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Hello and welcome to springtime 2022!

Development is the key component in any burgeoning community and Newburgh is not short on new additions.

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Writer Dylan Gray looks back at a year of development this

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issue, taking into account Warrick County’s different communities

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and the various areas of industrial, commercial and cultural that saw growth this year.

The Newburgh amphitheater is spotlighted for everyone who

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Local parks are also receiving upgrades and updates, and the

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many different recreational spots are receiving some attention in Newburgh as well as around Warrick County.

Finally, development also includes jobs and job opportunities,

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Statistics has a lot to advise people to look out for if they’re start-

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This spring is shaping up to be as wet and warm as ever, and we hope this magazine continues to provide readers some of

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what they’re looking for, watching their community grow along

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The government business of

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CONTRIBUTIONS: INDIANA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND ERIC WHITTAKER

The Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) is the State of Indiana’s lead economic development agency. The IEDC was officially established in Februar y 2005 to replace the former Depar tment of Commerce. In order to respond quickly to the needs of businesses, the IEDC operates like a business.

Led by Indiana Secretar y Brad Chambers, the IEDC is organized as a public-private partnership governed by a board of directors. The IEDC Board of Directors is chaired by Governor Eric Holcomb and reflects the geographic and economic diversity of Indiana. The IEDC focuses its efforts on growing and retaining businesses in Indiana and attracting new business to the state.

The Indiana Economic Development Corporation is committed to attracting and supporting new business investment, creating new jobs for Hoosiers, and furthering our legacy as one of the top states in the nation for business. Their mission statement reads: • We will aggressively pursue ever y oppor tunity that represents a promise for Hoosier jobs, and will compete locally and at a state level to win these opportunities.

• We will attempt to match the interests of new clients and the local community, creating business plans that work for all parties concerned • We will continue to seek opportunities to attract new business and grow our local companies at home, and continue to improve the economy for the state of Indiana IEDC believes their work is far from done and ever y day, for Hoosiers across the state, they must and will deliver the message, the resources and the support to bring more new business to Indiana.

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IEDC BOARD LEADERSHIP: Governor Eric Holcomb, board chairman; Brad Chambers, secretary of commerce; and board members, Joel Gorelick, Dominic Grote, Richard L. Johnson Jr., Michael Kubacki, Dr. John C. Lechleiter, Kristin M. Marcuccilli, Sue McCloskey, Fred J. Merritt, Mark D. Miles, Dayton Molendorp, Mark Neal, Amy Schumacher, John T. Thompson and Linda E. White.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COALITION OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA EDCSI is an Indiana organzation that finds locations for businesses, including providing the necessary tools, services and information, and preparing customized and confidential proposals for every project.

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SUCCESS WARRICK COUNTY Success Warrick County is the county’s economic development department.

Leadership includes Steve Roelle, executive director; C. Dan Bean, economic development analyst; Holly Gossman, administrator.

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PROGRESS WRITER: DYLAN GRAY

2021 was a big year for development in Warrick County. As the grip of the COVID-19 Pandemic began to loosen in the latter half of the year, many businesses saw an opportunity to move or expand. Newburgh benefited heavily from this as much as anywhere in the area thanks in part to its efforts to revitalize and bring businesses into downtown. In conjunction with this, projects all around the town have helped to bring businesses in and provide retail and restaurant options for the area’s residents.

Warrick County experienced growth in the 2020 Census, showing that it continues to be a desirable area to live even as the vast majority of Indiana’s counties lost population, or showed no change at all. Warrick County grew 7.1%, putting it among the largest growers in the state. This reflects growth that the rest of the tri-state area did not experience, which came in tandem with growing business opportunities.

In downtown Newburgh, several Evansville based businesses have decided to add locations in the area.

These include Honey + Moon Cafe, which is opening its second location at the former site of Ben and Penny’s and Myriad Brewing Co., an Evansville based brewer y currently residing downtown. This is coupled with the many downtown-based events such as downtown Newburhg nights and the farmers market, among others. These give downtown the feeling of a classic river town with plenty of things to do and see for shoppers and visitors.

Meanwhile, around the city the number of new business openings was almost too numerous to count. Newburgh Nutrition brought an established health food store to the area and a new place for health-minded shoppers to patronize. Rx Aesthetics Clinical Cosmetics Spa brought a new type of business to the city. In perhaps one of the biggest economic stories of the year, Kaiser Aluminum purchased the site of the former Alcoa smelting plant.

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This $680 million purchase brought a new national partner to Warrick County and permanently changed the economic landscape of the Newburgh area.

On the education front, Evansville Christian School opened their K-6 school in Newburgh, bringing a new elementary school to the town. The Warrick County School Corporation has plans of its own, currently looking to build a new pathway school in Boonville with the intent to give students more direct career readiness.

