Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch and the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs are now accepting applications from rural communities who want to celebrate the second annual Downtown Development Week.

“Visiting downtowns last year during the first-ever Downtown Development Week really highlighted the work that these communities are putting into their main streets,” Crouch said. “I encourage all cities and towns to apply for this grant, as well as participate in October.”

Downtown Development Week is an opportunity for communities across the state to host events and activities within their downtown and commercial districts, spurring economic development and showcasing updates they have made on the downtown spaces. This year, the week will run from Oct. 7 – 12, 2019.

To help provide for a planned event or activity, OCRA will be awarding up to five Downtown Development Week promotion grants of up to $1,000 per application and a 50 percent in-kind or cash match is required. Additionally, the event or activity must take place during the week of Oct. 7–12, 2019, in the community’s downtown area and be open to the public. Applicants are encouraged to contact their respective community liaison to discuss project eligibility and competitiveness.

“With this grant, we want to help with the funding barrier communities often face when planning a special downtown event or activity,” said Jodi Golden, Executive Director of OCRA. “Last year’s events provided a special experience for attendees during the week, so we’re excited to receive new ideas this year.”

Apply online by 4 p.m. ET June 7, 2019.  Funded projects will be announced on Thursday, June 27. To view more information, visit www.in.gov/ocra/2896.htm.

Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF)  announced that Robert Kozsan has been promoted to Senior Registered Client Service Associate in the Ruder Investment Group at the Evansville, Indiana, office of its broker-dealer subsidiary, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated.

Mr. Kozsan began his financial services career in 2003 and joined Stifel in 2015.  In his new role, he is responsible for overseeing the team’s daily administrative work on new and existing client accounts while continuing to deliver a high level of client service. 

Mr. Kozsan earned a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Southern Indiana and holds 

Series 7 and 66 securities licenses, as well as life, health, and variable insurance licenses (including annuities). 

Stifel’s Evansville office is located at 3000 E. Morgan Ave., Suite A, and can be reached by calling 

(812) 475-9353.

Stifel Company Information 

Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF) is a financial services holding company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, that conducts its banking, securities, and financial services business through several wholly owned subsidiaries. Stifel’s broker-dealer clients are served in the United States through Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated; Keefe Bruyette & Woods, Inc.; Miller Buckfire & Co., LLC; and Century Securities Associates, Inc., and in the United Kingdom and Europe through Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited.  The Company’s broker-dealer affiliates provide securities brokerage, investment banking, trading, investment advisory, and related financial services to individual investors, professional money managers, businesses, and municipalities.  Stifel Bank & Trust offers a full range of consumer and commercial lending solutions.  Stifel Trust Company, N.A. and Stifel Trust Company Delaware, N.A. offer trust and related services.  To learn more about Stifel, please visit the Company’s website at www.stifel.com. 

Are you looking for a career change?  Driving our future with part-time hours and full-time benefits is the message that the EVSC’s Office of Transportation wants people to know about school bus drivers. To help get that message out and to find new drivers, the EVSC is hosting a Bus Driver Career Fair on Tuesday, June 11, from 8 a.m. to noon in the lower lot near First Avenue at Central High School.

The career fair will give interested individuals an opportunity to get behind the wheel of a school bus and talk with EVSC bus transportation management. EVSC trainers also will be available to answer any questions related to driving a school bus such as work schedule, licensing, school bus laws and more. In addition, the EVSC will be holding on-the-spot interviews for interested individuals.

As a school bus driver, individuals work from approximately 6 to 8 a.m. and again from 2 to 4 p.m. with additional hours available, if interested. Drivers receive full time benefits such as medical, dental and vision insurance; life insurance; retirement; paid holidays and paid sick days. New hires also receive paid training.

To attend the event, individuals must have a current driver’s license. Once hired, the EVSC will train individuals and assist them in getting their CDL.

For more information on becoming an EVSC school bus driver or on the Bus Driver Career Day, call 435-1BUS.