StoneGate Arts & Education Center provides a home to Ivy Tech Community College and Oakland City University, allowing local residents the opportunity to attend college classes in Lawrence County and obtain college degrees, enroll in personal enrichment classes or workforce development events. It does incubation as StoneGate Center by making offices available for business people interested in launching new small business enterprises in the Lawrence County area. The firm was founded in 2015 and is based in Bedford, Indiana.