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>>GERRY: THE ELKHART COUNTY 4-H
FAIR IS IN THE HEART OF AMISH
COUNTRY AND IS ONE OF THE
LARGEST COUNTY FAIRS IN THE

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COUNTRY!
IT STARTED IN GOSHEN IN 1851 ON
THE COURTHOUSE SQUARE.
OVER THE YEARS IT HAS GROWN, AND

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NOW HAS MORE THAN 70 BUILDINGS
ON ITS NEARLY 400-ACRE
FAIRGROUNDS.
MORE THAN 4,000 ELKHART COUNTY

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YOUTH ARE INVOLVED IN 4-H,
DISPLAYING 8,000 PROJECTS AT THE
FAIR EVERY YEAR.
>>GERRY: IT'S TIME FOR A

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SPECIAL EDITION OF THE INSIDERS.
ELKHART HAS BEEN STEPPING UP ITS
GAME WHEN IT COMES TO WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT, QUALITY OF PLACE

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INITIATIVES AND PROMOTION AS A
REGION...WHAT'S DRIVING THESE
INITIATIVES?
LET'S TAKE THE PULSE OF THE

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COMMUNITY WITH A GREAT PANEL OF
INSIDERS....AND ALSO TAKE A FEW
QUESTIONS FROM A STUDIO
AUDIENCE...

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I'M PLEASED TO BE JOINED BY IVY
TECH ELKHART CAMPUS EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR KYLE HANNON, GREATER
ELKHART CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

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PRESIDENT AND CEO LEVON JOHNSON
AND HORIZON EDUCATION ALLIANCE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BRIAN WIEBE.
WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM AND THE

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INSIDERS.
GLAD YOU ARE HERE I WANT YOUR
TAKE QUICKLY OFF THE TOP IN
TERMS OF -- I'LL START WITH YOU

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KYLE IN TERMS OF THE ECONOMY AND
ELKHART, THINGS SEEM TO BE
STRONG, UNEMPLOYMENT AT LOW
LEVELS IN 10 YEARS A DIFFERENT

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STORY A LOT OF CHALLENGE IN THE
COMMUNITY, THE RECESSION
CREATING CHALLENGE AND THINGS
HAVE TURNED AROUND IN A BIG WAY.

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>> ABSOLUTELY AND EVEN AT THE
TIME WHEN UNEMPLOYMENT WAS
REALLY HIGH THERE WAS A GOOD
SENSE IN THE COMMUNITY IT WAS

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NOT PERMANENT.
PEOPLE WORKED REALLY HARD AND
HERE WE ARE AND LEADING THE
COUNTRY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH AND

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THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT THE
COMMUNITY AND NOT SURPRISING TO
THE COMMUNITY, BUT STILL NICE TO
SEE.

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>> LOVE ON YOU ARE NEW TO THE
CHAMBER GOT JOB, YOU -- YOU'RE
TAKEN SENSE FOR THE ECONOMY
HERE.

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>> KYLE IS, RIGHT.
10 YEARS AGO WAS ONE OF THE
GREAT BENEFITS AND THIS
COMMUNITY WAS OPPOSED TO

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EVERYBODY PICKING US UP AND WE
HAD COMPANIES THAT WERE HIT
HARD, BUT THEY DOUBLED DOWN NOT
SO MUCH FOR THE BUSINESS, BUT

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BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED IN THE
PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND
THERE WAS A SENSE WE WILL COME
OUT OF THIS AND FIGURE OUT HOW

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TO GET OUT OF IT AND THE THINGS
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT YOU WILL
HEAR OVER AND OVER WHICH WAS
REALLY A COLLABORATIVE FEELING

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OF WE WILL DO THIS TOGETHER.
EVEN BUSINESSES IN COMPETITION
WITH ONE ANOTHER WE'RE WORKING
TOGETHER TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO

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COME BACK AND GET ON THIS SIDE
OF IT.
>> THE HORIZON EDUCATION
ALLIANCES A BROAD PRODUCT OF THE

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RECESSION AND THE COLLABORATIVE
SPIRIT SHALL WE SAY.
>> IN 2008 AND NINE IT WAS
REALLY BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMIC

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TURBULENCE WE HAD AND THE
COMMUNITY SAID WE HAVE TO
ADDRESS THAT.
EDUCATION IS THE RIGHT

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INVESTMENT AND WORKFORCE IS
IMPORTANT AND HOPING EVENTUALLY
IT STABILIZES THE ECONOMY
BECAUSE THE TALENT POOL IS

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THERE.
>> TALK ABOUT THE ALLIANCE AND
THE THINGS SPECIFICALLY YOU ARE
DOING TO GET AT THAT TALENT

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ISSUE.
>> ESPECIALLY IN A CLIMATE
LIKE NOW WHEN BUSINESSES ARE
THRIVING AND THEY NEED MORE

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EMPLOYEES, FIRST OF ALL IT'S A
LONG-TERM EFFORT SO WE DO THINGS
BACK TO EARLY CHILDHOOD, ENGAGED
PARENTS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

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THINGS, BUT A LOT OF IMMEDIATE
WORK HAPPENING RIGHT NOW LIKE
EIGHTH GRADE WE HAVE WORKED
TOGETHER IN MANUFACTURING DAYS

