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>>GERRY: CONNER PRAIRIE IS ONE
OF THE MOST VISITED OUTDOOR
MUSEUMS IN THE COUNTRY.
THE LIVING HISTORY MUSEUM USES

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THE PAST TO SHINE A LIGHT ON THE
FUTURE.
IT IS INDIANA'S FIRST
SMITHSONIAN AFFILIATE AND HAS A

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LONG HISTORY OF INNOVATION THAT
SPANS THE FIELDS OF SCIENCE,
HISTORY, ART AND NATURE.
>>GERRY: WELCOME BACK TO THIS

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SPECIAL EDITION OF INSIDE
INDIANA BUSINESS: A FISHERS TOWN
HALL COMING TO YOU FROM THE
INDIANA INTERNET OF THINGS LAB.

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OUR IN-DEPTH DISCUSSION ON
FISHERS CONTINUES WITH A NEW
PANEL OF INSIDERS...
JOINING ME ARE EMPLIFY

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CO-FOUNDER ADAM WEBER, ONEZONE
COMMERCE PRESIDENT MO MERHOFF
AND FORMER TOWN COUNCIL
PRESIDENT WALT KELLY.

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WELCOME ONE AND ALL TO THIS
EDITION OF THE INSIDERS SEND OUR
SPECIAL TOWN HALL ADDITION.
WALT, WE GO BACK TO MY CHANNEL

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SIX DAYS, WHICH IS A LONG TIME
AGO, BUT I REMEMBER FISHERS AS A
SMALL BEDROOM COMMUNITY.
YOU TOOK A LEADERSHIP ROLE AS

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TOWN COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
TALK ABOUT THOSE EARLY DAYS AND
KIND OF GETTING TO WHERE WE ARE
TODAY.

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>> THE EARLY DAYS WE HAD LIKE
A THOUSAND PEOPLE AND SO WE WERE
TRYING TO JUST MAKE SURE WE HAD
SOME FIELDS WE WERE PLAYING ON

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BALL FIELDS THAT DIDN'T OWN.
THERE WAS NO PLACE TO EAT CLOSE
BY OTHER THAN BUTLER'S
RESTAURANT, WHICH WAS THE ONLY

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RESTAURANT WE WANTED A GAS
STATION TO GO IN AND SO I GOT
INVOLVED BECAUSE OF THE
COMMUNITY MATTER AND ASKED

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SOMEBODY TO GET ON THE COUNCIL
SO I WAS APPOINTED AND AFTER
THAT I ENJOYED IT QUITE A BIT
AND I FELT LIKE I COULD ACTUALLY

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USE SOME OF MY PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE TO SEE IF I COULD USE
FISHERS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
GROW.

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OVER THE YEARS WE WERE BLESSED
BY HAVING VERY GOOD DEVELOPERS,
GOOD BUSINESSES BUT I WOULD SAY
IN MY 21 YEARS I WAS MORE

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FOCUSED ON BUILDING THE
INFRASTRUCTURE, IF YOU WILL AT
THE START OF THE COMMUNITY AND
THOSE KINDS OF THINGS AND HAD NO

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IDEA OF WHAT THESE KINDS OF
THINGS ARE TODAY.
>> TALK ABOUT AMPLIFY.
YOU ARE: FOUNDER OF BLUE RIDGE

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DIGITAL.
SUCCESSFUL TECH COMPANIES BASED
RIGHT HERE IN FISHERS.
>> I THINK IF YOU LOOK BACK AT

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THE LAST SIX YEARS WHEN WE
STARTED HOW DIFFERENT FISHERS IS
FROM WHEN WE BEGAN.
SO WE STARTED IN THE LIBRARY OF

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THE ORIGINAL LAUNCH FISHERS AND
AT THE TIME WE RECRUITED PEOPLE
OUT OF COLLEGE AND THERE WERE
NOT A LOT OF THINGS THERE AND IF

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YOU LOOK TODAY SIX YEARS LATER
ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES AND PLACES
TO WALK AND IT'S REALLY CHANGE
THE DYNAMIC OF THE CITY AND IT'S

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AN EXCITING PLACE TO START A
BUSINESS.
>> YOUR ABILITY TO KEEP PEOPLE
HERE HAS CHANGED IN THE SIX

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YEARS YOU'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS.
>> IT'S REMARKABLE.
COMPARED TO IF YOU THINK OF SIX
YEARS WHERE A COUPLE RESTAURANTS

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TO WALK TO AND NOW THERE'S
MULTIPLE OR EVEN THINGS LIKE
CORPORATE OUTINGS LIKE TOP GOLF
FOR THE ESCAPE ROOM.

