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2019 Annual Award Winners

OVERALL AWARD PRESS RELEASE  Ogletree Deakins Business Leader of the Year: Chuck Surack Read the BizVoice cover story and press release on Chuck Surack, founder and CEO of Sweetwater Sound in Fort Wayne Birch Bayh-Richard Lugar Business Leader of the Year: Gov. Eric Holcomb Read the BizVoice cover story and press release on Indiana Gov. [...]

2019-11-07T23:04:10-05:00November 7th, 2019|

Gigerich, Niesen and Stanley Chosen as 2019 Indiana Chamber Volunteers of the Year

The 2019 Indiana Chamber Volunteers of the Year (l to r): Casey Stanley, Ontario Systems in Muncie; Donna Niesen, Katz, Sapper & Miller in Carmel; and Larry Gigerich, Ginovus in Fishers. (INDIANAPOLIS) — An economic development leader, a CPA and a marketing professional were recognized today by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce as the 2019 Samuel C. [...]

2019-11-07T14:08:28-05:00November 7th, 2019|

Smithville: Chairman & CEO Darby McCarty Named National ‘Broadband Hero’ (Ellettsville)

Joining other national broadband figures such as Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai, Smithville Chairman and CEO Darby A. McCarty was named as an inaugural 2019 Broadband Hero by USTelecom for her continued work in “making distinguished and game-changing contributions to connect communities,” according to Jonathan Spalter, USTelecom President and CEO. Smithville Chairman and CEO Darby McCarty [...]

2019-11-05T16:31:27-05:00November 5th, 2019|

Start of a New Era at IMS

Early Monday we learned the Hulman George family had finalized a deal and sold Hulman & Company, including the IndyCar Series and Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) to Penske Entertainment, a subsidiary of Penske Corp., owned by racing legend Roger Penske. The news led many of us to reflect on our own experiences at the track over the years. IMS [...]

2019-11-04T16:48:29-05:00November 4th, 2019|

Top Story: New Chamber Employer Survey Finds Companies Are Adjusting to Continued Worker Shortages

While nearly half of employers are still leaving jobs unfilled, dramatically fewer are listing workforce/talent needs as among their biggest challenges. Instead, they are adapting to the ongoing shortage of qualified applicants in several different ways. These findings and more are part of the 12th annual employer workforce survey from the Indiana Chamber of Commerce and its Institute for [...]

2019-10-25T12:39:34-04:00October 25th, 2019|

Top Story: Vaping Crisis in Study Committee Spotlight

A little more than a year ago the Interim Study Committee on Fiscal Policy heard testimony from the Indiana Chamber and the Alliance for a Healthier Indiana on the impacts of smoking and the importance of raising the cigarette tax. While there was hope for the possibility of a cigarette (and e-cigarette) tax increase last summer, nothing materialized during [...]

2019-10-25T12:30:30-04:00October 25th, 2019|