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BUTLER — Forest River Products could be expanding its operations in Butler. Mayor Mike Hartman said the Elkhart-based company has secured an agreement to acquire 72 acres of land on the west side of South Broadway. The property is between Color Master and South Shore Mobile Home Park. Company officials declined to comment, deferring all questions to the City of Butler. From his conversations with Forest River officials, Hartman said the project is a “multi-million dollar” investment with four to five buildings that, when finished, could result in the creation of up to 500 jobs....

GARRETT — At Tuesday’s meeting of the Garrett Board of Works, Executive Director Anton King of the DeKalb County Economic Development Partnership shared highlights from 2020 amid the pandemic, “which oddly was a record-breaking year from a dollar-investment standpoint,” he said. “What we saw was it was a time to hit the pause button, with companies realizing where to make their dollar investments strategically. DeKalb County was the benefactor of several consolidations,” he said, reporting some $145 million in investments in the county as a whole, a total 43 deal...

AUBURN — The DeKalb County Economic Development Partnership worked on a record 43 projects last year, which involved $145.6 million of investment in new and existing business, the organization said Tuesday. “In a year where unexpected unemployment, a global pandemic and uncertain economic times were experienced, DeKalb County pushed through with higher-than-expected economic development investment numbers,” said Anton King, executive director of the partnership DeKalb County gained 475 pledged jobs in 2020, King said. In addition, 1,593 jobs were retained by existing businesses...

Auburn high on micropolitan list Tied for 5th by Site Selection for city's investments SHERRY SLATER | The Journal Gazette Auburn has tied for fifth place in Site Selection's 2021 list of the nation's Top-10 Micropolitan Areas, based on more than $145 million in capital investment last year in Auburn and surrounding DeKalb County. Total investment was almost five times the $30 million in capital spending for 2019. Anton King, executive director of the DeKalb County Economic Development Partnership Inc., said the lower figure is more typical for the area. “This is a huge achievement,” he s...

GARRETT — Garrett is doing its part in making the northeast Indiana region grow, according to Mayor Todd Fiandt.