Ivy Tech grants

Ivy Tech Kokomo Region has received 3.27 million in grants from the United States Department of Labor. The grant will help Ivy Tech expand the Integrated Technology Education Program (ITEP) to that prepares students for seven industrial technology fields.

Jackson Street Commons grand opening

Jackson Street Commons is hosting its grand opening next month on May 22. The 3.6 million dollar facility is housing 27 previously homeless Veterans in cooperation with Family Service Association of Howard County. Jackson Street Commons, 322 E. Jackson St., is fully furnished for Veterans and it’s only the third of its kind for Indiana. Have your chance to see the homes of the former homeless Vets May 22 between 2:30 and 4 p.m.

Sprouting up this spring

A bare landscape will be no more along U.S. 31 interchanges. Mayor Greg Goodnight has worked with INDOT to add 300 trees to medians and right-of-ways after the construction of the new bypass tore down hundreds of aged and mature trees.
Goodnight told us INDOT has planted trees in other communities facing the same issue.

“During the US 31 corridor project, the State removed hundreds of mature trees leaving a vast empty landscape where the new highway cuts through,” said Mayor Goodnight. “This is in stark contrast to communities like Westfield and Carmel, where the State installed landscaping when new interchanges and overpasses were built.  Our community deserves the same level of consideration.”

The planting sites will include: Bur Oaks, American Sycamores, Red Maples, Sweetgum and Eastern Redbuds.