WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.473 >> HELLO AND WELCOME TO INSIDE INDIANA BUSINESS. I'M GERRY DICK. CONSTRUCTION CREWS ARE BUSY IN 2 00:00:06.473 --> 00:00:10.977 AND AROUND DOWNTOWN EVANSVILLE ON MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN NEW PROJECTS. FROM THE SECOND PHASE OF A 3 00:00:10.977 --> 00:00:16.850 CUTTING EDGE DOWNTOWN MEDICAL CENTER TO A NEW HYATT PLACE HOTEL TO NEW LIFE FOR THE TALLEST BUILDING BETWEEN 4 00:00:16.850 --> 00:00:24.324 INDIANAPOLIS AND NASHVILLE...NOT TO MENTION HEALTH AND LIFE SCIENCES PROJECTS IN THE REGION. THERE IS A BUZZ IN EVANSVILLE 5 00:00:24.324 --> 00:00:27.627 AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND HERE TO TELL US ABOUT IT AND WHAT'S NEXT, I'M PLEASED TO BE JOINED BY EVANSVILLE MAYOR LLOYD 6 00:00:27.627 --> 00:00:35.869 WINNECKE. MAYOR, ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE YOU IN STUDIO. >> THANKS, GERRY, GREAT TO SEE 7 00:00:35.869 --> 00:00:40.340 YOU. >> ONE OF THE BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS IN THE REGION, AND FOR THE STATE, TOYOTA LAST WEEK REALLY 8 00:00:40.340 --> 00:00:47.347 CLOSING OUT WHAT WILL BE A $2.3 BILLION INVESTMENT, 550 JOBS. THAT PART OF A BIGGER STORY IN THE REGION. 9 00:00:47.347 --> 00:00:57.624 >> TOYOTA IS A BIG DRIVER OF THE ECONOMIC ENGINE FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA. 7,000 EMPLOYEES, LITERALLY OVER 10 00:00:57.624 --> 00:01:04.097 $5 BILLION IN INVESTMENT SINCE OPENING IN 1996. IT'S A HUGE PART OF WHY SOUTHWEST INDIANA IS BUZZING THE WAY IT IS. 11 00:01:04.097 --> 00:01:11.104 >> LET'S TALK SPECIFICALLY, YOUR CITY, EVANSVILLE AND DOWNTOWN. A LOT OF ATTENTION YOU AND OTHERS HAVE BEEN VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT 12 00:01:11.104 --> 00:01:16.910 INVESTMENT DOWNTOWN. ONE OF THE PROJECTS, THE STONE FAMILY CENTER FOR THE HEALTH SCIENCES, WHICH HAS BEEN OPEN ABOUT A YEAR 13 00:01:16.910 --> 00:01:24.017 NOW, GOING INTO ITS SECOND YEAR. TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT HAS HAD DOWNTOWN. >> SO, TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS AN 14 00:01:24.017 --> 00:01:29.456 EXPANSION OF THE I.U. MEDICAL SCHOOL CAMPUS PRESENCE IN DOWNTOWN. IT'S A COLLABORATIVE EDUCATIONAL EFFORT BETWEEN I.U., 15 00:01:29.456 --> 00:01:36.229 THE UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA. YOU HAVE GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS LEARNING 16 00:01:36.229 --> 00:01:44.003 HEALTHCARE IN ONE SETTING. THE I.U. SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY HAS ITS FOURTH YEAR RESIDENCY PROGRAM THERE. 17 00:01:44.003 --> 00:01:49.876 THERE'S A 14-SEAT DENTAL CLINIC THERE. THE ANTICIPATION OF THAT OPENING. NOW THE SECOND BUILDING ON THE CAMPUS, WHICH WILL OPEN 18 00:01:49.876 --> 00:01:57.917 THIS SPRING HAS MET MORE THAN 60 NEW BUSINESSES HAVE OPENED AROUND DOWNTOWN, IN AND AROUND DOWNTOWN, FROM RESTAURANTS TO 19 00:01:57.917 --> 00:02:05.358 BARS TO SHOPS, TO INTERIOR DESIGN STUDIOS, IT'S REALLY BEEN A BIG DRIVER OF OUR RESURGENCE DOWNTOWN. 20 00:02:05.358 --> 00:02:13.132 >> THE SECOND PHASE, A HEALTH CENTER, HOW ABOUT THE VIBRANCY, LIVING DOWNTOWN. THAT WAS A PIECE OF WHAT WAS ANTICIPATED. 