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THINGS LIKE THAT CHANGE HOW
PEOPLE THINK ABOUT WHERE THEY
WORK AND WHETHER ORINOT THIS IS
A PLACE TO GO TO WORK AND LEAVE

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OR PLACE THEY STAY.
>> ONE ZONE COMMERCE IS A
REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
BRIDGING BOTH FISHERS AND

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CARMEL.
YOU LOOK AT HAMILTON COUNTY,
FISHERS, CARMEL, WESTFIELD,
ALTHOUGH GROWING CITIES.

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TALK ABOUT HOW YOU VIEW
COLLABORATION AMONG COMMUNITIES.
>> I THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY
ESSENTIAL FOR NOT ONLY ALL OF

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OUR INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITIES TO
SUCCEED, BUT IF WE ARE GOING TO
MOVE INDIANA FORWARD THAN THE
WAY WE WILL DO THAT IS TOGETHER

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MAKE CENTRAL INDIANA THE POINT
EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE.
IF YOU LOOK AT COMMUNITIES WHERE
WE ARE COMPETING NASHVILLE,

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COLUMBUS, THAT IS THE WAY THEY
ARE GOING ABOUT REGIONAL
THINKING AND THE AMENITIES AND
BUILDING THE TYPES OF CITIES AND

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PLACES WHERE PEOPLE DON'T JUST
WANT TO WORK BUT WANT TO LIVE
AND THAT HAS BEEN A SEA CHANGE.
GLOBAL COMMUNITIES ACROSS TO THE

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MIDWEST AND YOU FIND CORPORATE
CAMPUSES WHERE EVERYBODY HAD A
HIGH RISE BUILDING AND THAT'S
WHERE THEY WANTED TO BE AND THEY

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GO OUT TO LUNCH.
NOW THERE ARE AT LEAST TWO
GENERATIONS, MY OWN AND YOURS
LOOKING FOR WHERE I CAN WALK,

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WHERE I CAN BIKE.
WHERE I CAN BE ENGAGED WITH
INTERESTING PEOPLE DURING MY
BUSINESS DAY.

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>> WHERE'S THE FUTURE
DIRECTION OF THE COMMUNITY AND
WHAT CHALLENGES ARE OUT THERE?
WHAT'S THE CHALLENGE THAT COULD

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BE A HURDLE FOR CONTINUED
GROWTH?
>> SHE SAID IT BEST WHEN SHE
SAID GENERATIONAL CHANGES.

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THINGS THAT WERE IMPORTANT ON
THE WAY I VIEWED IT, MY
GENERATION HAVE CHANGED AND
RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE CONGESTION,

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IF YOU WILL AT RUSH HOUR ABOUT
THE REST OF THE TIME YOU DON'T
HAVE ANY CONGESTION AND PROBABLY
WON'T HAVE CONGESTION IN THE

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FUTURE BECAUSE THERE WILL BE
MORE PEOPLE WORKING FROM HOME
AND DOING THINGS TELECOMMUTING
AND TELEPORTS AND ALL THOSE

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KINDS OF THINGS AND JUST A
DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT.
>> WE DO HAVE A QUESTION FROM
THE AUDIENCE.

