Thanks to TF for this link:
D'Aprix Blog: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM NEEDS REPAIR
Note one of his keys to sustainable economic development:
Make sure the housing stock is in good shape. Re-allocate money for "luring" business to help folks fix up their homes. Economic Development people overlook this or see it as someone else's problem. Big mistake.
Anyone heard whether One Southern Indiana might be willing to commit funding to the revitalization of housing stock ... or should we develop a few more green fields, instead?