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>> IT'S TIME TO GO INSIDE
INNOVATION•BROUGHT TO YOU BY
ALLEGION. PIONEERING SAFETY.
INDIANA LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

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SUZANNE CROUCH AND THE OFFICE OF
COMMUNITY AND RURAL AFFAIRS HAVE
LAUNCHED THE HOOSIER ENDURING
LEGACY PROGAM.

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THE LT. GOV. SAYS HELP AS IT IS
KNOWN IS DESIGNED TO HELP
INDIANA COMMUNITIES BETTER
UTILIZE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT

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FUNDING.
FOR MORE ON THE PROGRAM AND THE
STATE OF RURAL INDIANA...I'M
PLEASED TO WELCOME BACK TO THE

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SHOW OCRA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
DENNY SPINNER.
>> THANK YOU, GERRY. GOOD TO BE
BACK WITH YOU.

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>> TALK ABOUT THE STATE OF THE
HELP PROGRAM. IT IS REALLY
DESIRED TO HELP THE COMMUNITIES
WITH THE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC.

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>> GERRY, ONE OF THE FIRST
THINGS WE DID AS AN AGENCY WITH
THE FUNDING CAME OUT. I
IDENTIFIED A LARGE NUMBER OF

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COMMUNITIES. EVERY COMMUNITY IS
GOING TO GET SOME FUNDING FOR
THAT. ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID
AS AN AGENCY IS SEND OUT A

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SURVEY TO THE LOCAL LEADERS OF
GOVERNMENT. WHAT IS OCRA'S ROLE
IN THIS? IT CAME BACK VERY
CLEAR THEY NEEDED SOME GUIDANCE

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AND VALUE AND STEP ALONGSIDE
THEM AND CONNECT THE FUNDS THAT
ARE COMING TO THE COMMUNITIES
AND CONNECT THAT TO PROJECTS AND

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PRIORITIES THAT WOULD HELP THEM
LEVERAGE THAT DOLLAR AS MUCH AS
THEY POSSIBLY CAN. REALLY THE
NAME OF THE PROGRAM KIND OF

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WRAPS IT UP. THE HOOSIERS
ENDURING LEGACY PROGRAM. THIS
IS AN OPPORTUNITY OF LEGACY
PROPORTIONS FOR CITIES, TOWNS,

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AND COUNTIES TO MAKE THIS ABOUT
FUNDING THAT WE HOPE IS
ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME TO CONNECT
THINGS THAT CAN REALLY CHANGE IN

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THE COMMUNITY.
>> THE KEY PART OF THIS AS I
KNOW THAT WE WERE TALKING OFF
CAMERA IS THE PARTICIPATION OF

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BALL STATE AND COMMUNITIES
AROUND THE STATE.
>> ABSOLUTELY. WHEN WE
STARLETTED THIS DISCUSSION. ONE

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OF THE REASONS I'M HERE FOR THE
JOB IS
STELLAR. STELLAR WAS A GREAT
RAM. WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE THAT

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AND CONNECT IT. THEY ALL
KNOW THESE COMMUNITIES SO WELL.
BEING ABLE TO BRING THOSE
RESOURCES TO RURAL INDIANA AND

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HAVE THEM FOCUS ON REALLY OUR
NEEDS IN RURAL INDIANA RIGHT
NOW, I THINK, IS AN OFFERING
THAT'S REALLY EXCITING FOR ALL

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OF US.
>> WHAT ARE THOSE NEEDS, DENNY?
YOU KNOW FIRSTHAND BEING THE
MAYOR AND YOU KNOW WHAT SMALL

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TOWN INDIANA IS ALL ABOUT.
WHAT'S THE STATE OF RURAL
INDIANA AND RURAL ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT IN YOUR VIEW?

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>> I THINK THE FOUR PILLARS THAT
ARE PART OF THE HELP PROGRAM
IDENTIFY THOSE NEEDS, GERRY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S TOP ON

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THE LIST, WE'RE ENGAGED WITH
THIS IN SO MANY WAYS AT OCRA, IS
THE CONNECTIVITY. HOW DO WE
CONNECT INDIANA TO MAKE IT A

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PLACE PEOPLE CAN LIVE, WORK, AND
PROSPER. IF YOU ARE NOT
CONNECTED, THAT'S JUST NUMBER
ONE. I THINK COMMUNITY

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WELLNESS. WE'RE FACING
CHALLENGES OF WELLNESS RIGHT
NOW. THEY'VE NEVER HAD THE
SEPARATION. THAT'S MORE THAN

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JUST A WALKING TRAIL. IT IS
THAT HELP THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE
AND QUALITY OF PLACE. YOU'VE
GOT TO HAVE QUALITY OF PLACE TO

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REALLY MAKE INDIANA THRIVE AND
GROW. SO SOME OF THOSE PILLARS
ARE REALLY THE KEYS TO WHAT WE
CAN DO AS AN AGENCY TO CONNECT

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PEOPLE AND MAKE THESE
COMMUNITIES VERY STRONG.
>> VERY GOOD. THE HELP PROGRAM,