
In ROI's next session, we will explore what lenders look for in housing development finance packages and how developers can find appropriate financing.