River Ridge 2040: How RRCC plans to keep growing
April 24, 2018 - JEFFERSONVILLE (April 24, 2018) — There’s a lot for Executive Director Jerry Acy to tout about River Ridge Commerce Center this year, but the business and industrial park’s 2017 annual report says most of it for him. The commerce center in Jeffersonville and Charlestown is host to more than 50 companies, many industrial,...

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RRDA to name master developer of new office park
March 19, 2018 - JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. – (March 19, 2018) – River Ridge Development Authority (RRDA) today will announce Louisville-based Hollenbach-Oakley as master developer chosen to begin term negotiations in the first phase of River Ridge Commerce Center’s (RRCC) new office park. Read More

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Mister “P” Express celebrates 30 years despite a rough start
October 11, 2017 - JEFFERSONVILLE — Not long after Mister “P” Express, Inc. opened in 1987 in Southern Indiana, founder Allan Parnell's wife, Bunny, suggested closing the trucking company's doors. Allan, the Mister P behind Mister “P”'s, refused, despite the struggles the couple was facing as new business owners. “I said, 'well, we've got a...

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RRDA Receives Excellence in Economic Development
September 19, 2017 - WASHINGTON, DC (Sept. 19, 2017)- The River Ridge Development Authority (RRDA) won a Bronze Excellence in Economic Development Award for Indiana Army Ammunition Plant Reuse, a project in the category of Real Estate Redevelopment & Reuse of the International Economic Development Council (IEDC). The honor was presented to Jerry Acy, Executive...

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River Ridge approves next round of development
December 20, 2016 - A multimillion-dollar plan to develop the "front door" of the 6,000-acre River Ridge Commerce Center off a new Interstate 265 interchange in Southern Indiana could make serious headway next year. The River Ridge Development Authority has awarded the contract for phase three of the River Ridge Gateway project. The $4.7 million phase...

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East End Bridge could be a big plus for River Ridge
December 15, 2016 - JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (WDRB) -- Once the East End Bridge opens, people on both sides of the river will have a lot more options, especially the people behind a multi-million-dollar River Ridge project. It will be waiting at the first exit when drivers cross the bridge. And people on the Indiana...

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River Ridge portion of job-creating road complete
December 14, 2016 - JEFFERSONVILLE — River Ridge Commerce Center’s portion of the heavy haul road, built to connect the Port of Indiana-Jeffersonville to the commerce center, is complete in time for the east-end bridge opening, according to a news release from the center. The road, called International Drive, stretches through the commerce center...

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Largest property owner at RRCC made its biggest buy yet
November 30, 2016 - America Place, the Jeffersonville development firm that already is the largest private land owner at River Ridge Commerce Center, has made its biggest purchase yet at the Southern Indiana business park. The News and Tribune reports that the company bought 84.5 acres in the east end of the Jeffersonville park for $5.4...

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River Ridge project in Charlestown gets last deed transfer
October 3, 2016 - CHARLESTOWN, Ind. (WDRB) -- The last piece of the multi-million dollar River Ridge Commerce project is now in the hands of the developer. The project has been in the works for more than 10 years. On Friday, the final deed was transferred from the United States Army to River Ridge, and...

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ROOM TO GROW: Allergen-free food manufacturer settles into Jeffersonville
September 20, 2016 - Enjoy Life Foods, a manufacturer of allergen-free snacks, needed a new facility in 2015. Formed in 2001, the company is expected to grow from its $50 million in sales this year to $500 million in the next 10 years, said Joel Warady, the chief sales and marketing officer for the company. So in January, the...

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