Grant County Economic Growth Council Inc.

“The 990 is approved by the executive committee and made available to the entire board of directors prior to filing.”

“Whenever a director, officer or employee has a financial or personal interest in any matter coming before the board of directors, the affected person shall a)fully disclose the nature of the interest, b)withdrawal from discussion, lobbying, and voting on the matter, and c) not be counted in determining the existance of a quorum at the meeting at which such transactions may be authorized. Any transaction or vote involving a potential conflict of interest shall be approved only when a majority of unbiased directors determine that it is in the best interest of the corporation to do so. The minutes of meetings at which such votes are taken shall record such disclosure, abstention and rational for approval.”

“The executive committee reviews and approves the executive director's compensation.”

“Irs form 990 for the last three years is posted on guidestar.org.”

“Governing documents are available upon request during regular business hours.”

“The growth council recognized 88 local businesses for their investment in grant county at the annual 2019 investor's luncheon. The growth council facilitated community pitch night, a shark-tank style entrepreneurial competition in downtown marion. 22 entrepreneurs applied and 3 were selected to pitch their business concept to a live audience of over 200 people. The growth council assisted the city of marion in applying for the main street revitalization grant program to in-fill the steam tunnels and repair the sidewalks along 3rd to 5th street of downtown marion. The growth council brought the collegiate entrepreneurial competition, i69, to grant county for the first time in its history. Indiana wesleyan university, taylor university, ivy tech community college, grace college, and huntington university participated and competed to develop a for-profit solution of the problem of increasing workforce participation. Local restaurants catered the event and local employers spoke as industry experts. The growth council worked with the city of marion and other local partners to submit an application for the dnr's next level trails grant. The featured project was to connect the cardinal greenway to the mississinewa river walkway. The growth council retooled the grants for grads program-the downpayment assistance program-tweaking the mission of the program to focus on helping employers recruit talent, and ultimately, renaming the program: grant's got talent. The new program guidelines target individuals working in grant county's fastest growing industry sectors, while giving employers a chance to match funds. 6 employees and employers were assisted by the grant's got talent program. The growth council collaborated with work one, marion public library, the marion-grant county chamber of commerce, and gas city area chamber to establish a monthly community job fair in which employers connect with job seekers.”