South Central ISBDC

Born out of a garage in northern Monroe County, Switchyard Brewing Company’s taproom is now located in downtown Bloomington. The rustic-industrial taproom opens at 8 a.m. daily, welcoming the creative entrepreneur and remote workforce communities to build and collaborate amid ample table space, free gigabit wireless internet, and unlimited coffee refills. Originally homebrewers and full-time … more »

Diamond K Sweets (Spencer) is a certified women’s business enterprise manufacturing Fudge O’Bits®, which are gourmet, bite-sized pieces of fudge covered in decadent chocolate or white chocolate.  They are family Owned and operated and have been growing exponentially over the past year, including adding more part time staff.  They have expanded into many local and regional … more »

AB BioTechnologies, Inc. (Bloomington) is a contract service provider for the formulation and process development of injectable drug products, diagnostics, and tissue products.  AB BioTechnologies was founded in February 2008 by J. Jeff Schwegman, Ph.D. in the back bedroom of his home where he operated the company simply as a teaching and consulting firm. In early 2010 the first small … more »