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>> HI.
THIS IS MICHELLE MILLER THE CEO
OF ULTIMATE SOLUTIONS AND MY
QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT WE

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CAN GET TO PEOPLE OUTSIDE THEIR
HOMES WHEN THEY ARE WORKING FROM
HOME TO ACTUALLY GO VISIT CONNER
PRAIRIE OR OTHER FACILITIES

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WITHIN FISHERS TO MAKE SURE THAT
LEARNING HAPPENS WHILE OUTSIDE
THE HOME.
>> I THINK IN SOME WAYS FROM A

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TEAMBUILDING PERSPECTIVE WE LOOK
AT DIFFERENT WAYS WE CAN
INCORPORATE WHAT'S AROUND US IN
NEARBY THAT DOESN'T TAKE A

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HALF-DAY TO GET PEOPLE OUT AND
EXPERIENCE SOMETHING DIFFERENT
AND SOMETHING AGAINST THE NORM.
IT CREATES BETTER RELATIONSHIPS

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AND SOMETHING WE CARE A LOT
ABOUT.
>> I ALSO THINK THE WORLD HAS
CHANGED A LITTLE BIT.

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I THINK WE ALL THOUGHT WE MIGHT
BE WORKING FROM HOME AND THE
MORE STUDIES THAT YOU READ AND
THE MORE PLACES LIKE THIS THAT

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HAPPEN THAT ARE IMMEDIATELY
SUCCESSFUL, PEOPLE LIKE TO BE
WITH PEOPLE AND SOMETIMES IF YOU
LOOK AT THE NEW CONSTRUCTION OF

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OFFICE BUILDINGS WITH VARIOUS
LOCATIONS FOR TEAMS TO
CONGREGATE THAT'S WHERE GOOD
IDEAS HAPPEN.

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SO IT TURNS OUT PEOPLE KIND OF
LIKE TO BE AROUND OTHER PEOPLE
TO HELP FUEL THEIR IDEAS AND
HELP DRIVE THEM TO THE NEXT GOOD

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ONE.
>> FROM YOUR STANDPOINT AS YOU
LOOK AT CHALLENGES ESPECIALLY
WHEN IT COMES TO MULTIPLE

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GROWING CITIES IN HAMILTON
COUNTY AND FISHERS AND WHAT
MIGHT HAVE BEEN HERE.
WHAT'S THE CHALLENGE, WHAT COULD

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BE A HURDLE OUT THERE.
>> I THINK MANAGING CHANGE IS
ALWAYS CHALLENGING AND WHEN YOU
HAVE BEEN A RAPIDLY GROWING

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COMMUNITY WITH VISION, YOU CAN
MARK ONE COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE
MIDWEST PARTICULARLY IN INDIANA
DECIDED TO TAKE CONTROL OF THEIR

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FUTURES AND THEY DECIDED TO MAKE
DECISIONS ABOUT WHERE THEY WANT
BUILT ON WHAT THEY WANTED BUILD
BUILT SO THE ONGOING CHALLENGES

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TO ENSURE YOU CAN KEEP UP WITH
THAT POPULARITY AND THAT YOU CAN
KEEP AHEAD OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE
NEEDS SO THAT IF YOU BUILD IT,

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THEY CAN GET THERE.
>> WE HAVE ABOUT 20 SECONDS.
IS THAT MASS TRANSIT AS YOU LOOK
AT THIS CONTINUED GROWTH YOU

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MENTIONED INFRASTRUCTURE BEING
SO IMPORTANT WHAT'S THE BIG
ISSUE GOING FORWARD?
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FOUND TO FUND AND TO ACCOMPLISH
IS THE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE,
MOVEMENT OF CARS WHETHER IT MASS
TRANSIT, WHETHER HIGHWAYS,

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TUNNELS AND ABOVE.
YOU HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER
BECAUSE WE DRIVE ON ROADS AND
THEY DRIVE ON OUR ROADS SO I

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THINK GETTING PEOPLE FROM POINT
A TO POINT B IS THE BIGGEST
CHALLENGE.
THE HARDEST THING BUT I DO WANT

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TO SAY IF I CAN IN THE LAST FEW
SECONDS I WAS EXCEPTIONALLY
PLEASED WHETHER OR NOT THIS
AMAZON HEADQUARTERS COMES HERE

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OR NOT EYESIGHT INDIANAPOLIS AND
MAYOR SCOTT FADNESS WORKING
TOGETHER AND THAT WAS SOME OF
THE THINGS WE TRIED TO DO AS

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WELL.
WE HAVE TO THINK REGIONALLY ON
ISSUES.
>> THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO END