The intent of the Indiana Regional Cities Initiative is to help communities across Indiana come together to transform their regions into nationally-recognized destinations to live, work and play. While many of the Regional Cities projects are just now getting underway, we ask, “What has been both the seen and unseen impact of the Regional Cities Initiative thus far?”

This report examines the qualitative impact of RCI based on 30+ interviews and on-site visits.

Related:

Hicks, Michael J. 2017. “Regional Cities Initiative: Preliminary Economic Impacts.” Center for Business and Economic Research, Ball State University. December 11. Available: https://projects.cberdata.org/130/regional

Tags: economic development, investment, indiana, incentives and programs, placemaking

In this policy brief, we focus on the uniformity of property tax assessment in the state and whether trends indicate that assessment is becoming more uniform over time. Data presented here indicate that overall property tax assessment uniformity is improving—property assessed values are moving closer to sale prices.

Produced for the Indiana Association of REALTORS.

Related Work:

• Assessment Quality: Sales Ratio Analysis of Residential Properties in Indiana. 2015.

Tags: housing and real estate, taxes, indiana

CBER director and economist Michael Hicks examines the tariffs proposed by the Trump Administration and estimates their effect on the Indiana economy, considering both the industry and workers.

Tags: taxes, trade, employment, international, sectors and industry clusters

The annual Manufacturing and Logistics Report Card evaluates the health of the manufacturing and logistics industries in each state and additional factors ranging from human capital to expected fiscal liability. This annual piece is created for Conexus Indiana, a state initiative to improve manufacturing and logistics. Released at the annual State of Manufacturing and Logistics event.

View the interactive project website: https://conexus.cberdata.org 

Tags: manufacturing, transportation and logistics

This study seeks to clarify data and growth projections concerning population in Muncie and Delaware County, Indiana using primary source data. 

We also include memorandum from CBER Director Michael J. Hicks, addressing the impetus for this study.

Tags: population growth and migration, east central indiana