The 2nd Annual Career Cruise was held on November 21, 2024, at the Monroe Convention Center with almost 1000 middle school students from Monroe County. Students visited four ports on the cruise, interacting with 50 businesses and organizations to learn about various careers available right here in Monroe County! Many thanks to Solution Tree, IU Health Bloomington, Simtra BioPharma Solutions, and the Sophia Travis Community Service Grant for making this event possible!

​Congratulations to Coffee Beanery- Bloomington on your Grand Opening! Asra Khan, the Franchise and Director is a minority woman entrepreneur who has an incredible journey in the coffee business. She started as a barista at 18 years old and worked her way up be a Multi-Unit Operations Manager. She also owns and operates a restaurant called WingZone in Indianapolis. Asra is a mother of two daughters, one son, a son-in-law, and a grandson. Her son Mohammed Mujtaba Baig will be managing the Bloomington Coffee location.

In collaboration with the Bloomington Rotary Club, Futurecast: Bloomington gathered a panel of economic experts from IU’s Kelley School of Business, and local leaders on Thursday, November 7th at Ivy Tech Community College's Shreve Hall. This panel of experts imparted valuable insights, offering attendees a comprehensive forecast of the economic outlook for the coming year at federal, state, county, and city levels. 
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The Kelley School of Business, based on research from its Indiana Business Research Center, has been sharing its economic forecasts throughout the state of Indiana for the past 50 years, which has provided crucial economic information needed by many Indiana businesses, government, and nonprofit organizations. This event gave the audience a chance to hear and interact with several of the state's leading economic thinkers as they discuss how the changing economic environment will affect the local region, Indiana, and the nation in the coming year.​

​Congratulations to UnVeiled Health on your 1-year Anniversary! UnVeiled Health is an integrative medicine practice that focuses on optimizing health and wellness. Rather than managing symptoms and maintaining illness, they help their patients address the root cause and enjoy optimal health!