Greater Lafayette is where ideas turn to action, imagination gains ambition, hard work drives innovation. The smartest parts of business are created, commercialized, and applied here.
Stories of individuals, businesses, and organizations making a greater impact in Greater Lafayette.
The Greater Lafayette Region is on the cusp of something big!
On December 15, at 4 p.m., at the Indiana Economic Development Corporation Board Meeting, Gov. Eric Holcomb announced that Greater Lafayette will receive $30 million to fund projects in the Regional Economic Development Plan
created this past summer.
Express Employment Professionals has exceeded goals in local job placement.
Innovation Story
Driving Force: Subaru of Indiana Automotive
SIA is woven into the community’s fabric, churning out cars, jobs, customers and community service at a time when some automobile manufacturers are struggling to keep the lights on.
The Lafayette plant is Subaru’s only manufacturing facility outside of Asia and currently employs more than 6,000 associates, of which more than 5,000 work in production. When the plant opened in 1989, associates built the Subaru Legacy and Isuzu Pick-up. In the years that followed, SIA continued to produce Subaru models in addition to other vehicles, including the Isuzu Rodeo, Honda Passport and Toyota Camry.
Since June 2016, the plant has exclusively produced Subaru vehicles. Current cars rolling off the assembly line here are the Ascent, Impreza, Legacy and Outback models for North America.
real property tax abatements
personal property tax abatements
job training grants
Fastest Growing City in Indiana
First for Quality of Government in Indiana
First In Infrastructure upgrades in the U.S.
Greater Lafayette is a community connected to the world. Central Indiana is known as the Crossroads of America for good reason. You can easily access major cross country interstates, passenger rail, freight railroads and other major highways, and airports.
Available
Properties
We have immediate space available for your business. If you want to start from scratch, we have certified shovel-ready sites you can begin building on immediately. Whether you are new to our community, scaling your existing business, or just getting started, we have move-in ready spaces. Be it a warehouse, industrial, Class A office, wet lab, business incubator, or lower-cost coworking space, we will help you find the right location for your business.
Starting, locating and growing your business in downtown Lafayette offers numerous advantages that make it an attractive destination. Downtown Lafayette is a vibrant and prosperous community that is rich in culture, history and modern amenities that will help your business thrive.
By choosing downtown Lafayette, businesses can tap into a vibrant market, benefit from a strong collaborative community, that will grow your bottom line for long-term prosperity.
RESOURCES
Every community has its landmarks, those businesses that define them. For West Lafayette, Bruno’s Pizza is one of those institutions.
Locally owned businesses are the backbone of Greater Lafayette, and those small business owners invest time, finances, energy and passion into their companies.
Not-for-profit organizations were designed to fill a niche between services offered by the government and the private sector. Their not-for-profit status allows any proceeds to be funneled back into the organization to help in fulfilling the mission, rather than be shared with investors or other stakeholders. Hence running a not-for-profit requires a special set of skills, as executive directors are tasked with running programs and staffing, as well as with development, fundraising and donor relations, all working under the guidance of a volunteer board of directors.
