Ribbon Cutting For New Coworking Space

A Boston-based seed development and plant breeding company is expanding into the Purdue Research Park. Inari will open what it calls the world’s first Seed Foundry at the complex. The company says the work done there can help “revolutionize the seed industry” and create a more resilient and sustainable food system. Inari Senior Vice President of Operations Mark Stowers says the 26,000 square-foot facility will ultimately house about 50 people, but adds there is plenty…

The Matthew and Joyce Walsh Family Hall of Architecture will be dedicated on the Notre Dame University campus this week. The new home of the School of Architecture will be blessed during a ceremony at 3:30 p.m. Friday. The 100,000 square foot building includes the architecture library, hall of casts, a tower, large plaza, along with studios and research laboratory space. 

AAA Hoosier Motor Club says gas prices in the state are the lowest they’ve been since April. The nonprofit is reporting regular unleaded gas is averaging $2.59 per gallon, a $.30 dip since last month. AAA says the price throughout the country has gone down over the last month to $2.75 on average. Last year at this time, prices in Indiana averaged around $2.75 per gallon. AAA Hoosier Motor Club Public Affairs Manager Greg Seiter says…

The director of the Mike Downs Center for Indiana Politics at Purdue University Fort Wayne says results from Tuesday’s midterm elections show Indiana can be characterized as a “Republican state,” instead of the “Conservative state” designation he had always used. Andy Downs, an associate professor of political science, says “coattails still exist” in the state in positive and negative ways and were on display in the U.S. Senate race where…

Recently-released figures show the Elkhart-Goshen metropolitan area is one of the fastest-growing in terms of Gross Domestic Product in the country. The Bureau of Economic Analysis says the Elkhart-Goshen metro area notched a $15.5 billion annual GDP in 2016, compared to a 2015 figure of $14.4 billion. In an interview with Inside INdiana Business Television last month, Greater Elkhart Chamber of Commerce Chief Executive Officer Kyle Hannon said…