“Quality of place is not stopping here in Warrick County. We’re working on more trails and already finished a lot last year. The dog park was finished, the trails near Castle and Tecumseh high schools that give kids a safe way to walk to school. It gets people to move and stay here,” said Steve Roelle, executive director of Success Warrick County, the county’s economic development corporation.

On the horizon, the interstate 69 bridge project represents potential for Newburgh as traffic will now pass through the county from the bridge, rather than being redirected to the bridge on highway 41 between Henderson and Evansville. This new corridor will have traffic stretching from Canada to Mexico, with plenty of potential for Newburgh to capitalize on.

Housing has been another bright spot for the area, as Steve Roelle put it, “The housing market in warrick county remains strong. We see that from apartments and new townhouses as well as condos, single family homes and new neighborhoods. Across the housing spectrum Warrick County is seeing growth. I think it’s interesting that even though COVID Warrick County continues to grow.”

A strong housing market reflects a desirable place to live, something Newburgh has been continuously offering as it has become one of the fastest growing communities in Indiana outside of Indianapolis. With trends like these, Newburgh may have an even more ambitious story to tell by 2023.

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The appetite for risk, the love for a good challenge, the desire to succeed, the longing to be one’s own boss, the appeal of a better balance between work and family life, and, most importantly, the immense passion for one’s job — these are the driving factors that are increasingly pushing women to enter the business world.

Today, many women enjoy great success and inspire others to follow in their footsteps. But how do you become an accomplished businesswoman?

Entrepreneurs normally have several essential qualities in common, starting with an unfailing desire to succeed. Self-confidence and leadership are two other important characteristics to have to get ahead in the business world — an industry that is still largely male-dominated. And

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that’s not all! To succeed, women must master the art of organization, sales and networking. But above all, they must demonstrate a high level of creativity.

Fur thermore, successful businesswomen aren’t only conscious of their capabilities; they’re also aware of their limitations. In other words, they aren’t afraid to delegate tasks that fall beyond their expertise to others. Being an entrepreneur means surrounding yourself with the right people, specifically trustworthy people whose skillsets contribute to the company’s prosperous future. Lastly, it’s no secret that the recipe for success includes a lot of hard work. Successful businesswomen are completely invested in their company and know the value of sacrifice.

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North Warrick Industrial Park

ENGINEERS CHANGE WRITER: DYLAN GRAY

Just a year ago, the North Warrick Industrial Park was only nearing completion. Now the area is home to three tenants with plans to bring in more in the next year, especially given all the remaining space available for businesses. Indeed, there is already talk in the Warrick County Redevelopment Commission about expanding the industrial park, with plenty of land that is still undeveloped.

The tenants currently residing in the industrial park are North American Lighting, a Paris, Illinois based company that produces automotive lighting systems, PepsiCo. which operates a distribution center at the park and Phenix Specialty Films, a company that specializes in food packaging. Phenix is the newest tenant at the park and supplies food packing equipment to local companies such as Dewig Meats of Haubstadt. The industrial park has already accomplished its goal of bringing new and modern jobs into Warrick County, diversifying the economy. But the project is nowhere close to complete yet. After opening their warehouse and tech center in the park, Phenix has announced an interest in expanding at the site, only a year after their arrival.

With a prime location adjacent to interstates 69 and 64, the North Warrick Industrial Park is an attractive option for businesses hoping to establish a foothold in the tri-state area.

There are currently 150 acres that have not been developed at the site that are planned to be used for more buildings and space at the industrial park. In addition there is currently a shell building with 100,000 square feet of space, expandable up to 400,000. According to the Economic Development Corporation, the goal is to have the building leased in the next six months. Options like this make the industrial park one of the

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hotbeds of growth in the Newburgh area.

Steve Roelle of the Warrick County Economic Development Corporation explained, “We always want quality jobs in Warrick County…When a company or manufacturer comes in it helps the tax base and brings diversity to our economy.

We want to adapt as our economy changes and bring in new 21st century manufacturing and jobs,” he went on “We want to bring in strong investment and good jobs to Warrick County.

When we see the success of that model is going to inform our decision on what to do with the next one.”

The development of the industrial park marks a major economic beacon for the county, as it presents an immediate option for jobs and new taxpayers to enter the county. Opportunities like this lead to population growth, something that Warrick County managed in the past census, one of only a handful of Indiana counties to do so.

The current project of expanding the industrial park is unlike anything else in the county. Newburgh is already home to the largest medical complex in the tri-state in Deaconess, but now it also has a burgeoning industrial center to match.

Projects like these make Newburgh and the county at large an attractive place to live, and reflect the cohesive vision that local leaders have to keep the county moving forward.

The industrial park boasts not only close proximity to highways, but also ports along the Ohio River, the Evansville Regional Airport, major rail hubs in the midwest and access to 75% of the US and Canada’s population within a day’s drive. As long as projects like the North Warrick Industrial Park continue to receive support, Warrick County’s economy has plenty of room to grow and diversify.

