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🌱 How a $25 million Pentagon deal could reshape Marion’s industrial future

Marion, Indiana Patch AM: a 4 min read

Good morning Marion! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a $25 million Pentagon deal could reshape Marion’s industrial future
  • Could your Marion home qualify for up to $25,000 in repairs?
  • How a $25 million Pentagon deal could reshape jobs in Marion.

Also on today's calendar: The Collingsworth Family.

Today's riddle: What is seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either month? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny, hot and humid, with a high of 94 and low of 71 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Thursday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 93, low: 70.
  • Friday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 82 and low of 71 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Pentagon Backs Indiana Refiner With $25M to Break China's Gallium Chokehold (techtimes.com) — A new $25 million Pentagon investment is going straight into ReElement’s Marion refining campus, aiming to turn the local 400,000‑square‑foot facility into a key U.S. source of recycled gallium, germanium, and other critical minerals. The funding will help install equipment and ramp up production lines through 2027, potentially positioning Marion at the center of efforts to reduce reliance on Chinese-controlled supplies for advanced military technologies.
   

• City survey open about owner-occupied repair needs (chronicle-tribune.com) — Marion homeowners are being asked to complete a short survey that will help the city apply for $350,000 in state funding for critical home repairs. If approved, low- and moderate-income owner-occupants in Marion could receive up to $25,000 each for projects like roofs, HVAC, accessibility upgrades, and electrical work.
   

• Pentagon invests in rare earths startup ReElement Technologies (sjvsun.com) — A $25 million U.S. Defense Department investment will help ReElement Technologies build and equip a rare-earths processing facility in Marion. The plant is expected to recycle magnets and refine critical minerals like germanium and gallium, tying Marion directly into a strategically important national security supply chain.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Looking for an event center in Grant county for Dec for a Christmas luncheon.
    does anyone know if the Harrison Event center is open and if they are I need a phone please (Nextdoor Meadow Brooke)
  • Dunham's Sports posted a job opening for Team Member in Marion. Apply here.
  • Pilot Travel Centers, LLC posted a job opening for Wendy's Restaurant General Manager in Marion. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Marion here.

🗞 Nearby News

Huntington

  • Gov. Braun drives statewide economic growth, community development and talent attraction with READI 2.0 Arts & Culture Grants (wbiw.com)
  • Cops Cycling for Survivors visits the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility (mywabashvalley.com)
  • USDA FIELDS Initiative Aims to Boost Supply and Lower Fertilizer Costs for American Farmers (oklahomafarmreport.com)

Kokomo

  • The breaded pork tenderloin sandwich and the Alpha Cafe: Two Midwestern Staples (ocj.com)
  • Hello from the outside: heat domes impeding radio and other signals in US midwest (richardhartley.com)

Ok Marion! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The letter “R.” (Thank you Manuela A. for sending it in!)
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