leap district

Eli Lilly announces additional $4.5 billion investment into central Indiana LEAP District

Brandon Smith

This latest expansion brings Lilly’s totaled pledge investment at the site to more than $13 billion and potentially 1,300 jobs.

The delegate session on Saturday, August 17th.

Indiana Farm Bureau delegate session outlines policy positions for 2025

Clayton Baumgarth

Delegates discussed issues including water rights, property taxes, renewable energy, land use, and rural broadband.

IEDC Vice President Mark Wasky testified before the State Budget Committee about the agency's latest requests for the LEAP district on June 11, 2024.

Budget committee approves nearly $100M more for LEAP district, including 1,400 new acres

Brandon Smith

The new money had previously been earmarked for the IEDC to lure an advanced manufacturing company to the state. But that project is stalled, prompting the shift to the LEAP district in Boone County.

The entity tasked with analyzing water availability and demand in north central Indiana has expanded the study to include 15 more counties.

Indiana Finance Authority expands water study that includes LEAP review

The IFA — tasked with analyzing water demand supply — will now include every county that touches the headwaters of the Wabash River for a total of 28 counties.

Controlling such a widespread chemical could be a challenge for the EPA. Some states that have tried to regulate PFAS have faced lawsuits from manufacturers.

LEAP water plan costs could fall to customers, utility watchdog cautions

A new report comes amid growing skepticism of water pipeline plan.

GOP candidate Eric Doden shakes hands with a voter at a Brown County event earlier this month.

Indiana gubernatorial candidate Eric Doden speaks out against IEDC’s LEAP district pipeline plan

Other GOP contenders shared similar concerns, while some defended the controversial project as a wise economic move.

The Wabash River off U.S. Highway 231 through West Lafayette.

‘Abundant’ water in Wabash aquifer for LEAP District, say early IEDC findings

Officials hope to pipe 100 million gallons of water daily 35 miles from the aquifer to a massive — and controversial — high-tech park planned in Boone County: the LEAP Lebanon Innovation District.