EVANSVILLE, Ind. Evansville s new business advocacy and economic development organization made its official debut Thursday.
The Evansville Regional Economic Partnership was created by a merger of the Southwest Indiana Chamber of Commerce, Economic Development Coalition of Southwest Indiana and Growth Alliance for Greater Evansville.
Co-CEOs are Tara Barney, formerly with the Chamber, and Greg Wathen, formerly of the Economic Development Coalition. Its office is at Innovation Pointe, 318 Main St.
The group s activities will focus on Vanderburgh, Gibson, Posey and Warrick counties.
E-REP s goals include new business attraction, business retention, existing industry expansions, advancing pro-economy public policies, community development, entrepreneurship, talent attraction, quality of place enhancement and strategies for regional growth.
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New partnership aims to provide COVID vaccine to specific population
New partnership aims to provide COVID vaccine to specific population By Evan Gorman | March 16, 2021 at 9:30 PM CDT - Updated March 16 at 10:22 PM
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - A new partnership will carve a path for more people to get vaccinated.
Vanderburgh County Commissioners approved the paperwork to create a new site for those shots, between the local health department and Deaconess Health System.
There is a specific portion of the population this new partnership is aiming to reach.
The clinic will give people in poverty, the uninsured or underinsured, and others who are eligible, access to the vaccine. These too will be free.
HENDERSON, Ky. Two COVID-related deaths were reported Monday in Henderson County and five new confirmed COVID-19 cases were recorded in the county.
Overall, the Green River District Health Department reported only eight new cases in its seven-county district on Monday. In addition to Henderson County s five cases, McLean County, Ohio County and Webster County had one new case apiece.
The Henderson County deaths were previously unreported COVID-19 deaths that were found through a state-wide review of death certificates.The two deaths bring Henderson County s total to 62 since the pandemic began.
The incidence rate, which measures the average daily cases per 100k population over the past seven days, rose to 8.2 as of Thursday afternoon in Henderson County, which held the county in the yellow or community spread level. The incidence rates in Webster County and Union County also remained in the community spread level at 5.5 and 3.0, respectively.
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