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IN EVERY SINGLE EIGHTH GRADER
THIS FALL WILL SEE MANUFACTURING
PLANTS, BUT IT GOES TO JUNIOR
APPRENTICESHIPS IN HIGH SCHOOLS

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AND ALL HIGH SCHOOLS WORKING
TOGETHER AND REALLY A LOT OF
ADULT EDUCATION WORKFORCE TRYING
TO GET CREDENTIALS THAT

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BUSINESSES NEED AND FIND WAYS
THAT ALL PARTNERS CAN WORK
TOGETHER.
>> ONE IS ONLINE WHEN IT COMES

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TO ALIGNING THE WORKFORCE?
>> THAT IS THE INTEREST ALL
THE TIME IS BEING ALIGNED WITH
WHAT THE BUSINESSES NEED, SUPPLY

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CHAIN AND LOGISTICS AND WE HAVE
A PROGRAM IN THAT NOW.
ALSO ELKHART COUNTY WAS RANKED
NUMBER ONE IN TERMS OF ROBOTS

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PER EMPLOYEE, WHICH WAS A GREAT
THING AND WE HAVE A ROBOTICS
PROGRAM WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE
SURE WE ARE ABLE TO HELP PEOPLE

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MEET THE SKILLS THAT ARE NEEDED
IN SKILLS OUT THERE.
>> FROM A CHAMBER STANDPOINT
AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

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STANDPOINT, WHAT ARE THE BIG
SELLING POINTS AND WHAT'S THE
STORY YOU GO OUT AND GIVE ONE
RECRUITING FOLKS?

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>> WE TALK ABOUT COLLABORATION
AND PARTNERSHIPS THAT HAVE COME
ABOUT IN -- I CAN REMEMBER
SITTING IN A MEETING IN THE

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STATES AND TALKING ABOUT A
PROGRAM THAT ALL FIVE CHAMBERS
WERE WORKING ON, IVY TECH, EBC
AND BUSINESSES HAVE BOUGHT IN

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AND PEOPLE LOOK AT A THIRD EYE
OR SOMETHING LIKE HOW DID YOU
GET TOGETHER AROUND THIS BUT,
THAT PIECE IS SO VERY IMPORTANT

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AND SAYS A LOT TO BUSINESSES
LOOKING TO RELOCATE THERE AND
SAYS A LOT TO THE CURRENT
WORKERS THAT ARE HERE AND

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ESPECIALLY IN A TIME WHERE YOU
ARE LOOKING AT A WIDE RANGE
WHERE WE ARE WORKING ON K-12
EDUCATION AND TRYING TO SCALE

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FOLKS UP AT THE OTHER PIECES WE
HAVE TO PLAY IN A WORLD THAT THE
JOBS THAT ARE GOING TO EXIST FOR
KINDERGARTNERS A LOT OF THEM

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DON'T EXIST YET, SO YOU CONTINUE
TO TRAIN WITH THAT IN MIND.
>> WE HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE
AUDIENCE SO IF YOU COULD SAY

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YOUR NAME AND FIRE WAY.
>> DOUG WADE WITH WADE
INDUSTRIES.
AS A RECENT NEW BUSINESS OWNER

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IN THE AREA OF A SMALL BUSINESS,
HOW CAN WE MAKE IT EASY FOR A
SMALL BUSINESS TO ENGAGE AND
GRAB THE RESOURCES YOU HAVE?

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>> WE'VE BEEN PUTTING ENERGY
INTO SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS AND IT
IS WHERE A LOT OF OWNERS OF
SMALLER BUSINESSES COME TOGETHER

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WHEN YOU PUT THOSE TOGETHER WE
MAY NOT HAVE AN IBM THAT CAN
DICTATE EVERYTHING THEY NEED BUT
11 CAME TOGETHER AND THAT WAS A

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RECENT SUBMISSION TO SKILL OF
INDIANA WHICH WE ONE AND THAT'S
WHERE A LOT OF PARTNERS ARE
WORKING TOGETHER TO OFFER SOME

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APPRENTICESHIP EVEN THOUGH THE
HR PARTNERS NOT SO BIG YOU PUT
THAT TOGETHER AND CAN GET THAT
DONE.

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>> ANOTHER QUESTION FROM THE
AUDIENCE.
>> MY NAME IS JOANNA KING AND
I'M A WIFE, MOTHER AND INVOLVED

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IN OUR LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEM AND
ONE QUESTION I HAD IS WE LOOK TO
EDUCATE STUDENTS WHO ARE
CONTINUALLY TRYING TO EDUCATE

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KIDS FOR JOBS THAT HAVE NOT EVEN
BEEN CREATED YET SO HOW DO WE DO
THAT?
>> SOME OF THOSE TRANSFERABLE

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SKILLS AND WE ARE TRYING TO WORK
ON COLLABORATION.
THE SOONER YOU CAN LEARN THAT
THEY ARE SKILLS EMPLOYEES ONE.

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YOU CAN ADD TO THAT CREATIVITY
AND CRITICAL THINKING AND KIND
OF PULL THOSE THINGS OUT IN
STUDENTS AND SO I THINK WE HAVE

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TO DO THAT.
>> GREAT QUESTION FROM THE
AUDIENCE AND GREAT INSIDERS
FIRST EDITION.

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THE PANEL, BRIAN WIEBE, LEVON