WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.036 >>GERRY: HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS AROUND INDIANA... BROUGHT TO YOU BY CHAPMAN HEATING AIR CONDITIONING AND PLUMBING. 2 00:00:03.036 --> 00:00:09.943 THE MAN FOR ALL SEASONS... CHAPMAN. CHAPMANHEATING.COM. >>>EVANSVILLE-BASED OLD NATIONAL 3 00:00:09.943 --> 00:00:16.416 BANCORP IS PARTNERING WITH ANDERSON-BASED NONPROFIT LENDER BANKABLE AND THE MID-STATES MINORITY SUPPLIER DEVELOPMENT 4 00:00:16.416 --> 00:00:21.721 COUNCIL TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISES. OLD NATIONAL SAYS THE PARTNERSHIP WILL PROVIDE 5 00:00:21.721 --> 00:00:28.528 FLEXIBLE FINANCING AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES TO CERTIFIED MBES WITHIN INDIANA...THE BANK PROVIDING 6 00:00:28.528 --> 00:00:34.334 $50,000 TO LAUNCH THE PARTNERSHIP. >>>TENNESSEE-BASED KENCO LOGISTIC SERVICES PLANS TO OPEN 7 00:00:34.334 --> 00:00:38.738 A FULFILLMENT AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER IN THE RIVER RIDGE COMMERCE CENTER IN JEFFERSONVILLE. 8 00:00:38.738 --> 00:00:45.044 THE COMPANY IS PLANNING A 250,000-SQUARE-FOOT LEASED FACILITY TO HELP SERVE A GROWING DEMAND FOR E-COMMERCE PRODUCTS. 9 00:00:45.044 --> 00:00:56.222 KENCO OPERATES MORE THAN 50 WAREHOUSES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. >> BIG THINGS HAPPENING WEST 10 00:00:56.222 --> 00:00:58.658 CENTRAL INDIANA THE STATE HAS JUST DESIGNATED THE TERRE HAUTE AREA AS ITS NEWEST 21ST CENTURY TALENT 11 00:00:58.658 --> 00:01:04.230 REGION...MEANTIME CO-WORKING SPACE LAUNCH TERRE HAUTE HAS JUST ANNOUNCED A MAJOR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TERRE HAUTE 12 00:01:04.230 --> 00:01:08.535 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE...NOT TO MENTION TWO BIG PROJECTS UNDERWAY...A CASINO AND A CONVENTION CENTER. 13 00:01:08.535 --> 00:01:13.773 FOR MORE, I'M PLEASED TO WELCOME TERRE HAUTE CHAMBER COMMERCE PRESIDENT KRISTIN CRAIG WITH DETAILS ON WHAT IS FUELING 14 00:01:13.773 --> 00:01:24.451 MOMENTUM IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... WELCOME AS ALWAYS, TO THE PROGRAM. 15 00:01:24.451 --> 00:01:28.755 >> THANK YOU. APPRECIATE BEING HERE. >> YOU ARE PHYSICALLY AT LAUNCH TAYLOR HOT RIGHT NOW, SO I WILL 16 00:01:28.755 --> 00:01:37.497 ASK YOU ABOUT THAT THAT CO-WORKING SPACE THAT LAUNCHED SEVERAL YEARS AGO TO REALLY FUEL INNOVATION, TECHNOLOGY IN THE 17 00:01:37.497 --> 00:01:44.971 REGION. THE CHAMBER IS WITH LUNCH TERRE HAUTE SO TELL US WHAT THAT'S ABOUT. 18 00:01:44.971 --> 00:01:53.046 >> IT'S REALLY EXCITING FOR US LUNCH TERRE HAUTE HAS A REPUTATION AND BEEN BUILDING ON PARTNERS AND PROVIDE CO-WORKING 19 00:01:53.046 --> 00:02:01.154 SPACE AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CHAMBER AND LAUNCH TO WORK CLOSER TOGETHER. IT'S REALLY THAT ONE-STOP SHOP 20 00:02:01.154 --> 00:02:07.827 IF YOU ARE A BUSINESS PERSON AND LOOKING TO EXPAND AND LOOKING TO DEVELOP AN ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILL YOU COME TO LAUNCH AND THERE'S 21 00:02:07.827 --> 00:02:13.867 ALWAYS A GOOD NETWORK. IT'S AN EXCITING PARTNERSHIP. >> THAT PARTNERSHIP THAT WAS RECENTLY ANNOUNCED ALSO JUST 22 00:02:13.867 --> 00:02:23.042 THIS WEEK THE STATE OF INDIANA DESIGNATING WEST CENTRAL INDIANA VIGO COUNTY SEVERAL COUNTIES THERE IS THE NEWEST 21ST CENTURY 23 00:02:23.042 --> 00:02:30.650 TALENT REGION. WHAT WILL THAT MEAN FOR EFFORTS THERE AND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA IN THE WABASH VALLEY? 