>> HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS AROUND INDIANA• BROUGHT TO YOU BY CHAPMAN HEATING AIR CONDITIONING AND
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YOU CAN FIND THEIR EXCEPTIONALLY HAND CRAFTED FURNITURE IN SOME OF THE MOST PROMINENT CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS IN INDIANAPOLIS.
PURPOSEFUL DESIGN IS THEIR NAME, GIVING MEN REALLY A SECOND CHANCE IS THEIR AIM. AROUND INDIANA REPORTER
MARY-RACHEL REDMAN HAS DETAILS. >> FROM HARD KNOCKS TO HANDMADE FURNITURE, PURPOSEFUL DESIGN ISN'T JUST REHABBING LIVES, IT'S
BUILDING SOME OF INDY'S HIGHEST QUALITY FURNITURE. >> THEY'RE MAKING CUSTOM FURNITURE BEAUTIFUL, WE TARGET
MEN WHO HAVE BEEN THROUGH INCARCERATION, HOMELESSNESS, ADDICTION, BROKEN RELATIONSHIP, AND WHO ARE READY TO TRY AND
GIVE LIFE ANOTHER SHOT. WE TRY TO BUILD STRENGTH INTO PEOPLE WHO HAVE REALLY FOUND THEMSELVES IN A PRETTY WEAKENED
SPOT. >> I BECAME AN ADDICT, AN ALCOHOLIC. BECAUSE OF THAT, I ENDED UP IN
PRISON. >> SALES FORCE TOWER NEARLY TOUCHES THE HEAVENS AS INDY'S TALLEST SKYSCRAPER DOWNTOWN.
AND IT WAS JUST SIX YEARS AGO THAT 45-YEAR-OLD JESSIE FOUND HIMSELF HOMELESS. SLEEPING ON THE PAVEMENT,
NOTHING MORE THAN AN OUTSIDER LOOKING IN ON THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF ONE OF THE STATE'S LARGEST TECH EMPLOYERS.
LITTLE DID HE KNOW THEN, A MAN NAMED DAVID PALMER WOULD SOON CHANGE EVERYTHING. >> DAVID CALLED ME UP AND ASKED
ME TO COME IN, IT WAS A WOOD SHOP, I LISTENED TO EVERYTHING I WAS TAUGHT, LISTENED TO EVERYTHING I WAS TOLD AND MOVED
FORWARD. I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO BUILD ANYTHING. >> BUT THAT WOULD SOON CHANGE.
SINCE WORKING FOR PURPOSEFUL DESIGN, HE HAS COMPLETELY CHANGED HIS LIFE AROUND. GETTING MARRIED AND HAVING A SO¶
SON. >> I AM NO LONGER AN ALCOHOLIC, I AM NO LONGER A DRUG ADDICT. I'VE GOT MYSELF A WIFE THAT
MAKES SURE THAT I AM STRAIGHT AND NARROW AND DOING WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO BE DOING IN LIFE BECAUSE I'M NOT JUST LIVING FOR
ME ANYMORE, BUT I'M LIVING FOR ME AND MY SON. >> THERE'S LOTS OF OUR PURPOSEFUL DESIGN FURNITURE IN
THE SALESFORCE TOWER. THERE WAS ONCE A BUSINESSMAN UP IN THE TOWER ADMIRING THE FURNITURE, HE KNEW WHERE IT CAME
FROM AND WHO MADE IT, AND HE SAID, ISN'T IT AMAZING THAT THE BEAUTIFUL FURNITURE IN THIS TOWER WAS MADE BY MEN WHO USED
TO BE HOMELESS IN FRONT OF THE TOWER. >> SINCE OPENING ITS DOORS IN 2013, PURPOSEFUL DESIGN HAS
GROSSED OVER 5 1/2 MILLION DOLLARS IN SALES. AND THEIR CLIENTS INCLUDE BIG TIME NAMES LIKE HE LIE¶¶¶¶ ELI ,
SALESFORCE, AND THE INDIANAPOLIS AIRPORT TO NAME A FEW. >> WE ARE WORKING HERE TO LEARN SOME REAL DISCIPLINE, SOME
RESPONSIBILITY TO SHOW UP ON TIME, BRING THE RIGHT ATTITUDE, LEARN TO DO THE SKILLS. >> BUT CRAFTSMANSHIP SKILLS ARE
FAR FROM A REQUIREMENT. JUST ASK 24-YEAR-OLD JAMIL, WHO CAME TO PURPOSEFUL DESIGN THROUGH WHEELER MISSION.
>> I HAD ZERO EXPERIENCE. >> BUT HE'S LEARNE ON THE JOB. >> IT'S AMAZING. BEST THING THAT HAPPENED TO ME
SINCE I MOVED DOWN TO INDIANA FOR SURE. AND I'M JUST TRYING TO GET MY LIFE STARTED ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
>> JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GOT A GOOD GRIP, PRESS THIS BUTTON TO GET STARTED. >> MARY-RACHEL REDMAN, INSIDE
INDIANA BUSINESS. >> ALL RIGHT, MARY-RACHEL, THANK YOU. ALSO MAKING HEADLINES AROUND
INDIANA THIS WEEK, MANHATTAN MECHANICAL SERVICE HAS OPENED A NEW FACILITY IN EAST CHICAGO.
THE ILLINOIS-BASED COMPANY SAYS IT WILL HIRE UP TO 100 WORKERS OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. OUR PARTNERS AT THE TIMES OF
NORTHWEST INDIANA REPORT THE 20,000-SQUARE-FOOT MACHINE SHOP WILL SUPPORT OIL REFINERIES, CHEMICAL PLANTS AND STEEL MILLS
IN NORTHWEST INDIANA. MANHATTAN MECHANICAL WAS RECENTLY RECOGNIZED BY CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS AS ONEOF THE
REGION'S 50 FASTEST-GROWING COMPANIES. THE COMPANY SAYS WORKERS CAN MAKE UP TO $100,000 JUST ONE
YEAR AFTER COMPLETING AN APPRENTICESHIP. IRELAND-BASED EATON CORP. IS CONSIDERING CLOSING ITS
FACILITY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA. IN A NOTICE TO THE STATE, THE POWER MANAGEMENT COMPANY SAYS THE AUBURN PLANT COULD SHUT ITS
DOORS PERMANENTLY NEXT SPRING, OUT OF WORK. THE FACILITY MANUFACTURES PARTS FOR LEGACY MANUAL AND AUTOMATED
HEAVY-DUTY TRANSMISSIONS. EATON SAYS THE PLANT COULD CLOSE IN MAY. EATON ALSO HAS FACILITIES IN
GEORGIA, NEBRASKA, NORTH CAROLINA AND OREGON. SOME SAD NEUTION TO PASS ALONG THIS WEEK AS LONG TIME ELKHART
BUSINESSMAN AND COMMUNITY LEADER AND ONE OF THE DOWNED R FOUNDERS OF ELKHART COUNTY, ARTHUR DECIO, HAS DIED.
DECIO WAS A FORMER CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT, AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF SKYLINE CORP., WHICH WAS AT ONE TIME THE NATION'S
LARGEST MOBILE HOME BUILDER. HE ALSO SERVED AS A UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME TRUSTEE. HE RECEIVED PRESIDENTIAL
APPOINTMENTS TO THREE NATIONAL COMMISSIONS AND SERVED ON THE BOARD OF MORE THAN 45 ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO.