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>> HELLO AND WELCOME TO INSIDE
INDIANA BUSINESS.
I'M GERRY DICK.
CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY ON THE

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FIRST DOWNTOWN NOBLESVILLE
APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT IN MORE
THAN A CENTURY.
THE $24 MILLION MIXED-USE

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PROJECT, THE LEVINSON, IS PART
OF THE NOBLESVILLE NOW PLAN,
WHICH IDENTIFIES 10 BIG PROJECTS
THE CITY WILL START BETWEEN NOW

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AND 2023.
IT COMES ON THE HEELS OF THE
CITY WELCOMING BORGWARNER'S
TECHNICAL CENTER AND A $30

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MILLION HOTEL AND CONFERENCE
CENTER.
FOR MORE ON THE MOMENTUM THAT IS
BUILDING LITERALLY IN HIS CITY,

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LET'S BRING IN NOBLESVILLE MAYOR
JOHN DITSLEAR.
MAYOR, WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GERRY.

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>> LET'S GET TO THESE
DEVELOPMENTS, THERE ARE A LOT.
MOST SIGLY CAN'T JUST ANNOUNCED
IN THE LAST WEEK, THE LEVINSON,

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THE FIRST APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT
IN DOWNTOWN NOBLESVILLE IN MORE
THAN A CENTURY.
>> THEN THE FIRST PARKING GARAGE

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IN THE CITY OF NOBLESVILLE.
SO WE'RE VERY, VERY EXCITED
ABOUT IT.
>> WHAT DOES THIS REPRESENT?

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YOU MENTIONED PARKING, THAT'S
BIG.
$24 MILLION INVESTMENTS, A BIG
MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD

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RESULT IN CHANGE IN NOBLESVILLE.
WHAT DOES IT REPRESENT IN YOUR
VIEW FOR THE CITY?
>> THINK IT REPRESENTS FIRST OF

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ALL PRESERVING OUR HISTORY.
THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US.
BUT ALSO GROWING AND MAYBE
ESTABLISHING HISTORY IN THE

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FUTURE, FOR THE FUTURE.
BUT THE APARTMENTS CERTAINLY ARE
FOR ATTRACTION OF THE
MILLENNIALS, THOSE WHO WANT TO

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GO BACK TO LIVING IN AN
APARTMENT, PERHAPS, EMPTY
NESTERS, AND ATTRACT MORE PEOPLE
TO DOWNTOWN.

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IT'S BEEN A CHALLENGE AND
SOMETHING WE WANTED TO DO, AND
THEN AROUND OR WITHIN THAT
BUILDING WILL BE A PARKING

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GARAGE BUT IT WILL NOT ONLY BE
FOR THOSE PEOPLE IN THE
APARTMENTS, THERE WILL BE 150,
WELL, IT WILL BE 167 BRAND NEW

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PARKING SPACES IN DOWNTOWN WHICH
WE'VE NEEDED FOR QUITE SOME
TIME.
>> AS WE WERE TALKING OFF

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CAMERA, I ASKED YOU WHAT YOUR
BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS AND YOU
CERTAINLY SAID WORKFORCE HAS TO
BE AT OR NEAR THE TOP.

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>> I DID.
I'M INTERESTED IN THE WORKFORCE
ACADEMY, BUT YES, WORKFORCE IS A
CHALLENGE FOR ALL OF US.

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THAT'S A NATIONWIDE SITUATION.
AND ALL OF US, WHETHER IT BE --
TO THE TOP LEADERSHIP, IT'S A
MATTER OF FINDING THE RIGHT

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PEOPLE.
WE IN NOBLESVILLE HAVE WORKED
HARD ON THAT, WORKED WITH THE
STATE AND OTHERS AND IT'S REALLY

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IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE WORKERS
AVAILABLE.
>> WE TALK ABOUT THE NOBLESVILLE
NOW CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

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10 BIG PROJECTS, THE DOWNTOWN
LEVINSON A PART OF THAT, BUT
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS
INVOLVED INCLUDING TRAILS AND

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OTHER AMENITIES THAT KIND OF GET
TO THAT WHOLE WORKFORCE.
>> YES, WE HAVE A GREAT TRAIL
SYSTEM.