24 00:02:30.650 --> 00:02:35.788 >> ABSOLUTELY WE WERE THE SEVENTH TALENT REGION SO WE ARE EXCITED TO BE PART OF THAT NETWORK. 25 00:02:35.788 --> 00:02:41.060 THERE'S SO MANY EXCITING REGIONAL THINGS HAPPENING THIS IS ANOTHER WAY TO ALIGN THEM AND BRING THEM TOGETHER. 26 00:02:41.060 --> 00:02:49.435 THE WHOLE FOCUS OF TALENT IS ABOUT ATTACKING, DEVELOPING AND DEVELOPING TALENT WE ARE THE HOME OF SEVERAL HOW YOUR 27 00:02:49.435 --> 00:02:55.341 INSTITUTION INSTITUTION SO IT'S INCREDIBLY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT THIS WAY AND BE PART OF THIS INITIATIVE. 28 00:02:55.341 --> 00:03:03.850 >> YOU BRING UP A GOOD POINT BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT INDIANA STATE ROSE HOME IN ST. MARY'S, A MAJOR IVY TECH PRESENCE THERE 29 00:03:03.850 --> 00:03:13.426 AMONG OTHERS AND REALLY THE CONVERGENCE OF ALL THOSE ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS MAKES IT UNIQUE. 30 00:03:13.426 --> 00:03:18.431 >> ABSOLUTELY. THAT IS IN MANY WAYS THE HEART AND SOUL OF OUR COMMUNITY SO WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTED IN 31 00:03:18.431 --> 00:03:24.938 TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THAT EXACT WAY OF BEING ABLE TO CONNECT WITH THAT TALENT AND THIS WILL GIVE US ANOTHER WAY TO BE ABLE 32 00:03:24.938 --> 00:03:31.611 TO DO THAT AND IDENTIFYING THE ROAD MAP WHERE WE WANT TO GO AND WHAT POSITIONS TO DEVELOP AND THIS IS HOW WE WILL GET THERE. 33 00:03:31.611 --> 00:03:39.652 >> A COUPLE OF BIG PROJECTS UNDERWAY IN ONE TALKED ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME UNDERWAY NOW A NEW CASINO ON THE EAST SIDE. 34 00:03:39.652 --> 00:03:46.826 IT'S IN VIGO COUNTY AND WHERE DO THINGS STAND IN THE CASINO AND HOW DO YOU SEE THAT IMPACT BECAUSE THEIR EFFORTS AROUND THE 35 00:03:46.826 --> 00:03:55.835 AIRPORT WITH AN AIRPORT GATEWAY AND THE EASTSIDE COURT ARE ANTICIPATING BUSINESS ACTIVITY THERE. 36 00:03:55.835 --> 00:04:03.242 >> SO THRILLED THE CASINO IS REALLY STARTING TO MOVE FORWARD. WE STILL ANTICIPATE HAVING A FALL GROUNDBREAKING WITH 12 37 00:04:03.242 --> 00:04:10.450 MONTHS TO CONSTRUCT AFTER THAT BUT WHAT WE SEE RIGHT NOW IS SOME DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA AND THAT WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR 38 00:04:10.450 --> 00:04:18.257 GROWTH ON THE INSIDE SO THE AIRPORT HAS STEPPED UP AND CREATED AN EASTSIDE AIRPORT GATEWAY LOOKING AT SOME 39 00:04:18.257 --> 00:04:24.030 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND LOOKING AT HOW BEST TO DEVELOP THINGS IN THAT AREA. THINGS THAT WE CAN TO SUPPORT 40 00:04:24.030 --> 00:04:32.271 THE DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OF THE CASINO WILL BE HUGE. >> IN ADDITION TO THAT A MAJOR RENOVATION ABOUT TO WRAP UP A 41 00:04:32.271 --> 00:04:37.744 NEW CONVENTION CENTER THAT A COUPLE OF YEARS AWAY IN DOWNTOWN TERRE HAUTE. WE WILL HAVE YOU BACK ON TO TALK 42 00:04:37.744 --> 00:04:38.745 ABOUT THAT IN THE FUTURE.