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Centier Bank Opens New Banking Center in Whitestown

WHITESTOWN - Michael E. Schrage, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Centier Bank, is pleased to announce the bank has opened a new full-service banking center in Whitestown at 6378 Crane Drive, off Whitestown Parkway adjacent to the Marathon Gas Station. The Centier branch was formerly located inside the Whitestown Meijer. Centier Bank ventured into the [...]

2023-11-30T08:51:32-05:00November 30th, 2023|

OTAVA Expands Leadership Team with Appointment of Two New VPs

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — OTAVA®, a global leader in custom and compliant multi-cloud solutions, today announced two vice president (VP) appointments to drive the company’s continued advancement, growth, and expansion. Doug Ding has been hired as VP of Operations, and Brian Hoekelman has also joined the company as VP of Product and Business Development. “OTAVA continues to expand its [...]

2023-11-29T16:17:00-05:00November 29th, 2023|

Centier Bank Donates $2,500 to Purdue University Northwest

MERRILLVILLE - Centier Bank recently made a $2,500 community donation to Purdue University Northwest’s Archives and Special Collections. The donation will help the library hire a student to do archival work for one semester. Andy Collins, Centier Bank’s Corporate Historian and graduate of Purdue University Northwest, helped facilitate the partnership. “This is an extraordinary opportunity for a student interested [...]

2023-11-29T09:16:01-05:00November 29th, 2023|

Hoosier Workplace Illness, Injury Rates Continue to Decline

According to a recent report from the United States Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, the lowest number of Hoosiers in recent history were injured or sick at work last year. Indiana had a rate of 2.9 workplace injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers in 2022, experiencing a decrease from 3.2 in 2021. This represents a 74.3% [...]

2023-11-29T10:07:07-05:00November 29th, 2023|

Wellness Council of Indiana Offers New Stigma-Free Toolkit for Hoosier Workplaces

Learn Best Practices for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder (INDIANAPOLIS) — As study after study has shown, in today’s workforce it’s imperative for employers to create a healthy work environment for their employees and cultivate positive outcomes for them. This not only includes building a safer physical work environment but also creating a stigma-free workplace culture. A new [...]

2023-11-28T09:02:04-05:00November 28th, 2023|

Report Highlights Cost of Untreated Mental Illness on Hoosier Employers

Untreated mental health illness continues to be a concern for Indiana employers. The 2023 Indiana legislative session saw immense progress in addressing these concerns, but there is still more work left to be done. A new study from the Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health at IU Indianapolis shows the economic burden placed upon Hoosier businesses by mental [...]

2023-11-28T08:38:28-05:00November 28th, 2023|

Hirons Promotes Leigh-Ann Richardville to VP, Operations

Richardville joins agency’s dynamic leadership team INDIANAPOLIS - Hirons, an advertising, public relations and digital agency with offices in Indianapolis and Chicago, has promoted Leigh-Ann Richardville to vice president, operations. This announcement follows Hirons’ celebration of 45 years of business with clients across local, regional and national markets and the appointment of longtime Hirons employee-owner Deana Haworth to chief [...]

2023-11-27T15:00:28-05:00November 27th, 2023|

Round of Applications Added for Employer-Sponsored Childcare Grants

Hoosier employers can still apply to receive assistance from the Employer-Sponsored Childcare Fund, part of Gov. Eric Holcomb’s 2023 Next Level Agenda. The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration’s Office of Early Childhood and Out-of-School Learning is managing the effort. The $25 million program, a partnership with the Indiana Chamber of Commerce, uses a portion of the state’s remaining federal [...]

2023-11-27T13:09:23-05:00November 27th, 2023|

Championship Bout Set for Coolest Thing Made in Indiana Tournament

(INDIANAPOLIS) — The Indiana Chamber’s third annual Coolest Thing Made in Indiana competition is down to the final two contestants: Hoosier Racing Tire (from Plymouth) and Hard Truth Distilling Company (from Nashville). The contest started with 47 competitors and interest remained high with thousands of votes cast in the semifinal round as the field of four was trimmed in [...]

2023-11-27T12:31:31-05:00November 27th, 2023|

Sen. Todd Young: 2023 Bayh-Lugar Government Leader of the Year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy_vWKi7Kws&t Senator Todd Young was recently named as the Indiana Chamber's Birch Bayh-Richard Lugar Government Leader of the Year. Recognizing the need to curb reliance on China, Sen. Young took action and achieved bipartisan collaboration with the CHIPS and Science Act. The new law will boost investment in domestic high-tech research and bring semiconductor manufacturing back to American soil. [...]

2023-11-22T09:09:29-05:00November 22nd, 2023|