INDIANAPOLIS – Governor Mike Braun today announced the release of a new independent study from the Indiana Business Research Center (IBRC) at the IU Kelley School of Business that validates the state’s 15 READI regions as Indiana’s official economic and workforce planning framework.
The analysis, The Case for READI Regions as Official Economic Planning Regions, was commissioned under Executive Order 25-45, which directed the Secretary of Commerce to recommend by year-end 2025 a unified set of regional boundaries. Today’s report delivers on that order ahead of schedule.
Governor Braun said the findings affirm the strength of Indiana’s regional approach:…