May 9, 2013
Associated PressSpring gardeners, lawn manicurists and nursery folk of all varieties on the hunt for cheap fertilizer this planting season
need look no farther than the Greenfield's wastewater treatment facility.
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April 29, 2013
Andrea Muirragui DavisProperty owners southeast of Geist Reservoir are vowing to fight involuntary annexation of a 9-square-mile area by the town
of Fortville, which would add $53.5 million to its property tax base.
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March 13, 2013
Chicago-based Peer Foods Group Inc., a meat producer and distributor, said Wednesday that it plans to create 80 jobs by 2014
as part of a $5.5 million expansion into Hancock County.
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February 16, 2013
Chris O'MalleyUnusual merger of Hancock Telecom and Central Indiana Power is paving the way for network deployment in rural areas.
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January 8, 2013
Associated PressGun enthusiasts are snapping up weapons faster than they can be replenished. And applications for gun permits spiked sharply
toward the end of 2012.
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January 5, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinThe leaders of 18 central Indiana cities and towns have formed a group that intends to address regional concerns, starting
with a proposed $1.3 billion, 10-year mass transit plan.
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December 7, 2012
Associated PressIn August, Greenfield city officials decided to drastically slash funds for Greenfield-Central High School's broadcasting
program. The future of the programs remains in a state of limbo for the 2013-14 school year and beyond.
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November 17, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinChris Baggott has spent the past year and a half raising cattle, pigs and chickens on pasture, rather than conventional feed
grain, and without the use of hormones or antibiotics.
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October 11, 2012
Japan-based Tsuda Industries Co. Ltd. plans to spend $56.2 million to build a facility at Mount Comfort Air Park East, which
should create 116 jobs by 2016, the company said Thursday.
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September 29, 2012
Ellen KobeBilly Werth's passion for flying has landed him two jobs that pay the bills--as commercial pilot with Chautauqua Airlines
and a major in the Air Force Reserves at Grissom Air Reserve Base in Peru. His third job is just for fun. Since 2006, Werth
has owned an acrobatic flying company called Grayout Aerosports.
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July 5, 2012
Greenfield-based Irving Materials Inc.'s purchase of Rock Industries in Peru brings its total number of mining operations
in Indiana to 18. Rock Industries operates quarries in Peru and Plymouth.
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June 26, 2012
The New Jersey-based pharmaceutical research company is seeking state and local incentives as part of the expansion, which
would include a new laboratory, set to be finished in 2016. Covance already employs 565 workers at the site.
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May 12, 2012
Hayleigh ColomboNearly two years after federal agents raided furniture maker University Loft Co.’s Hancock County plant, the once-fast-growing
firm is seeing business bounce back.
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May 4, 2012
Mason King
Scott and Debbie Bennett sank their savings into purchasing Greenwood's
Yokohama, which had a past peppered with disappointed patrons.
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August 13, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinHabitat for Humanity affiliates are getting into the business of rehabbing homes, capitalizing on the availability of foreclosed
homes.
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April 2, 2011
IBJ Staff1,805-acre facility on the east side now will be known as the Indianapolis Regional Airport.
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March 19, 2011
Fortville manufacturer plans $3.3 million expansion
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March 2, 2011
IBJ StaffFortville-based Genesis Plastics Welding plans to invest over $3.3 million to expand its existing production facility east
of Indianapolis, adding as many as 54 new employees by 2014.
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February 12, 2011
IBJ StaffThe merged Hancock Telecom and Central Indiana Power have become NineStar Connect.
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January 26, 2011
IBJ StaffCaterpillar Logistics Inc. plans to permanently lay off 84 employees from a facility in Greenfield, where it handles distribution
services for Irwin Industrial Tools.
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November 3, 2010
Scott OlsonConsolidation of Central Indiana Power and Hancock Telecom will become official on Jan. 1. It took a change in state law to
allow the merger to proceed.
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October 26, 2010
Tom HartonThe Hancock County community is drawing interest because of recent hiring in the area and a strong population of seniors.
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October 1, 2010
Andrea Muirragui DavisConnecticut-based Stanley Black & Decker Inc. plans to combine two of its manufacturing operations at a new facility in
Greenfield, transferring about 100 workers from Shelbyville and adding as many as 80 jobs in the next two years.
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September 23, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlinNew York-based Ener1 didn't disclose how it will use the funds coming from Ener1 Group Inc., a company led by Russian
industrialist Boris Zingarevich.
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September 18, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlinThree separate colleges will hold classes in Hancock County—if a business-led education alliance can finance the space.
The Hancock Community Education Alliance has lined up a vacant retail building on State Road 9 in hopes that Ball State, Purdue
and Vincennes universities can offer classes next spring.
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In my opinion the estridge companies are crooks. They filed bankruptcy on their 'track housing' side of the business two weeks before they closed on one of my clients' homes. When my client first interviewed Estridge as a builder 6 months before, they specifically ASKED about the solvency of their business, knowing that some builders were struggling. Estridge truly misrepresented their financial situation at that time. I suppose I am more unhappy with the whole system than I am with the builder because what the heck==you can file bankruptcy on 'track homes' but still keep building and make money off of 'custom built' homes??? How ridiculous! They are all homes. How can a company be allowed to bilk thousands of dollars from their subcontractors but still be allowed to build houses?? they should have been made to pay back all their unpaid contractors before being allowed to profit from building any more houses! This alone makes them and the system crooks in my eyes. I would never build an estridge home and I would not recommend for my clients either. If they were truly 'bankrupt' how could they afford to keep building homes anyway??? The whole system needs fixed.
I live a couple blocks east of the Angie's campus and my house is assessed for ~$160,000. If I could get that amount, let alone $384,000 (a 140% bonus), I'd sell in a minute. Either Angie's stockholders just got fleeced, or Angie's is getting about a 58% discount on their property taxes, if these properties are actually worth what they paid Mr. Oesterle for them. Which do you think is the case?
Perhaps the IMA board is really to blame! They agreed to hire Charles. They can't seemingly find donors among themselves, or bring in new blood that will support the museums operating budget with an expanded museum and money to provide curators with something to do (ie buy art). The headlines of disarray at the museum and mass firings are hurting the reputation of the museum for some time to come. If people on the board had misgivings, perhaps they shpuld have more forcefully opposed efforts that they have seemingly been unable to fund, like expansion and the costs it has created!
See, I told u Indyman and Dipsicle....this 8 days is overkill. It's barely worth a weekend....great job Tony George! Your dream has been fulfilled....he fans want the I r l back. Thats how good it was.....and that sucked.
I have been in training for a short time now but right off I can see that safety and quality are the number one issues, my experience as of late has been a positive one, the employees along with Jeff the plant manager and the operation supervisor as well as the engineers are a highly motivated group of people, what an asset for the area to have and for company's in need of a quality metal products.