21 00:02:13.132 --> 00:02:22.342 >> MY WIFE AND I LIVE RIGHT DOWNTOWN, AT THIRD AND MAIN. AND SO IT'S VERY COMMON TO COME HOME FROM AN EVENING OUT AND SEE 22 00:02:22.342 --> 00:02:28.348 LOADS AND LOADS OF PEOPLE DOWNTOWN. TEN YEARS AGO THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN THE CASE. PEOPLE COULD BE IN DOWNTOWN FOR 23 00:02:28.348 --> 00:02:35.622 A CONCERT, A BASKETBALL GAME, HOCKEY GAME. MAY JUST BE COMING DOWNTOWN FOR A GREAT DINNER AT AN ELECTRONICALLY OWNED 24 00:02:35.622 --> 00:02:41.127 RESTAURANT. >> CONVENTION, HOTEL SPACE, HOTEL ROOMS LONG HAVE BEEN WANTED IN DOWNTOWN EVANSVILLE. 25 00:02:41.127 --> 00:02:49.135 IT WAS A LONG TIME COMING. BUT NOW YOU HAVE THE DOUBLETREE HOTEL OPEN, THE HYATT PLACE HOTEL ABOUT TO OPEN. WHAT HAS 26 00:02:49.135 --> 00:02:56.142 THAT MEANT, WHAT IMPACT HAS THAT THIS ON THE CONVENTION BUSINESS, YOUR SPORTS NICHE? >> OUR SPORTS TOURISM HAS BEEN 27 00:02:56.142 --> 00:03:04.317 GROWN NICELY. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO WHAT INDIANAPOLIS HAS DONE ON A SMALLER SCALE. WE'VE CARVED OUT A GOOD AREA FOR OURSELVES. 28 00:03:04.317 --> 00:03:11.224 SECOND YEAR OF A FOUR-YEAR COMMITMENT TO NCAA, ELITE 8 BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT, A BIG DEAL FOR US, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO 29 00:03:11.224 --> 00:03:18.531 ATTRACT THE OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE MEN'S AND WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT THAT HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY IN NASHVILLE, 30 00:03:18.531 --> 00:03:24.837 TENNESSEE, FOR TWO-AND-A-HALF DECADES. WE'RE IN OUR THIRD YEAR THERE. SO THE ADDITIONAL HOTEL CAPACITY HAS REALLY HELPED US 31 00:03:24.837 --> 00:03:29.776 EXPAND OUR SPORTS TOURISM, AND THAT'S A BIG DRIVER OF WHAT WE'RE SUCCESSFUL. >> TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION, A 32 00:03:29.776 --> 00:03:39.118 PART OF THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT, TOO, SPECIFICALLY THE POSTHOUSE, TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT IS, REALLY ABOUT FUTURE 33 00:03:39.118 --> 00:03:49.162 LIVING, FUTURISTIC LIVING. >> I THINK THIS IS ARGUABLY THE BEST REGIONAL CITY'S PROJECT IN INDIANA. THE WHOLE IDEA BEHIND 34 00:03:49.162 --> 00:03:56.736 REGIONAL CITIES WAS TO DRIVE INVESTMENT IN REGIONAL CITIES TO DRAW MILLENNIALS AND IMPROVE QUALITY OF PLACE. THIS IS A 35 00:03:56.736 --> 00:04:09.616 JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN COMPANIES. TO TEST SOURCES OF ENERGY AND GE WANTS TO TEST THE EFFICIENCY OF SMART APPLIANCES. REAL TIME 36 00:04:09.616 --> 00:04:20.860 CONNECTIVITY, THINK A LIVING LAB, 144 MARKET RATE APARTMENT UNITS DOWNTOWN, UNDERGROUND PARKING FOR 150 CARS. REALLY 37 00:04:20.860 --> 00:04:33.740 DYNAMIC GREEN SPACE OPEN TO ENTIRE COMMUNITY, A DYNAMIC PROJECT, ARCHITECTURALLY UNIQUE. >> THE OLD NATIONAL TOWER, WHICH 38 00:04:33.740 --> 00:04:39.045 HAS BEEN VACANT A LONG TIME HAS BEEN ACQUIRED, WHAT IS THE POTENTIAL THERE, TALLEST BUILDING BETWEEN INDIANAPOLIS 39 00:04:39.045 --> 00:04:48.321 AND NASHVILLE. >> THE TALLEST BUILDING, 130 MILE SQUARE RADIUS, PURCHASED BY THE DELMO GROUP, VERY CONFIDENT 40 00:04:48.321 --> 00:05:01.901 THAT WILL BE ONE OF THE BIG DEVELOPMENT, 60-PLUS APARTMENTS WITH RETAIL AND SHOPS. A 18 TO 24-TIME MONTH TIMELINE.