WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.336 >>GERRY: TWO YEARS AGO, THE CITY OF FISHERS ANNOUNCED IT WOULD SATISFY HUNGRY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS APPETITE FOR MORE 2 00:00:03.336 --> 00:00:06.272 UNIQUE FOOD OPTIONS. THE YARD IS A 17-ACRE CULINARY DISTRICT UNDER CONSTRUCTION...A $110 MILLION MIX OF RESTAURANTS, 3 00:00:06.272 --> 00:00:12.278 LUXURY APARTMENTS, RETAIL AND A DUAL BRANDED HOTEL. ONE OF THE PIECES THAT PEOPLE SEEM TO BE MOST CURIOUS ABOUT IS 4 00:00:12.278 --> 00:00:22.922 A FOOD INCUBATOR. THAT INCLUDES APARTMENTS TOWN HALLS RETAIL A MAJOR CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS AND HOTEL. 5 00:00:22.922 --> 00:00:33.166 FOR MORE LET'S WELCOME FISHERS MAYOR MAYOR FADNESS. >> THANKS. A LOT CONTINUES TO GO ON IN YOUR 6 00:00:33.166 --> 00:00:38.471 COMMUNITY AND SO MANY PROJECTS HAVE BEEN DONE WITH TALENT IN MIND AND ATTRACTING AND RETAINING TALENT. 7 00:00:38.471 --> 00:00:43.810 THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE EQUATION. >> WE ARE TRYING TO RECRUIT COMPANIES WHAT WE SEE IN THAT 8 00:00:43.810 --> 00:00:50.817 INTERACTION AS THEY ARE THINKING CAN I CONVINCE MY EMPLOYEES I HAVE CURRENTLY THAT THEY WANT TO BE PART OF THIS PLACE OR CAN I 9 00:00:50.817 --> 00:00:58.858 CONVINCE PEOPLE THAT WILL SOON BE PART OF OUR EMPLOYMENT TO BE PART OF THIS PLACE SO WE'VE GOT TO CREATE THAT PRODUCT THAT 10 00:00:58.858 --> 00:01:04.697 COMPELLING STORY FOR THEM TO BE PART OF IT. >> PART OF THAT STORY WILL BE JUST RECENTLY ANNOUNCED 11 00:01:04.697 --> 00:01:13.807 DEVELOPMENT IN DOWNTOWN FISHERS. $153 MILLION DEVELOPMENT THE ANCHOR OF THAT PROJECT WILL BE FIRST INTERNET BANK COMPANY 12 00:01:13.807 --> 00:01:19.679 CONTINUES TO KILL IT AND DO GREAT THINGS. DAVID BECKER CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS IN THE HEART OF 13 00:01:19.679 --> 00:01:24.451 FISHERS. >> A COMBINATION OF THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT. LARGEST ACTUALLY THE LARGEST 14 00:01:24.451 --> 00:01:31.958 PROJECT WE'VE EVER DONE AND WITH FIRST INTERNET BANK AND SERIAL ENTREPRENEURIAL LIKE DAVID BECKER BUILDING CORPORATE 15 00:01:31.958 --> 00:01:38.665 HEADQUARTERS A SIGNIFICANT ANCHOR TO THIS MASTER PLAN, BUT WE WILL ALSO HAVE A HIGH END BOUTIQUE HOTEL IN DOWNTOWN AND 16 00:01:38.665 --> 00:01:46.506 THE OTHER SIDE MORE APARTMENT LIVING, TOWNHOMES, OFFICE AND EVEN RETAIL. THAT MIX OF PEOPLE LIVING AND 17 00:01:46.506 --> 00:01:52.812 WORKING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY ATTRACTS THE YOUNG GENERATION, BUT ALSO THE 55 AND OLDER GENERATION. 18 00:01:52.812 --> 00:01:59.152 I THINK THAT IS CRITICAL FOR LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR CITY. >> THE YARD, WHICH IS A UNIQUE 19 00:01:59.152 --> 00:02:07.293 DEVELOPMENT. RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL ACTIVITY AND CULINARY ACCELERATORS. TALK ABOUT THE YARD AND HOW THAT 20 00:02:07.293 --> 00:02:13.733 IDEA REALLY CAME ABOUT. >> IT'S A SPIN ON THE NEXT GENERATION OF RETAIL SO WE CAN KEEP BUILDING BIG BOXES. 