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>>> HELLO AND WELCOME TO "INSIDE
INDIANA BUSINESS," I'M GERRY
DICK.
JIM SCHELLINGER WAS APPOINTED

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INDIANA SECRETARY OF COMMERCE IN
2017.
HE HIT THE ROADS IN THE SKIES
SELLING INDIANA TO THE WORLD.

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HE MADE MORE THAN 200 ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT TRIPS INCLUDING 61
INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS TO 29
COUNTRIES.

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THE RESULT, FOUR YEARS OF RECORD
NUMBERS FOR JOBS AND INVESTMENT
COMMITMENTS.
EARLIER THIS MONTH, HE ANNOUNCED

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HE WAS STEPPING DOWN AS
SECRETARY OF COMMERCE.
SOME ANSWERS ON WHY AND WHAT'S
NEXT IN THE STATE'S ECONOMIC

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DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE, PLEASED TO
BE JOINED BY JIM SCHELLINGER.
>> IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO BE WITH
YOU.

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>> A LOT OF PEOPLE, MYSELF
INCLUDED, VERY SURPRISED WHEN
YOU ANNOUNCED YOU WERE STEPPING
AWAY AS SECRETARY OF COMMERCE.

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>> YOU REACH A POINT AS A
LEADER -- AND I'VE ONLY HAS TWO
JOBS IN MY LIFE, I WORKED WITH
THE IDC AS SECRETARY, YOU REACH

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A POINT, MY PREDECESSOR USED TO
SAY, YOU HAVE A SHELF LIFE.
YOU'RE NOT A TWINKIE.
GO IN WITH A SPLASH, DO THE

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THINGS YOU WANT TO DO, SET A
VISION FOR THE GROUP TO GET
THINGS ACHIEVED, WHICH WE DID,
AND MAKE YOUR MARK AND LEAVE.

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THAT WAS ALWAYS HIS ADVICE TO
ME.
I JUST FOLLOWED HIS LEAD.
I THINK WE GOT TO A POINT WHERE

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WE'VE SET EVERY RECORD UNDER
GOVERNOR HOLCOMB'S LEADERSHIP,
AND OUR PIPELINE IS EXTREMELY
STRONG.

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13,000 JOBS IN THE PIPELINE AND
3.8 BILLION IN CAPEX.
WE'RE REALLY POSITIONED AT THIS
POINT IN TIME IN THE STATE,

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WE'VE PROVEN OURSELF -- ONE
COULD SAY WE'RE ON FIRE, AND I
THINK THAT'S A GOOD TIME TO
BRING IN SOMEONE WITH A NEW

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VISION, NEW THOUGHTS TO TAKE US
TO THAT NEXT LEVEL.
>> WAS IT A TOUGH DECISION FOR
YOU TO MAKE?

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>> ABSOLUTELY, HARDEST DECISION
OF MY LIFE.
I THOUGHT ON THE WAY TO THE SHOW
HERE TODAY, I HAD THE BEST JOB

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IN THE STATE OF INDIANA, AND I
DIDN'T LOVE EVERY MINUTE OF IT.
I LOVED EVERY SINGLE SECOND OF
IT.

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IT WAS SUCH AN HONOR TO
REPRESENT THE PEOPLE OF INDIANA.
SUCH AN HONOR TO BE A PART OF
THEIR LIVELIHOODS AND THE

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BUSINESSES, TO HELP THE
BUSINESSES THRIVE.
I CAN'T HARDLY DESCRIBE HOW THAT
WAS.

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EVERY SINGLE DAY WAS A JOY.
I SAY THE BEST JOB IN THE STATE
OF INDIANA.
THERE MIGHT BE SOMEBODY THAT

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WOULD ARGUE BEING ON "INSIDE
INDIANA BUSINESS" MIGHT BE THE
BEST JOB IN INDIANA, BUT I
THOUGHT IT WAS ABSOLUTELY THE

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BEST JOB.
IT WAS SUCH AN HONOR TO SERVE
OUR BOARD, GOVERNOR HOLCOMB AND
THE BUSINESSES AND FAMILIES OF

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INDIANA.
>> SHOULD MENTION MIKE STATEN,
INTERIM SECRETARY OF COMMERCE.
YOU MENTION THE PIPELINE WHICH

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YOU SAY IS ROBUST AND YOU'VE GOT
EXAMPLES FOR US THIS WEEK.
SOME BRAND-NEW NEWS ON MAJOR
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEALS,

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AMONG THEM ALLIANCE RV UP IN
NORTHERN INDIANA.
>> THERE'S TWO BROTHERS UP IN
NORTHERN INDIANA WHO HAVE

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DEVELOPED A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY
HEART.
BOTH NOTRE DAME GRADUATES BY
COINCIDENCE.

