Indiana University Public Policy Institute researchers project a new Indianapolis grocery store will bring over $11 million to Marion County's economy.

Residents collaborated with Goodwill of Central and Southern Indiana and Cook Medical to ensure the business plan included significant community investment. The project brings a community-owned grocery store, and the manufacturing facility opens at least 100 new jobs in the neighborhood.

38th Street in Indianapolis has long been a marker for some of the city's highest unemployment rates and lowest life expectancy. It's now the focus of major revitalization.

Cook Medical and a handful of community partners are developing a manufacturing facility on Indianapolis' northeast side. It’s known as the 38th and Sheridan project. Indiana University's Public Policy Institute analyzed the project.

When Cook Medical and Goodwill of Central and Southern Indiana announced their partnership to build the facility in November 2020, they set a goal to have all contractors be minority-owned.

Goodwill of Central and Southern Indiana will partner with Conexsus, an organization that helps Indiana businesses prepare and employ advanced manufacturing and logistics opportunities.

Following a growing national trend, Bloomington-based medical devices company Cook Medical and Goodwill of Central and Southern Indiana partnered to select an Indianapolis neighborhood with high economic need to house a new manufacturing facility.

The store will be at 38th Street and Sheridan Avenue, near to where several groceries have shut down leaving nearby neighborhoods with limited access to food options.

A new partnership aims to offer more opportunities in a long-disadvantaged Indianapolis neighborhood adding jobs, education and other services.

Goodwill of Central and Southern Indiana will open three new Excel Center schools this year, increasing the number of them in Indiana to 17.