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>> HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS
AROUND INDIANA BROUGHT TO YOU
BY CHAPMAN HEATING AIR
CONDITIONING AND PLUMBING. THE

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MAN FOR ALL SEASONS CHAPMAN.
CHAPMAN HEATING.COM.
COAL CONTRIBUTES OVER $750
MILLION EVERY YEAR TO INDIANA'S

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ECONOMY.
HOWEVER, AS UTILITY COMPANIES
ACROSS THE U.S. TRANSITION TO
THE CLEANER BURNING, LOWER-COST

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ALTERNATIVE NATURAL GAS, COAL
MINES EVERYWHERE ARE SHUTTING
DOWN. LEAVING ENTIRE COMMUNITIES
TO STRUGGLE IN THEIR WAKE.

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BUT ONE FISHERS-BASED COMPANY IS
ON A MISSION TO CHANGE THAT FOR
ONE FORMER MINING TOWN IN GREENE
COUNTY. AROUND INDIANA REPORTER

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MARY-RACHEL REDMAN HAS MORE FROM
JASONVILLE.
>> MID 19th CENTURY INDIANA, THE
WABASH VALLEY BOOMING WITH BLACK

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GOLD.
>> IT SUPPLIED THE MAJORITY OF
OUR POWER IN THE REGION.
>> BASICALLY THE ENERGY WE USED

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IN INDIANAPOLIS FOR YEARS.
>> WHILE COAL REMAINS KING IN
INDIANA, IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF
F BUT WHEN HOOSIER MINES ARE

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PERMANENTLY SHUTTERED LIKE THIS
FORMER
FORMER MINE IN JASONVILLE.
>> THEY WOULD ENTER THE MINE 15

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FEET BELOW THAT WATER.
>> SO LOOKING AROUND, I SEE UP
OVER HERE, THAT LOOKS LIKE COAL
TO ME.

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>> THAT IS. THERE WAS TWO COAL,
THE NUMBER OF COAL MINES THAT
HAVE WENT BANKRUPT IN THE LAST
THREE YEARS, AND THE NUMBER OF

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PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST JOBS, WE
WANTED TO BRING A REAL SOLUTION
TO A REAL PROBLEM.
>> THAT SOLUTION, A

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FARM-TO-TABLE CRAFT DISTILLERY.
>> THAT'S ALL GOING TO BE FLAT.
>> IT WILL ALL BE FLAT.
>> THE CO-FOUNDERS OF LAND

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BETTERMENT CORP GAVE ME A TOUR
OF THE PROPERTY, THAT THEY
ACQUIRED OVER A YEAR AGO FROM A
DEFUNCT NEW YORK HEDGE FUND.

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>> THIS OLD MATERIAL WAS JUST
LEFT, NOT IN THE RIGHT STATE.
>> YOU'RE EXPOSED TO DO
ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP AS YOU

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MINE COAL, YOU HAVE POTENTIAL
FOR ACID WATER IN THE DOWN
STREAMS, YOU HAVE AFFLICTED
WILDLIFE, MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE

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COMMUNITY COULD NEVER USE THE
PROPERTY AGAIN. WHEN THEY WALKED
AWAY, NOT ONLY WAS THERE POST
MINING CLEANUP NEEDED, THERE'S

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FIVE YEARS OF EXCESS DEBRIS.
>> WE'LL MOVE ALL THAT TO ITS
PROPER LOCATION, WHICH IS WHAT
THEY'RE DOING WITH THE DOZER AND

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TRACKER.
>> AT THE END OF THE DAY, OUR
GOAL IS TO COME IN AND CLEAN IT
UP.

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>> NOT ONLY CLEAN UP THE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, BUT ALSO
THE JOB AND THE TAX BASE
PROBLEMS THE COMMUNITY HAS.

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>> FORMER COAL MINERS ARE
ALREADY CHOMPING AT THE BIT.
MEET JOE, HE SPENT THE LAST
DECADE MINING AT THIS VERY SITE,

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AND IS GRATEFUL FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY.
>> CAME, WORKED IN THE WAREHOUSE
AND WORKED UNDERGROUND FOR FOUR,

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FIVE YEARS, IT WAS DEFINITELY A
DOWNTURN FOR THE COMMUNITY,
HOPEFULLY THIS PROJECT WILL
BRING THEM BACK, AND -- IT'S

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DIFFERENT JOBS, BUT IT'S STILL
JOBS. CONTINUED MY EMPLOYMENT.
SO, THAT'S GOOD FOR ME AND MY
FAMILY.

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>> NOT EVERY COMMUNITY HAS THE
TYPE OF PRODUCT THAT FITS THE
INDUSTRY. THINK ABOUT A FORMER
COAL MINER, THEY ARE GREAT AT

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TROUBLESHOOTING, ELECTRICAL
CIRCUITRY, HEAVY MACHINERY, A
DISTILLERY IS NOT THAT
DIFFERENT.

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>> SO HOW MUCH LONGER IS THIS
GOING TO TAKE?
>> WE'LL BE DONE WITH ALL THE
REMEDIATION OVER THE NEXT FOUR

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MONTHS.
>> WE WANT THE COMMUNITY TO
SUPPORT ITSELF, FOSTER NEW
INNOVATION AND NEW BUSINESSES,

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AND MAKE FOLKS PROUD AGAIN FOR
THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES, AND
KNOW THAT THEY CAN MAKE A BETTER
LIFE FOR THEMSELVES AND FAMILIES

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RIGHT WHERE THEY LIVE.
>> MARY-RACHEL REDMAN, INSIDE
INDIANA BUSINESS.
>>

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COAL CRAFT SPIRITS. IT IS
EXPECTED TO OPEN SOMETIME NEXT
YEAR.
ALSO MAKING HEADLINES AROUND

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INDIANA, A SWITZERLAND-BASED
PRIVATE ASSET MANAGEMENT FIRM IS
PLANNING ANOTHER BIG SOLAR
PROJECT IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA.

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CAPITAL DYNAMICS SAYS A
PARTNERSHIP WITH NEBRASKA-BASED
TENASKA WILL PRODUCE A
300-MEGAWATT SOLAR FARM IN POSEY

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COUNTY THAT WILL CREATE A SMALL
NUMBER OF JOBS. THE COMPANY SAYS
THE PROJECT WILL BE LOCATED ON
UP TO 3,000 ACRES OF LAND WITH

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CONSTRUCTION SET TO BEGIN NEXT
YEAR.
THE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE

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NORTHWEST INDIANA REGIONAL
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY IS
STEPPING DOWN. BILL HANNA, WHO
HAS LED THE ORGANIZATION FOR 10

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YEARS, IS LEAVING TO BECOME
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DEAN &
BARBARA WHITE FAMILY FOUNDATION
IN MERRILLVILLE. HANNA HELPED

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LEAD MANY IMPORTANT EFFORTS IN
SHORE RAIL EXTENSION AND DOUBLE
TRACK PROJECTS. HE ALSO WAS A
LEADER ON INITIATIVES THAT

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LEVERAGED MORE THAN $1 BILLION