Testimonials
“We chose to locate in South Central Indiana because it has all the resources a technology-driven company needs to thrive”
John Crady
President
Next Wave Systems
“As the mayor of Salem it is my hope that you will become a partner in our community and come to realize that we are a city open for business. I pledge to use the executive office of this city as a tool in providing to you the necessary services that you will require in making and facilitating sound business decisions.”
David L. Bower - Mayor
Salem, IN
“Thanks to a city tax abatement in 2007, we were able to nearly double our retail floor space to the 25,000 sq. feet that it is today”
Todd Hazelip
Manager and Partner
Salem True Value Hardware
Fast Facts
Fact 1: The Indiana Loan Guaranty Program has helped fund over $84 million in loans
Fact 2: Property tax abatement is available in every county in the region.
Fact 3: $1.7 billion of work produced by NSWC Crane Division in 2008
Fact 4: NSWC Crane Division has filed 48 new patents since 2000
Fact 5: Technology transfer program open to all Indiana businesses
Fact 6: 32 hours of free consulting from Crane's engineers, analysts, and testing labs
Fact 7: Over 61 active contracting agreements with private companies
Fact 8: Every ballistic missile in the US arsenal includes key components developed at Crane
Fact 9: Crane is home to the US Department of Defense's most powerful linear accelerator
Fact 10: Nearly one-third of Crane's workforce is civilian
Fact 11: South Central Indiana connects with Crane at all educational levels --- from elementary school to postgraduate education
Fact 12: Crane awarded more than $1.3 billion in outsourced contracts in 2008
Fact 13: Crane contracted nearly $200 million in R& D spending in 2008
Fact 14: Crane contracted nearly $800 million in hardware spending in 2008
Fact 15: #1 in manufacturing productivity among major industrial states
Fact 16: Manufacturing employment gets an 'A'
Fact 17: Indiana has the 11th lowest personal taxes in the country
Fact 18: Indiana has the 14th lowest overall tax ratings for the country
Fact 19: Indiana ranks 17th nationally for having the lowest property taxes
Fact 20: Indiana’s tax climate gets an A
Fact 21: Tax exemption on income derived from qualified utility and plant patents
Fact 22: A new state R&D sales tax credit allows companies to exempt the amount paid in state sales tax on research and development equipment
Fact 23: The 'Major Moves' program will provide $12 billion in transportation and infrastructure funding over the next 10 years
Fact 24: XX airports within XX miles
Fact 25: Service from 4 rail lines
Fact 26: Ready access to a fresh water port
Fact 27: Electricity costs are more than 20% lower than US average
Fact 28: #7 nationally in energy costs
Fact 29: Your electricity dollar goes 22% further in Indiana
Fact 30: Industrial rents are 25% lower than US average
Fact 31: Office rents are nearly 15% lower than US average
Fact 32: International trade is alive and well with a grade of 'A'
Fact 33: #4 in having the lowest business costs and the nation
Fact 34: Home to some of the country's leading furniture manufacturers
Fact 35: One of the country’s top life sciences states
Fact 36: Home to some of the country's top biomed companies
Fact 37: Indiana is within a day' drive of 1/3 of the US population
Fact 38: More IT students graduate from Purdue University than any other US university each year
Fact 39: Indiana schools outperform the national average at all grade levels in mathematics and science
Fact 40: More than $173 million invested in advanced technologies
Fact 41: #4 in the number and concentration of life science jobs (Battelle Memorial Institute, 2006)
Fact 42: #5 in pharmaceutical sales, shipments, receipts and revenue
Fact 43: #12 among states in the Small Business Survival Index
Fact 44: #15 in industrial R&D
Fact 45: #7 best working environment based on job opportunities, job quality and other factors
Fact 46: #1 manufacturing state
Fact 47: #1 in attracting venture capital for health-care startups
Fact 48: Top Midwest business climate
Fact 49: #6 best business climate in the US
Fact 50: Indiana beats the national average for ACT Scores
Fact 51: In the center of it all: South Central Indiana lies in the center of the US population
Fact 52: Located in the developing 'automotive triangle'
Fact 53: Hundreds of acres of shovel-ready property
Fact 54: Nine-phase Redevelopment and Renovation Plan at the Salem Municipal Airport
Fact 55: Astronaut Virgil Gus Grissom, selected as the commander of the first Apollo flight , was born in Mitchell, Indiana
Fact 56: Home to Astronaut Kent Bowersox, the director of Flight Crew Operations at NASA
Fact 57: Charles Walker, MDC Payload Specialist, was raised in Bedford, Indiana
Fact 58: Development plans for nearly 200 commercial/industrial acres in Lawrence County
Fact 59: Wage costs are almost 14% lower than US average
Fact 60: #13 in affordable urban housing
Fact 61: #5 in awarding college financial aid
Fact 62: #10 for bachelor’s degree by race
Fact 63: #7 for average teacher salary
Fact 64: Home to some of the country's most well respected universities including Purdue and Indiana University
Fact 65: #6 in householod asset equality by race
Fact 66: #7 in home ownership levels
Fact 67: #10 for median mortgage debt
Fact 68: #4 for economic parity between rural and urban areas
Fact 69: #8 for earnings per worker goods and services provided to markets outside the state of Indiana
Fact 70: #10 for her decreasing the number of uninsured low-income children
Fact 71: 60% of new residents first discovered Indiana as a vacation destination
Fact 72: National forests, blue skies and a wealth of natural beauty
Fact 73: Ready access to a Level 1 Trauma Center
Fact 74: Just minutes away from the region’s top cancer, heart and orthopedic centers
Fact 75: Tops in women’s health: the area’s premier women’s health center is in nearby Bloomington
Fact 76: Home to one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals