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WE PROBABLY HAVE 90 MILES OF
TRAIL.
BUT THE MIDLAND GOES FROM
WEST -- CONNECTS IN WESTFIELD

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AND GOES EAST, AND WESTFIELD HAS
DONE A GREAT JOB.
THEN WE PICK THAT UP AT GRAY
ROAD AND MOVING THAT EAST, WE'RE

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IN OUR THIRD PHASE, AND WE'LL
FINISH THEN THE NEXT PHASE WHICH
WILL TAKE IT, BUT THE THIRD
PHASE WILL FINISH THIS SUMMER.

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BEAUTIFUL TRAIL, AND WE'RE
LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT, AS WELL
AS A RIVERWALK, THE RIVER
OBVIOUSLY IS A REAL ASSET TO

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NOBLESVILLE AND WE WANT TO MAKE
IT EVEN MORE OF AN ASSET.
SO WE HAVE A RIVERWALK, TAKES A
LONG TIME IN COOPERATION WITH

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THE COUNTY, BUT THAT WILL ALSO
EXTEND SOUTH ALL THE WAY TO
PLEASANT STREET.
>> YOU'RE MAKING INVESTMENTS IN

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A BIG WAY IN ATTRACTING BUT U.N.
BUSINESS AND ALSO THE CONVENTION
BUSINESS.
FIRST OF ALL, BORGWARNER.

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>> THE TYPE OF BUSINESS WE WANT
TO ATTRACT, THEY'RE LEADERS IN
THE ENERGY, CLEAN ENERGY
PROPULSION SYSTEMS AND THE

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AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY, BUT THEY'RE
THE TYPE OF COMPANY WE WANT TO
ATTRACT.
>> CONVENTION BUSINESS, YOU'VE

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ALSO GOT, AGAIN, MORE BUILDING
GOING ON.
A NEW CONVENTION CENTER WITH AN
EMBASSY SUITES CONNECTED AS

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WELL.
>> YES.
TO BE HONEST, WE HAVE A MAYOR'S
CHARITY BALL AND SINCE I'VE BEEN

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MAYOR, WE'VE PROBABLY RAISED
MORE THAN HALF A MILLION DOLLARS
THAT DOES GO TO CHARITY.
BUT I HAD TO HAVE IT IN SOME OF

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THE OTHER COMMUNITIES SOUTH OF
US, AND I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS
TIME.
BUT IT IS TIME AND THE MARKET IS

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BIG FOR THE SMALLER CONVENTIONS.
AGAIN, EMBASSY SUITES IS 20,000
SQUARE FEET PLUS I THINK THERE'S
FIVE WITHIN THE HOTEL.

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>> FINAL QUESTION FOR YOU.
IS THIS KIND OF DEVELOPMENT AND
MOMENTUM NECESSARY FOR
COMMUNITIES OF NOBLESVILLE'S

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SIZE TO REALLY SURVIVE AND
THRIVE, IF YOU WILL, GOING
FORWARD?
>> I THINK SO.

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I THINK IF YOU DON'T GROW, YOU
DIE, AND THAT DOESN'T MATTER
WHAT BUSINESS OR WHATEVER, SO
THAT'S IMPORTANT.

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BUT IT'S COMPETITIVE.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE VERY BLESSED IN
HAMILTON COUNTY CERTAINLY,
BUT -- AND I'M ACTIVE THT INDY

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PARTNERSHIP, BUT WE COMPETE
WITHIN OUR COUNTY BUT WE COMPETE
WITH THE COLUMBUS, OHIOs AND
WE ALL KNOW THIS, BUT IT'S

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IMPORTANT THAT CENTRAL INDIANA
STAY TOGETHER AND BE PROACTIVE
AND GROW.
>> A LOT GOING ON CERTAINLY IN

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NOBLESVILLE.
NOBLESVILLE, MAYOR JOHN