WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.103 >> HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS AROUND INDIANA• BROUGHT TO YOU BY CHAPMAN HEATING AIR CONDITIONING AND 2 00:00:03.103 --> 00:00:08.541 PLUMBING. THE MAN FOR ALL SEASONS• CHAPMAN. CHAPMANHEATING.COM. 3 00:00:08.541 --> 00:00:19.018 YOU CAN FIND THEIR EXCEPTIONALLY HAND CRAFTED FURNITURE IN SOME OF THE MOST PROMINENT CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS IN INDIANAPOLIS. 4 00:00:19.018 --> 00:00:26.793 PURPOSEFUL DESIGN IS THEIR NAME, GIVING MEN REALLY A SECOND CHANCE IS THEIR AIM. AROUND INDIANA REPORTER 5 00:00:26.793 --> 00:00:37.036 MARY-RACHEL REDMAN HAS DETAILS. >> FROM HARD KNOCKS TO HANDMADE FURNITURE, PURPOSEFUL DESIGN ISN'T JUST REHABBING LIVES, IT'S 6 00:00:37.036 --> 00:00:42.308 BUILDING SOME OF INDY'S HIGHEST QUALITY FURNITURE. >> THEY'RE MAKING CUSTOM FURNITURE BEAUTIFUL, WE TARGET 7 00:00:42.308 --> 00:00:50.917 MEN WHO HAVE BEEN THROUGH INCARCERATION, HOMELESSNESS, ADDICTION, BROKEN RELATIONSHIP, AND WHO ARE READY TO TRY AND 8 00:00:50.917 --> 00:00:57.824 GIVE LIFE ANOTHER SHOT. WE TRY TO BUILD STRENGTH INTO PEOPLE WHO HAVE REALLY FOUND THEMSELVES IN A PRETTY WEAKENED 9 00:00:57.824 --> 00:01:02.195 SPOT. >> I BECAME AN ADDICT, AN ALCOHOLIC. BECAUSE OF THAT, I ENDED UP IN 10 00:01:02.195 --> 00:01:09.436 PRISON. >> SALES FORCE TOWER NEARLY TOUCHES THE HEAVENS AS INDY'S TALLEST SKYSCRAPER DOWNTOWN. 11 00:01:09.436 --> 00:01:17.177 AND IT WAS JUST SIX YEARS AGO THAT 45-YEAR-OLD JESSIE FOUND HIMSELF HOMELESS. SLEEPING ON THE PAVEMENT, 12 00:01:17.177 --> 00:01:24.617 NOTHING MORE THAN AN OUTSIDER LOOKING IN ON THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF ONE OF THE STATE'S LARGEST TECH EMPLOYERS. 13 00:01:24.617 --> 00:01:33.259 LITTLE DID HE KNOW THEN, A MAN NAMED DAVID PALMER WOULD SOON CHANGE EVERYTHING. >> DAVID CALLED ME UP AND ASKED 14 00:01:33.259 --> 00:01:41.134 ME TO COME IN, IT WAS A WOOD SHOP, I LISTENED TO EVERYTHING I WAS TAUGHT, LISTENED TO EVERYTHING I WAS TOLD AND MOVED 15 00:01:41.134 --> 00:01:46.206 FORWARD. I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO BUILD ANYTHING. >> BUT THAT WOULD SOON CHANGE. 16 00:01:46.206 --> 00:01:53.913 SINCE WORKING FOR PURPOSEFUL DESIGN, HE HAS COMPLETELY CHANGED HIS LIFE AROUND. GETTING MARRIED AND HAVING A SO¶ 17 00:01:53.913 --> 00:01:59.719 SON. >> I AM NO LONGER AN ALCOHOLIC, I AM NO LONGER A DRUG ADDICT. I'VE GOT MYSELF A WIFE THAT 18 00:01:59.719 --> 00:02:07.694 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 19 00:02:07.694 --> 00:02:12.532 ME ANYMORE, BUT I'M LIVING FOR ME AND MY SON. >> THERE'S LOTS OF OUR PURPOSEFUL DESIGN FURNITURE IN 20 00:02:12.532 --> 00:02:21.508 THE SALESFORCE TOWER. THERE WAS ONCE A BUSINESSMAN UP IN THE TOWER ADMIRING THE FURNITURE, HE KNEW WHERE IT CAME 21 00:02:21.508 --> 00:02:27.213 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 22 00:02:27.213 --> 00:02:33.753 TO BE HOMELESS IN FRONT OF THE TOWER. >> SINCE OPENING ITS DOORS IN 2013, PURPOSEFUL DESIGN HAS 23 00:02:33.753 --> 00:02:43.930 GROSSED OVER 5 1/2 MILLION DOLLARS IN SALES. AND THEIR CLIENTS INCLUDE BIG TIME NAMES LIKE HE LIE¶¶¶¶ ELI , 24 00:02:43.930 --> 00:02:52.338 SALESFORCE, AND THE INDIANAPOLIS AIRPORT TO NAME A FEW. >> WE ARE WORKING HERE TO LEARN SOME REAL DISCIPLINE, SOME 25 00:02:52.338 --> 00:02:58.578 RESPONSIBILITY TO SHOW UP ON TIME, BRING THE RIGHT ATTITUDE, LEARN TO DO THE SKILLS. >> BUT CRAFTSMANSHIP SKILLS ARE 26 00:02:58.578 --> 00:03:06.619 FAR FROM A REQUIREMENT. JUST ASK 24-YEAR-OLD JAMIL, WHO CAME TO PURPOSEFUL DESIGN THROUGH WHEELER MISSION. 