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The Indiana Chamber partners with 25,000 members and investors – representing over four million Hoosiers – to achieve the mission of “cultivating a world-class environment which provides economic opportunity and prosperity.” Below are the latest announcements from some of these businesses.
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Northeast Indiana Innovation Center (The NIIC): Crowdsourced Microloans Advance Small Businesses, Owners Receive Kiva Northeast Indiana Funding (Fort Wayne)
With an average of 188 lenders and global syndicates, at an average of $114.62 per funded loan, Northeast Indiana received an infusion of $49,000 in crowdsourced microloans since Kiva Northeast Indiana began nine months ago. This month, Kiva Northeast Indiana hit a milestone of 10 funded loans and is one of 30 hubs in the United States. Katrina Tucker, [...]
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology: Alumnus and Team Penske President Tim Cindric Presenting Commencement Address, Receiving Honorary Degree (Terre Haute)
Team Penske President Tim Cindric will return to his alma mater May 29 to present the Commencement address at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in an in-person outdoor morning event on Phil Brown Football Field of Cook Stadium. He also will be awarded an honorary doctorate in engineering from the institute. Cindric, a 1990 mechanical engineering graduate, has overall management [...]
Cambridge Capital Management Corporation: Gabrielle Walker Joins the Team (Indianapolis)
Gabrielle (Gabby) Walker is a new Customer Service Representative for Cambridge Capital Management Corp. At Cambridge Capital, she greets visitors, tracks business insurance renewals, and supports staff members including managing calendars and arranging corporate events. Walker is from Carmel and graduated from Carmel High School and the University of Southern Indiana. Prior to joining Cambridge Capital, she worked for [...]
First Merchants: Finalizes Merger With Hoosier Trust Company (Indianapolis)
Companies execute legal close following regulatory approvals First Merchants Corporation (NASDAQ: FRME) and Hoosier Trust Company have finalized a merger of the two companies, following regulatory approvals. The merger provides enhanced solutions available to current Hoosier Trust clients and solidifies First Merchants as a preeminent provider of fiduciary and wealth management services in central Indiana. Established in 2001, Hoosier [...]
Purdue University Research Center in Economics: Live Webinar and Q&A: How Trade Policy Can Help Reduce Carbon Emissions (West Lafayette)
Existing international climate agreements have failed to deliver a meaningful success in combating climate change. Seeking to find a solution, policymakers and experts have advocated for the type of policies that combine carbon taxes with international trade policy. In an upcoming Purdue University Research Center in Economics webinar, Dr. Farid Farrokhi will discuss how trade policy can help reduce [...]
Community Sports & Wellness: Opens With SBA 504 Financing From Old National Bank and Indiana Statewide CDC (Pendleton)
A new tennis and fitness center in Pendleton is attracting active families and individuals from Madison and surrounding counties. Community Sports & Wellness opened its 123,000 square-foot facility in partnership with Community Health Network. The core of Community Sports & Wellness (CSW) is a 10,000 square-foot Community Health Center – including a Rock Steady boxing gym – offering membership-based [...]
Roy Umbarger & Sons Feed Mill: Opens Assisted by SBA 504 Loan From First Merchants Bank and Indiana Statewide CDC (Franklin)
A fourth-generation family owned agribusiness, Roy Umbarger & Sons, has completed construction on a feed mill on the east side of Franklin. The new construction includes a state-of-the-art premium livestock feed mill, a warehouse and offices. Most of the company’s operations moved to Franklin from nearby Bargersville. Jackson Umbarger, the company chief operating officer and fourth generation leader, says [...]
Reid Health: Fort Wayne Mom Receives Reid Health’s 30,000th COVID-19 Vaccine Dose (Richmond)
When Indiana residents in their 30s became eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, Kimberlyn Teh and her husband, Kean, began looking everywhere for an appointment. There was nothing available around their hometown of Fort Wayne, so they widened their search. Eventually, they found a site with open time slots, but it was nearly 100 miles away. On [...]
BCA Environmental Consultants, LLC: Hoosier Company Making an Impact in Hurricane Ravaged Caribbean (Indianapolis)
BCA Environmental Consultants Opens Puerto Rico Location After a quiet opening in the fall of 2019, BCA Environmental Consultants, LLC (BCA), an Environmental Consulting Firm headquartered in Indianapolis, IN, with offices in South Bend, IN and Louisville, KY, is pleased to announce the expansion of operations into the Caribbean through the establishment of BCA Environmental Caribe, LLC (BCA Caribe) [...]
Rose-Hulman: Sharing in $8M Lilly Endowment Grants to Expand Student Mental Health Services (Terre Haute)
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology will share in $8 million Lilly Endowment Inc. grants that will fund collaboration with nearby DePauw University and Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College to expand mental health resources for students. Rose-Hulman is one of 16 institutions being supported by Lilly Endowment funding in the final phase of Charting the Future of Indiana’s Colleges and Universities – an [...]
