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of Indiana. More at

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IBJ.com/engage.

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>> The battle for talent.

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Evansville's branding campaign,

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E is for everyone is described

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as a tool to connect lifers to

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the city. The community branding

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initiative was launched in 2017

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with the goal of making

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Evansville feel like home for

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everyone and getting more people

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to live, work and play in the

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city. Capitalizing on numerous

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projects that are changing the

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vibe in Evansville.

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>> When you're talking to

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somebody maybe going to be

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moving into the community, oh,

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we're three hours from St.

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Louis, three hours from

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Indianapolis, we're telling them

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about all these other places to

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go and not all of the great

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things that we have going on

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here. And so the more of these

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types of projects that we can

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finish here in the community is

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just going to make it that much

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better for talent retention.

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>> Here are a few other things

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you may not know about

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Evansville but could be worth

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your time from the city's

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historic baseball field and zoo

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to the renowned greens of Victor

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Victorian National Golf Club.

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There are quite a few things to

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do in southwest Indiana.

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>> This summer Tom Hanks is

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managing the impossible, the

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Rockford Peaches.

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>> Go peaches!

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>> Maybe you did know about the

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Rockford Peaches and their

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Hollywood connection to

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Evansville.

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>> Slide! Slide! Thank you.

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♪ Give them a league of your own

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to play ♪

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>> But you might not know that

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the field where many scenes were

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filmed in the 1992 movie a

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league of their own is the third

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oldest operating ballpark in

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America behind Fenway park and

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Wrigley field. The address 23

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Mattingly Way.

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>> There it goes. Long drive and

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a grand slam upper deck form t

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Mattingly.

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>> Yankee great Don Mattingly

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still knows home is where the

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heart is.

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>> Home is where the family is,

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where you grow up. It takes you

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back I think into your childhood

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and a time simpler in your life.

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>> Baseball is not the only game

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in town. There's a big

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Evansville tie to Indiana's

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racing heritage.

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>> Ladies and gentlemen, start

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your engines.

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>> Indianapolis motor speedway

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matriarch the late Mary Fendrich

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Hulman grew up in the Pocket

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City, her family lighting up one

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of the largest cigar factories

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in the world back in the day.

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They also know how to celebrate

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in Evansville. The west side nut

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club hosts one of the largest

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street festivals in the United

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States. The first zoo built in

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Indiana, yep, in Evansville,

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Mesker Park. It's been

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attracting animal admirers since

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1924.

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♪ ♪

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>> Evansville and education also

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on the same page. The signature

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school ranked as best charter

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high school in the nation by US

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news and world report. Southwest

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Indiana's long history in coal

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mining now a place for golfers

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to tee off. The Victorian

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National Golf Club in Newburgh

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has played host to the top

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golfers and where in the world

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is the largest urban forest in

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the United States? Wesselman

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Woods in Evansville. The

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crescent city, Evansville, the

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anchor of southwest Indiana

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where E is for everyone. I'm

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Gerry Dick. Thanks for joining