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$1,500 Walmart Grant in Albany, Indiana spent on art for the new splash pad

Albany Walmart Art Grant Update

East Central Indiana Regional Planning District received a $1,500 Walmart Grant in Albany, Indiana, in order to create public art features. NOW Art facilitated this community mural program alongside Walmart…
ECIRPD presenting check to Heart & Hands United

ECIRPD Presents Check to Hearts & Hands United

ECI Regional Planning District recently presented a check for $3,000 to Hearts & Hands United— a nonprofit organization committed to providing essential resources to underserved communities. The funds will go…
Michelle Badders

Employee Spotlight: Michelle Badders

Michelle Badders is our Administrative Assistant at ECI Regional Planning District. She is married to her husband, Kevin, and they have four boys together. Michelle’s oldest son, Cody, is a…

BEST Grant #4 Update

In July 2022, ECI Regional Planning District was awarded a grand total of $100,000 from a Rural Business Development Grant from Rural Development—an agency of the USDA—to fund the BEST…