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Hancock County
Greenfield plant transforms waste into fertilizer
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.
MoreResidents decry Fortville's big annexation plans as land grab
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.
MoreMeat distributor plans plant, 80 jobs in Hancock County
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.
MoreTwo neighboring utilities united by fiber in Hancock County
February 16, 2013
Chris O'MalleyUnusual merger of Hancock Telecom and Central Indiana Power is paving the way for network deployment in rural areas.
MoreGreenfield gun seller, others seeing run on guns
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.
MoreMayors organize to tackle regional issues
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.
MoreFunding cuts may pull plug on school broadcasting
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.
MoreExactTarget co-founder Baggott turns zeal to natural farming
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.
MoreToyota supplier plans 116 jobs in Hancock County
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.
MoreLocal pilot turns aerobatics into satisfying 'jobby'
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.
MoreIrving Materials acquires northern Indiana competitor
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.
MoreCovance plans $150M expansion, 465 jobs in Greenfield
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.
MoreUniversity Loft adding jobs as it recovers from credit crunch, probe
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.
MoreINSIDE DISH: Husband-wife team revive sushi joint's reputation
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.
Habitat for Humanity tries hand at fixer-uppers
August 13, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinHabitat for Humanity affiliates are getting into the business of rehabbing homes, capitalizing on the availability of foreclosed
homes.
MoreMount Comfort Airport takes on new moniker
April 2, 2011
IBJ Staff1,805-acre facility on the east side now will be known as the Indianapolis Regional Airport.
MorePlastics specialist Genesis plays to eco-conscious market
March 19, 2011
Fortville manufacturer plans $3.3 million expansion
MorePlastics firm plans expansion, 54 new jobs
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.
MoreHancock County utilities take on new name
February 12, 2011
IBJ StaffThe merged Hancock Telecom and Central Indiana Power have become NineStar Connect.
MoreCat Logistics to lay off 84 in Greenfield
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.
MoreHancock County utilities set to proceed with merger
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.
MoreGreenfield apartment market heats up with sales, development activity
October 26, 2010
Tom HartonThe Hancock County community is drawing interest because of recent hiring in the area and a strong population of seniors.
MoreStanley moving production to new Greenfield plant
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.
MoreEnerDel parent nets $20M from Russian investor
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.
MoreAlliance aims to boost adult learning in Hancock County
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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Laura-the festivals and tastings are free. What does is strengthen the sense of community with activities. What are those empty lots doing for the Village? it's sad you can't see the good that this progress can do for the area. No one is requiring anyone to shop there. I guess you'd rather see a Dollar store move in or no, we'd rather see the property stand empty b/c change is out of the question.
Read down to the part about Brizzi. Someone needs to subpoena his "purchases" of Red RockPictures and Cellstar and his corresponding bank records, I mean c'mon, I'd like to see his alcohol usage records, too. http://diana-vice.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Wonder if my neighborhood can advertise our "retention" pond and act like it is a beach too?
a new record at the '11 salebration until they realized that it was a futile effort to get their crapwagon moter and crapwagon car up speed. And then they just quietly slunk off into the night and never spoke of it again. Nothing to see here folks.
millions for putting a company's bumper sticker on one of its Lolas. But you gotta take what you can get.