As part of an overarching strategy to improve economic and community prosperity in the Indiana Uplands, ROI established the Ready Communities Program in 2018 to help counties identify their assets and plan for potential grant and funding opportunities.

Developed by stakeholders and community leaders, each county Quality of Place and Workforce Attraction Plan serves as a strategic roadmap for developing and implementing projects and initiatives to build quality-of-place amenities, strengthen local and regional capacity for workforce attraction, and improve residents’ quality of life. Together, these efforts make the Indiana Uplands a desirable place to live, work, and play.

2025 Updated Quality of Place and Workforce Attraction Plans

Each of the 2025 updated plans includes data profiles, quality-of-place amenities, key areas of progress since 2019, and current quality of place and workforce attraction priorities.

2019 Quality of Place and Workforce Attraction Plans