21 00:02:13.733 --> 00:02:21.274 WHAT WE KNOW AS PEOPLE ONE EXPERIENCES EXPERIENCE IS SO EXPONENTIAL RETAIL HAS A STRONG MARKET SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT 22 00:02:21.274 --> 00:02:27.280 DOING A DEVELOPMENT WE DECIDED WE DIDN'T WANT TO GO WITH THE TRADITIONAL MODEL AND FOCUSED ON THE CULINARY SIDE SO THERE ARE 23 00:02:27.280 --> 00:02:35.221 10 OR 12 RESTAURANTS IN THIS AREA AND, AGAIN, TO PURSUE THE VISION OF OUR CITY WE WANTED TO CREATE A SPACE WHERE PEOPLE WHO 24 00:02:35.221 --> 00:02:41.160 HAVE A CULINARY PASSION CAN PURSUE THAT AT THE CULINARY ACCELERATOR SO WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION IN THE FIRST QUARTER 25 00:02:41.160 --> 00:02:49.836 OF NEXT YEAR BUT THEY ARE ALWAYS AT THE YARD ALREADY AND IT'S GONE FROM A 40 MILLION-DOLLAR PROJECT TO $140 MILLION OF THE 26 00:02:49.836 --> 00:02:56.376 MARKET HAS RESPONDED TO THIS CONCEPT AND WE ARE EXCITED TO OPEN THIS UP AND SEE HOW RESIDENTS REACT TO IT. 27 00:02:56.376 --> 00:03:02.849 >> HOW DO YOU BALANCE AS YOU LOOK AT THE EXCITING PROJECT SENT THE TOP GOLF AND IKEA AND ALL THOSE. 28 00:03:02.849 --> 00:03:08.288 >> THIS IS THE AGE-OLD DISCUSSION MOST PEOPLE WANT TO CLOSE THE DOOR BEHIND THEM AND THAT'S NOT A PRACTICAL REALITY 29 00:03:08.288 --> 00:03:15.395 IN THE WORLD WE LIVE AND SO WE HAVE TO CONVINCE RESIDENTS BY TAKING THE ACTIONS WE ARE ALTHOUGH IT'S CHANGING CAN BE 30 00:03:15.395 --> 00:03:21.801 DIFFICULT ABSENT CHANGE THE WORLD WILL CHANGE AROUND US AND WE WILL BE LEFT BEHIND SO WE HAVE TO HAVE A BOLD VISION AND 31 00:03:21.801 --> 00:03:28.274 EXECUTE SMART PLANNING SMART INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH WE'VE MADE GOOD STRIDES IN, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY I'M GOING TO LIVE IN 32 00:03:28.274 --> 00:03:35.348 AND LEAD A COMMUNITY THAT'S GROWING ADAPTING EVOLVE INTO THE WORLD AROUND US AND NOT SITTING BY WATCHING IT GO BY THEM. 33 00:03:35.348 --> 00:03:41.921 >> AS WE WRAP UP YOUR TAKE ON TALENT AND IN INDIANA AS A STATE AND CENTRAL INDIANA SUCH A CRITICAL ISSUE. 34 00:03:41.921 --> 00:03:50.430 HOW DO YOU VIEW WHERE THINGS ARE NOW WITH RESPECT TO THE AVAILABILITY TO KEEP TALENT, BUT TO GET TALENT HERE THAT'S NEEDED 35 00:03:50.430 --> 00:03:56.569 >> A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS AND FOLKS SMARTER THAN I AM WHO HAVE BEEN ON THIS SHOW TALKING ABOUT THIS ISSUE. 36 00:03:56.569 --> 00:04:03.009 I THINK IT'S A POPULATION ISSUE AND IT'S ABOUT GETTING MORE PEOPLE LIVING IN INDIANA WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TALENT AND I THINK 37 00:04:03.009 --> 00:04:10.917 IT'S AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT. WE'VE GOT TO MAKE INDIANA A DESIRABLE PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO MOVE HERE AND MOVE HERE IN 38 00:04:10.917 --> 00:04:17.824 SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS. WE'VE DEPLETED WORLD DNA INTO RURAL AREAS AND THERE'S NOBODY LEFT TO TAKE FROM. 39 00:04:17.824 --> 00:04:25.331 WE'VE GOT TO START BRINGING PEOPLE AND FROM ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY AND THAT I THINK IS BUILDING BETTER CITIES AND 40 00:04:25.331 --> 00:04:32.939 BETTER PLACES ALL AROUND OUR STATE AND ALL DIFFERENT REGIONS OF OUR STATE AND TO MEET THAT IS A KEY COMPONENT OF THE TALENT 41 00:04:32.939 --> 00:04:38.611 CONVERSATION THAT DOESN'T JUST GET TALKED ABOUT. INSTEAD WE TALK ABOUT WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE PIPELINE AROUND 42 00:04:38.611 --> 00:04:46.219 WORKFORCE EDUCATION. ABSOLUTELY TRUE, BUT IF YOU GO INTO INDIANA AND THEY ASK YOU I CAN'T FIND ANYBODY THE REALITY 43 00:04:46.219 --> 00:04:47.220 IS THE POPULATION HAS BEEN