27 00:03:06.619 --> 00:03:13.326 >> I HAD ZERO EXPERIENCE. >> BUT HE'S LEARNE ON THE JOB. >> IT'S AMAZING. BEST THING THAT HAPPENED TO ME 28 00:03:13.326 --> 00:03:22.635 SINCE I MOVED DOWN TO INDIANA FOR SURE. AND I'M JUST TRYING TO GET MY LIFE STARTED ON THE RIGHT TRACK. 29 00:03:22.635 --> 00:03:36.115 >> JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GOT A GOOD GRIP, PRESS THIS BUTTON TO GET STARTED. >> MARY-RACHEL REDMAN, INSIDE 30 00:03:36.115 --> 00:03:39.686 INDIANA BUSINESS. >> ALL RIGHT, MARY-RACHEL, THANK YOU. ALSO MAKING HEADLINES AROUND 31 00:03:39.686 --> 00:03:49.796 INDIANA THIS WEEK, MANHATTAN MECHANICAL SERVICE HAS OPENED A NEW FACILITY IN EAST CHICAGO. 32 00:03:49.796 --> 00:03:52.532 THE ILLINOIS-BASED COMPANY SAYS IT WILL HIRE UP TO 100 WORKERS OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. OUR PARTNERS AT THE TIMES OF 33 00:03:52.532 --> 00:03:57.503 NORTHWEST INDIANA REPORT THE 20,000-SQUARE-FOOT MACHINE SHOP WILL SUPPORT OIL REFINERIES, CHEMICAL PLANTS AND STEEL MILLS 34 00:03:57.503 --> 00:04:04.010 IN NORTHWEST INDIANA. MANHATTAN MECHANICAL WAS RECENTLY RECOGNIZED BY CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS AS ONEOF THE 35 00:04:04.010 --> 00:04:09.949 REGION'S 50 FASTEST-GROWING COMPANIES. THE COMPANY SAYS WORKERS CAN MAKE UP TO $100,000 JUST ONE 36 00:04:09.949 --> 00:04:15.622 YEAR AFTER COMPLETING AN APPRENTICESHIP. IRELAND-BASED EATON CORP. IS CONSIDERING CLOSING ITS 37 00:04:15.622 --> 00:04:23.062 FACILITY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA. IN A NOTICE TO THE STATE, THE POWER MANAGEMENT COMPANY SAYS THE AUBURN PLANT COULD SHUT ITS 38 00:04:23.062 --> 00:04:30.203 DOORS PERMANENTLY NEXT SPRING, OUT OF WORK. THE FACILITY MANUFACTURES PARTS FOR LEGACY MANUAL AND AUTOMATED 39 00:04:30.203 --> 00:04:38.311 HEAVY-DUTY TRANSMISSIONS. EATON SAYS THE PLANT COULD CLOSE IN MAY. EATON ALSO HAS FACILITIES IN 40 00:04:38.311 --> 00:04:45.351 GEORGIA, NEBRASKA, NORTH CAROLINA AND OREGON. SOME SAD NEUTION TO PASS ALONG THIS WEEK AS LONG TIME ELKHART 41 00:04:45.351 --> 00:04:57.664 BUSINESSMAN AND COMMUNITY LEADER AND ONE OF THE DOWNED R FOUNDERS OF ELKHART COUNTY, ARTHUR DECIO, HAS DIED. 42 00:04:57.664 --> 00:05:00.266 DECIO WAS A FORMER CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT, AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF SKYLINE CORP., WHICH WAS AT ONE TIME THE NATION'S 43 00:05:00.266 --> 00:05:03.636 LARGEST MOBILE HOME BUILDER. HE ALSO SERVED AS A UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME TRUSTEE. HE RECEIVED PRESIDENTIAL 44 00:05:03.636 --> 00:05:08.307 APPOINTMENTS TO THREE NATIONAL COMMISSIONS AND SERVED ON THE BOARD OF MORE THAN 45 ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE 45 00:05:08.307 --> 00:05:09.308 FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO.