About Us Report Huntington County Economic Development is your ally in site selection and development. A nonprofit organization created by the business community in 1997, we provide businesses with many of the services they need for start-up, expansion, relocation, incentives and workforce development.VisionTo make Huntington County a better place to live and workMissionTo maintain a unified economic development effort throughout Huntington County in order to promote opportunities for new job creation and capital investment in Huntington CountyBusiness structureHCED is an approved tax-exempt organization under IRS Code Section 501(c)(3). Recent accomplishmentsSince 2008, more than 40 companies have enhanced the economic climate of Huntington County, Indiana—thanks, in large part, to an economic development process that makes doing business easy. In fact, during the recent Great Recession, our clients managed to:Create over 2,000 new jobsRetain nearly 9,000 existing jobsImprove the employment picture - unemployment down from 14.3% to 2.5% (September 2019)Secured private investments of nearly $400 millionWelcome international giants from Asia, Europe and South AmericaRedeveloped over 2 million square feet (or 94%) of vacant industrial propertiesNational acclaimCheck out the coverage of Huntington County in these major publications:Feature article in Expansion Solutions Magazine Feature article in FDI Alliance Magazine2014 Top 100 Micropolitan Markets in Site Selection Magazine's 2014 Governor's Cup Awards