FORT WAYNE - STAR Financial Bank is excited to announce the third annual Future of Agriculture college scholarship, which will provide five Indiana students with a $1,000 scholarship to apply to their secondary education. To be eligible, students must currently be a junior or senior in high school or have at least one year remaining in their college/trade school [...]
HB 1120 / Chamber Supports The Ways and Means Committee considered a bill last week that would extend the cap on annual school operating referendum increases. House Bill 1120, authored by Rep. Jeff Thompson (R-Lizton), limits the increase to not more than 3% over the maximum operating referendum tax that a school corporation could have levied in the previous [...]
SHELBYVILLE - Plymate Inc. has named fourth-generation Ben Warnecke as President. In this new role, Ben is taking over the responsibilities for all Plymate operations, which services roughly a 100-mile radius of Shelbyville, IN with uniform, floor mat, and safety rental needs. As of January 1st, 2024, Warnecke took over the role that his uncle, Todd Plymate, had for [...]
HB 1001 / Chamber Supports Last year, House Enrolled Act 1002 was the vehicle for making good on House Speaker Todd Huston’s stated goal to “reinvent high school” in an effort to better prepare students for today’s workforce. The adopted bill included several Chamber-backed provisions aimed at: 1) expanding apprenticeship and related work-based learning opportunities; 2) aligning high school [...]
The Indiana Chamber sees opportunity for collaboration with state lawmakers and the Governor, urging continued momentum and passage of impactful legislation over the next two months. “It may be a short session, but there will be opportunities for legislators to move the state further ahead and to increase its competitiveness. Doing so will enable Indiana to rise even higher [...]
(INDIANAPOLIS) — The Indiana Chamber of Commerce reacts to Governor Holcomb’s remarks in his final State of the State address this evening. Indiana Chamber President and CEO Vanessa Green Sinders: “The Indiana Chamber couldn’t be more excited about and in agreement with several of the themes that emerged from the Governor’s remarks: encouraging collaboration from all sectors, embracing change [...]
ELKHART - Mariana Reyes, Assistant Branch Manager of Centier Bank’s Elkhart North Branch, was recently named Volunteer of the Year by Junior Achievement of Northern Indiana/Elkhart County. Junior Achievement is a nationwide nonprofit with chapters throughout the country, reaching over 4.4 million students per year in classrooms and after-school locations. There are over 151,000 JA volunteers across the country [...]
(INDIANAPOLIS) — FORUM Credit Union supports an employee nominated charity each year. In 2023, FORUM’s Charity of Choice was the Humane Society (supporting local Humane Societies including Johnson County, Boone County, Hamilton County, Indy Humane, and Hendricks). The Humane Society aims to improve animal welfare, provide affordable pet ownership, and ensure the well-being, health, and safety of all animals [...]
When a team member departs, your first instinct might be to panic. The workload on their plate will have to be redistributed (and your employees have enough on their collective dockets as it is), their clients will need to be communicated with, and you’ll have to ensure that their absence doesn’t cause a landslide of departures. Moreover, you may [...]
MERRILLVILLE – Michael E. Schrage, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board at Centier Bank is pleased to announce the recent promotion of Janet Gary to Officer of the bank. Having joined Centier Bank in 2005 in Deposit Operations, Gary moved out of state two years later to begin another career path in education. While she enjoyed working [...]
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