News Archive
News Archive
Air Filtration R&D center opens in River Ridge
September 20, 2016 - JEFFERSONVILLE — American Air Filter Co. Inc., and its subsidiary Flanders Corp., officially opened their 33,000-square-foot research and development center located in the River Ridge Commerce Center on Sept. 12. The facility, called the Clean Air Innovation and Research Center, will bring 25 new, “high-tech” research and development jobs to Jeffersonville by 2018, according...
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River Ridge, Clark Regional Airport to promote each other
March 21, 2016 - JEFFERSONVILLE — River Ridge Commerce Center and Clark Regional Airport Authority officials have long recognized and promoted their mutually beneficial relationship. Now, they're making things more official. The River Ridge Development Authority signed a joint marketing agreement during its meeting Monday that ensures both parties will promote the other. "There's a...
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Hospitals bringing offices near River Ridge in Jeffersonville
March 17, 2016 - As the east end of Jeffersonville grows, so does the need for essential services. Two hospitals in the region have taken notice. Floyd Memorial Hospital and Baptist Health — which likely will become the same entity later this year — have preliminary plans to locate facilities near River Ridge Commerce Center. Floyd...
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River Ridge road projects surge forward
February 17, 2016 - By the end of the year, most of the old roads on the southern half of River Ridge Commerce Center will be rebuilt, providing improved transportation links to current and future tenants. The River Ridge Development Authority approved six contracts for design or construction of various roads during its monthly...
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State portion of heavy-haul road behind original schedule
January 27, 2016 - JEFFERSONVILLE — Although the east-end bridge will open around October, one segment of the $30.4 million heavy haul road won't be finished by then, as originally planned. Will Wingfield, spokesman for the Indiana Department of Transportation, said the state's portion of the road connecting Ind. 265 to the Port of Indiana-Jeffersonville has yet...
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Shoe Sensation moves into River Ridge warehouse
January 27, 2016 - A booming retail business with roots in Jeffersonville is relocating its warehouse to accommodate growth. Shoe Sensation celebrated the consolidation of its three facilities into a new one at 800 Patrol Road in River Ridge Commerce Center on Wednesday during a ribbon cutting ceremony. The family shoe store chain now occupies...
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New Road Expected to Raise Economic Tide on Ohio River
January 20, 2016 - Transportation leaders say there’s an “infrastructure bonanza” on the banks of the Ohio River in southeast Indiana—a project involving two bridges, one river port, a massive available industrial site and a specially-designed road that will connect the critical parts. State and local business partners recently broke ground on...
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Natural foods company leaving Chicago for Southern Indiana
January 8, 2016 - A natural foods company, and subsidiary of Mondelez International (NASDAQ: MDLZ), has announced that it's moving from the Chicago area to Jeffersonville, Indiana's River Ridge Commerce Center. Enjoy Life Foods plans to shut down its facility in Schiller Park by this fall, the Louisville Courier-Journal reports. Enjoy LIfe Foods manufactures...
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Possible land sale could lead to Southern Indiana’s largest warehouse yet
November 16, 2015 - A building larger than the nearly 1 million-square-foot Amazon.com Inc.fulfillment center could be coming to the 6,000-acre River Ridge Commerce Center in Jeffersonville. At its regular monthly meeting on Monday evening, the River Ridge Development Authority's board of directors, which manages the operations of the business park, authorized a...
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Army transfers high-value land to the River Ridge Commerce Center
October 12, 2015 - JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (WDRB) -- The long-standing disagreement over land in Jeffersonville has finally come to an end after several years of negotiations over environmental issues. "It just took time to come to an agreement and a compromise," said Colonel Christopher Beck of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville...
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