Mount Vernon Wins Site Honor

The Ports of Indiana and the Evansville Regional Economic Partnership (E-REP) announced August 13 that the 544-acre Mount Vernon megamodal site has earned a Silver designation through REDI Sites (Readiness Evaluation for Development and Investment), the Site Selectors Guild’s site readiness program.

Launched in 2024, REDI Sites establishes a consistent national standard for evaluating and communicating site readiness — a process that has historically varied widely across states and regions.Situated within the Ports of Indiana-Mount Vernon in Posey County on the Ohio River, the megamodal site offers size, infrastructure and barge, rail and highway access.

REDI Sites evaluated the property across five weighted categories — utilities, ownership and entitlements, environmental, ease of development and logistics — with documentation reviewed by Terracon, an independent engineering firm, and by REDI reviewers from the guild’s membership.

The Evansville Regional Economic Partnership (E-REP) pursued the REDI Sites designation in partnership with Ports of Indiana, OmniTRAX, CenterPoint Energy and other regional partners. The result is a nationally recognized, third-party-validated credential that the partners will use in outreach.

Featured photo caption: An aerial view shows the 544-acre Mount Vernon megamodal site within Ports of Indiana-Mount Vernon in Posey County, Ind. The site, which offers barge, rail and highway access and is located within a foreign trade zone, recently earned a Silver designation through REDI Sites, the Site Selectors Guild’s national site-readiness program. The property is zoned for industrial use and can accommodate manufacturing, energy, logistics and advanced supply chain development. (Photo courtesy of Ports of Indiana)