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THEIR FATHER WENT TO NOTRE DAME
AND THEIR GRANDFATHER WENT TO
NOTER NAME.
THEY STARTED ALLIANCE RV QUITE

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SOME TIME AGO, A BOOMING
BUSINESS.
THEY'VE JUST NOW COMMITTED --
THIS IS HOT OFF THE PRESS, IT

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WON'T BE MADE PUBLIC UNTIL NEXT
WEEK, THEY'RE GOING TO ADD 650
PEOPLE TO THEIR TEAM AND INVEST
ANOTHER $33.3 BILLION IN THEIR

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ORGANIZATION.
THEY'RE ON FIRE.
COULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED TO A
NICER COUPLE OF GUYS.

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THEY'RE REALLY HARD-WORKING
PEOPLE.
WHEN I MENTIONED I WOULD BE ON
YOUR SHOW AT THIS POINT, THEY

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SAID COULD YOU PLEASE ANNOUNCE
THAT, BECAUSE THEY ARE A BIG FAN
OF YOURS.
>> APPRECIATE THAT.

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ANOTHER MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT,
PHOENIX FINANCIAL SERVICES IN
CENTRAL INDIANA, GOING TO HAVE A
MAJOR EXPANSION IN ANDERSON.

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>> I TALKED TO CHAD ANDERSON
ABOUT THAT, IN ANDERSON, MADISON
COUNTY, WHICH WE'RE PROUD OF.
THEY HAVE 220 PEOPLE IN THAT

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ORGANIZATION.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE ADDING 300
PEOPLE.
THE THING I SHOULDN'T BE REMISS

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IN SAYING ABOUT ALLIANCE RV IS
THE CAPITAL EX AT 33.3 BILLION
AND NUMBER OF JOBS IS IMPRESSIVE
IMPRESSIVE.

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THE AVERAGE WAGE IS $42.45 AND
THE AVERAGE WAGE OF PHOENIX
FINANCIAL IS $38.25.
SO THE WAGES OF THESE JOBS, ALL

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IN ALL RIGHT NOW, WE SPOKE ABOUT
1,200 JOBS AND THE AVERAGE WAGE
IS ABOUT 38 OR $39.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I

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KNOW THE GOVERNOR AND THE TEAM
AT IDC ARE CONSTANTLY HONING IN
ON: HOW DO WE IMPROVE THE
LIFESTYLES OF PEOPLE THROUGHOUT

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INDIANA.
>> ONLY HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF
TIME HERE, JIM, UNFORTUNATELY.
GREENLEAF FOODS GOT A MAJOR

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INVESTMENT PLANNED IN
SHELBYVILLE.
THEY'RE COMING TO MARION COUNTY
AS WELL TAKING OVER AN OLD FOOD

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BUILDING.
>> I SPOKE TO THEIR CEO LAST
NIGHT, THEY'RE BASED UP IN
MONTREAL AND HE LIVES IN

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CHICAGO.
THEY'RE GOING TO PUT $100
MILLION INTO THAT BUILDING.
THEIR BUILDING IS VERY INTENSE,

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AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, FOR
PLANT-BASED PROTEINS AND ALL THE
FDA APPROVALS AND THINGS THEY
HAVE TO GO THROUGH.

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SO THEY PURCHASED THAT BUILDING.
THAT BUILDING WILL STAY THERE IN
PERPETUITY.
IT'S NOT JUST THERE UNTIL THEY

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GET THE NEW BUILDING.
IT'S THERE IN PERPETUITY.
THEIR FOCUS RIGHT NOW IS MARION
COUNTY.

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>> 15 SECONDS, NEXT STEPS, NEXT
MOVE, ANYTHING IN MIND?
>> I'VE BEEN ASKED THAT A COUPLE
TIMES.

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LAURA WANTS TO KNOW THAT, TOO,
MY WIFE.
BUT I PURPOSELY SAID WHEN I LEFT
THIS JOB, THIS ASSIGNMENT THAT I

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LOVED SO VERY MUCH, I WASN'T
GOING TO HAVE A NEXT STEP
BECAUSE I WANTED IT TO BE PURE,
I WANTED PEOPLE TO KNOW I DID IT

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FOR THE RIGHT REASONS.
SO I'M, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 36
YEARS, UNEMPLOYED.
I'LL START WORKING ON IT WHEN I