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>>GERRY: OFFICIALS IN WEST
CENTRAL INDIANA ARE EYEING THE
CREATION OF A NEW COMMERCIAL
CORRIDOR ALONG STATE ROAD 46 AND

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U.S. 40 ON TERRE HAUTE'S EAST
SIDE...
IT IS ADJACENT TO THE TERRE
HAUTE REGIONAL AIRPORT AND THAT

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HAS CREATED OPTIMISM ABOUT
NUMEROUS OPPORTUNITIES.
WITH MORE ON WHAT THOSE
OPPORTUNITIES ARE AND

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DEVELOPMENT OF A STRATEGIC
PLAN...
I'M PLEASED TO WELCOME THE
PRESIDENT OF THE TERRE HAUTE

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REGIONAL AIRPORT BOARD OF
DIRECTORS, RACHEL LESLIE AND
BOARD SECRETARY RICK BURGER.
WELCOME TO THE SHELF.

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>> THANK YOU.
RACHEL I WILL START WITH YOU.
A LOT GOING ON ON THE EAST SIDE
WITH THE HARD ROCK CASINO.

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THAT WILL BE OPENING BRINGING A
LOT OF PEOPLE INTO THE REGION.
RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL
DEVELOPMENT ON THE EAST SIDE OF

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TERRE HAUTE WHERE THE AIRPORT IS
SO THE IDEA IS TO TRY AND
LEVERAGE THAT TO CREATE FUTURE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EXPLAINED

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THE PLAN AND WHAT IT'S ALL
ABOUT.
>> THANK YOU WE APPRECIATE THAT.
THE AIRPORT BOARD DECIDED A YEAR

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AGO TO BRING TOGETHER NOT JUST
THOSE ASSOCIATE WITH THE AIRPORT
BUT THE COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL
PEOPLE ON THE EAST SIDE OF TERRE

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HAUTE SPECIFICALLY ROSE HOME
PERSPECTIVE ON THIS SO WE
BROUGHT EVERYONE TOGETHER AND
SAID HOW WILL WE TAKE ADVANTAGE

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PARTICULARLY ONE IN A MILLION
NEW VISITORS WHETHER IT BE
WAYFINDING OR HOW WE TURN THE
AIRPORT INTO AN AIR TECH PARK.

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>> TALK ABOUT THE POTENTIAL HERE
BECAUSE YOU LOOK AT THE ASSET
THAT THE AIRPORT PRESENTS.
WE HAVE A NATIONAL GUARD BASE

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NEAR THE 181ST INTELLIGENCE WING
WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT ASSET.
WHAT IS THE POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE
DEVELOPMENT IF YOU CAN LEVERAGE

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THESE THINGS TOGETHER.
>> THE POTENTIAL WE SEE HERE IS
OVERWHELMING AND THINGS WE COULD
BRING IN.

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AND AEROSPACE OR ANYTHING THAT
WILL COMPLEMENT THE VALLEY AND
WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS NOT
JUST TALKING TERRE HAUTE, BUT

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TALKING THE VALLEY FOR
OPPORTUNITIES AND THE POTENTIAL
GROWTH THERE.
>> WHAT ABOUT BUY-IN BECAUSE AS

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RICK MENTIONED IT'S A REGIONAL
INITIATIVE IN MANY WAYS ALL THE
WAY DOWN TO PUTNAM COUNTY AND MY
HOME COUNTY, IF YOU WILL.

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HOW IS THE COMMUNITY BY IN, SO
FAR.
>> I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION
BECAUSE I WILL TELL YOU THAT IS

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THE BEST PART OF THIS PROCESS.
NOT JUST FROM A FACILITATION
STANDPOINT BUT PEOPLE CALLING.
THEY WANT THEIR VOICES HEARD AND

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HAVE IDEAS AND PERSPECTIVES AND
THEY HAVE NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY
TO PARTAKE IN THE PAST SO
EVERYONE IS TALKING REGIONALISM

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AND PEOPLE ARE EXCITED ABOUT IT
BUT WE TRULY HAVE A REGION RIGHT
NOW ON FIRE AND SHOUT OUT TO
THOSE MAYORS AND COMMISSIONERS

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AND OTHERS THAT ARE PART OF THIS
AND THEY UNDERSTAND THE VALUE.
>> RACHEL, A LOT OF THE
REGIONALISM STARTED WITH THE

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REGIONAL CITIES INITIATIVE IN
THE NEXT ITERATION THE READY
PROGRAM A HALF BILLION DOLLAR
PROGRAM FROM STATE GOVERNMENT.

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DO YOU ENVISION LEVERAGING SOME
DOLLARS THERE AND PUTTING SOME
PROJECTS TOGETHER AS PART OF
THIS TO GO AFTER SOME STATE

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MONEY?
>> WE DO.
I THINK YOU WILL SEE THAT ARE
READY APPLICATION WILL BE

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INFUSED IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT
THINGS IN THE REGION AND THE
OTHER COUNTIES AND SOME THINGS
THEY ARE DOING TO TAKE ADVECTION

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OF ALL THAT'S HAPPENING AND
EQUALLY THE THINGS VIGO COUNTY
HAS TAKEN CARE OF, SO WE ARE A
HOTSPOT FOR TOURISM AND WE WILL

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START DOING THAT A WHOLE NEW
WAY.
>> WE HAVE THE FINAL WORD AND
THIS IS THE PROCESS AND WHAT YOU

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SEE AS NEXT STEPS?
>> WE JUST COMPLETED THE LAST
COMMUNITY MEETING YESTERDAY AND
WE ARE EXCITING TO TAKE THEIR

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INPUT BECAUSE IT'S DEFINITELY A
COMMUNITY PLAN TO PUT IN PLACE
WE HAVE TO SHOW SOME ACTION OUT
HERE WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND

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IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS YOU
WILL SEE GREAT THINGS HAPPENING.
>> VERY GOOD.
THE REGIONAL AIRPORT BOARD

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AIRPORT BOARD OF DIRECTORS A LOT
GOING ON AND AROUND THE AIRPORT
AS WELL.
THANKS FOR JOINING US WE LOOK