>>GERRY: HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS AROUND INDIANA... BROUGHT TO YOU BY CHAPMAN HEATING AIR CONDITIONING AND PLUMBING.
THE MAN FOR ALL SEASONS... CHAPMAN. CHAPMANHEATING.COM. >>GERRY: A BUSINESS PLAN
HATCHED IN A BASEMENT BY A GROUP OF BUTLER UNIVERSITY GRADS HAS QUICKLY TURNED INTO A BOOMING MICROBREWERY ON THE NEAR
NORTHWEST SIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS. GUGGMAN HAUS BREWING CO. HAS ONLY BEEN OPEN FOR JUST OVER A YEAR BUT THEIR BEER, AND
HISTORIC TIES TO THE BRICKYARD, ARE ATTRACTING HOOSIERS FROM ALL OVER, EVEN DURING THE PANDEMIC. AROUND INDIANA REPORTER
MARY-RACHEL REDMAN HAS MORE. >> BORN TOGETHER, AND NOW IN THE BUSINESS OF MAKING. TOGETHER.
>> GROWING UP WE DID EVERYTHING TOGETHER. WE SHARED A PHONE THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, SHARED A CAR, WENT TO
THE SAME COLLEGE CHECK IN THE SAME SORORITIES. >> THEIR APPRECIATION FOR CRAFT BEER HAPPENED SEPARATELY WHEN
THEIR IDENTICAL TWINS FOUND THEMSELVES LIVING IN BEER MAC IS IN DIFFERENT. >> DOING EVERYTHING TOGETHER
MOST OF OUR LIVES EXCEPT WHEN SHE MOVED TO DENVER WITH HER NOW HUSBAND AND DEREK MY HUSBAND WE MOVED TO GERMANY FOR A YEAR.
>> WE EXPLORED THE BEER HALLS AND BREWERIES OR BIG BEER GARDENS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY.
>> THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED TO ALLY IN THE MILE HIGH CITY. >> WE WOULD APPRECIATE NATURE APPEARED WITH THE BEER CULTURE
THERE WAS A BIG COMMUNITY FUEL THERE. >> WHEN THE SISTERS AND THEIR HUSBANDS DECIDED TO MOVE BACK TO
INDIANA THEY FOUND THEMSELVES LIVING ON THE SAME STREET IN BROAD RIPPLE AND THAT'S WHERE IT ALL STARTED HOMEBREW MEETING IN
THE BASEMENT AS A HOBBY EVOLVING INTO LET'S START A BUSINESS. >> FROM THERE WE WORKED ON OUR BUSINESS PLAN AND LOOKED FOR LAY
LOCATION AT THE END OF 2015. >> THEY DECIDED ON THIS JIM 1701 GENT AVENUE NOT EXACTLY A LOOKER WHEN THEY PURCHASED IT IN 2016.
>> IT WAS A LEAP OF FAITH AND BIGGER THAN WE INTENDED AND NOT JUST THE HOUSE PORTION BUT THE WHOLE PROPERTY AT THE TIME.
AND JUST THE VISION OF WHAT IT COULD BE. >> ONE COULD ARGUE SUCCESS WAS ROOTED IN THIS ONE'S HALLOWED
GROUND THAT WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE RACING HEADQUARTERS. THE THREE TIME WINNER WILBERT SHAW ALSO KNOWN AS THE SAVIOR OF
THE SPEEDWAY. >> IN THE '30s AND 40s IT WAS THE RACING HEADQUARTERS AND THEY WENT ON TO BE THE PRESIDENT
OF A IMF AND SAVE THE SPEEDWAY FROM TURNING INTO A SUBDIVISION, WHICH IS COOL THAT WAS ACTUALLY HERE ON THIS SPOT.
>> SO FAR IT WOULD APPEAR THE LEGACY IS RUBBING OFF. SINCE THE MICROBREWERY OPEN THE DOORS IN JUNE OF 2019 VOLUME HAS
INCREASED EVERY MONTH DUE TO CUSTOMER DEMAND AND RIGHT NOW THE FAMILY OPERATION IS MANUALLY CANNING OVER 1500 CANS OF BEER
PER WEEK SELLING AROUND 95 PERCENT OF THAT ALLOWING THEM AS THEY BREAK GROUND ON MAJOR EXPANSION PLANS IN THE MIDST OF
A PANDEMIC. >> WALK STRAIGHT AHEAD AND THAT'S OUR TAPROOM AND OVER HERE IS THE EVENT CENTER THAT CAN
HOLD 150 PEOPLE. >> WHAT'S SO INCREDIBLE IS THE BRICK AND THAT'S ORIGINAL. >> ORIGINAL BRICK TILE KALAMAZOO
BRICK. >> IT'S A HUGE INVESTMENT. THIS PLACE IS AMAZING. >> WE FELT LIKE WE HAD TO GO ALL
IN AND SO WE WENT FOR IT AND PUT ALL OUR ENERGY INTO THE BUSINESS TO MAKE IT WORK. IT'S WEEK BY WEEK FIGURING OUT
WHAT WE WILL DO AND NOT ONLY IN OUR CURRENT BUSINESS MODEL, BUT LOOKING AHEAD TO THE NEXT WEEKEND THE NEXT MONTH DURING A
PANDEMIC AND AT THE SAME TIME PLANNING FOR THIS AND KEEP THE VISION THERE AND NOT GET SCARED BY WHAT IS THERE BECAUSE WE LOOK
AHEAD TO THE FUTURE. >> YOU CAN HEAR THE FUTURE BEHIND US. >> MARY RACHEL REDMAN INSIDE
INDIANA BUSINESS. >>GERRY: AND THAT EXPANSION IS EXPECTED TO BE FINISHED AND BY THIS SPRING.
>>>ALSO MAKING HEADLINES AROUND INDIANA, IN PIKE COUNTY THE $2.5 MILLION ELMER BUCHTA TECH CENTER IS GETTING CLOSER TO OFFICIALLY
OPENING ITS DOORS. THE PIKE COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP. SAYS THE FACILITY, WHICH WILL INCLUDE A
COWORKING SPACE, MAKERSPACE AND BUSINESS INCUBATOR, IS SET TO OPEN IN EARLY JANUARY. THE EDC SAYS THE CENTER IS BEING
FUNDED IN PART BY A $2 MILLION GRANT FROM THE FEDERAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION. >>>A SMALL BUSINESS IN FORT
WAYNE IS IN THE SPOTLIGHT AFTER BEING NAMED ONE OF "OPRAH'S FAVORITE THINGS" LIST ON AMAZON. KAAN'S DESIGNS FAMILY PJ SET IS
ONE OF THE BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES OPRAH IS HIGHLIGHTING THIS YEAR. ASHLEY GREEN, A FORMER ENGLISH
TEACHER, MAKES T-SHIRTS AND OTHER CLOTHING FOR PARENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND FOUNDED THE COMPANY IN 2014.
SHE SAYS THEY HAVE SEEN A 350% INCREASE IN WEBSITE TRAFFIC AND SALES ARE UP ALMOST 750% SINCE