PHOTOS BY: ZACH STRAW

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E F F E C T S O F C O V I D - 1 9 PA N D E M I C O N

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PROJECTIONS COURTESY OF THE U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS The COVID-19 pandemic triggered an economic recession from Februar y to April 2020, which led to substantial and immediate declines in output and employment.

Because 2020 serves as the base year for the 2020–2030 projections, these recession impacts translate to lower base-year values than seen in recent projections and, therefore, higher projected employment growth.

Many industries are expected to experience cyclical recoveries in the earlier par t of the projections decade as industr y output and employment normalize, returning to their long-term growth patterns. Projected robust growth for industries in which employment fell in 2020 also is projected to result in strong growth for the occupations employed by those industries.

In addition, some industries and occupations are projected to have altered long-term str uctural demand arising from economic changes spurred by the pandemic. For example, many computer-related occupations are expected to have elevated long-term demand,

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in part due to demands for telework computing infrastructure and IT security. Conversely, retail trade is projected to experience an amplification of its long-term decline, because brick-and-mor tar retail is projected to lose employment to e-commerce as those spending habits from the pandemic persist longterm.

Fast growth rates in this projections set generally can be categorized as either predominantly cyclically driven, long-term structurally driven, or a combination of a recovery from a low base point and additional growth due to long-run structural drivers.

BLS developed alter nate employment projections scenarios for the 2019–29 projections decade that encompassed possible impacts from the pandemic. An analysis of these scenarios is available in the Monthly Labor Review (MLR) ar ticle “Employment projections in a pandemic environment.” BLS will publish a follow-up analysis comparing the alternate projections to the 2020–30 projections in a Fall 2021 MLR article.

OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYMENT • Healthcare support occupations are projected for the fastest employment growth among all occupational groups.

Personal care and service occupations and food preparation and serving related occupations are also projected for rapid employment growth, mainly due to recovery growth following low 2020 base-year employment.

• Several of the fastest growing healthcare occupations – including nurse practitioners, physical therapist assistants, and physician assistants – are projected to see strong demand as team-based healthcare models are increasingly used to deliver healthcare services.

• Motion picture projectionists; ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers; and restaurant cooks are among the fastest growing occupations due to their expected cyclical recovery.

Employment of these occupations is concentrated in industries, which saw substantial employment losses in 2020 and are projected for large recovery growth over the projections decade.

• Healthcare occupations and those associated with healthcare (including mental health) account for 7 of the 30 fastest growing occupations from 2020 to 2030. Demand for healthcare services, from both aging baby boomers and from people who have chronic conditions, will drive the projected employment growth.

• Computer and mathematical occupations are expected to see fast employment growth as strong demand is expected for IT security and software development, in part due to increased prevalence of telework spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Demand for new products associated with the Internet of Things (IoT), and for analyzing and interpreting large datasets are also expected to contribute to fast employment growth for these occupations, which include statisticians, information security analysts, and data scientists.

• Technological changes facilitating increased automation are expected to result in declining employment for office and administrative support occupations, sales occupations, and production occupations.

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WRITER & PHOTOS: DYLAN GRAY

On Saturday, June 5, Newburgh welcomed a new feature to the town’s historic riverfront: The Allen Family Amphitheatre. While the amphitheatre has been open for a few months now and hosted a variety of events from plays to a funeral, Saturday marked its official dedication.

It was a hot day with much buzz around Newburgh between the many events taking place around town all weekend, but the amphitheatre dedication was one of the biggest. The ceremony began with a flute performance of the Star Spangled Banner before speeches by Stacy Krieger and Wanda Kavanugh, among others.

The ribbon was cut after Kavanaugh gave a special thanks to many donors including the Allen Family, for whom the amphitheatre was named due to their generous contributions to its construction, Vectren who repaired and straightened many light poles along the riverfront, and many donors who paid for bricks on the amphitheatre, each of has their name engraved on their brick. In total over $425,000 were raised towards the building of the amphitheatre, coming entirely from private donations.

The project that would eventually become the amphitheatre began in the 1980s as part of the Newburgh Town Council’s master plan. However, circumstances would prevent the construction from occuring for over thirty years until the project was revived a few years ago. A few major events

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that would be instrumental in the amphitheatre project’s progress were the Army Corps of Engineers repairing the hillside the amphitheatre is located on after a major slide in the 90s. The repair project by the Corps of Engineers created greater stability on the hillside by Old Lock and Dam park which was conducive to more construction in the area.

The Newburgh Arts Commission was developed in 2010, which was another cog in the machine that helped push this project along. With the circumstances finally in place after years of delays and potential outright abandonment, the project was able to progress along until its completion and dedication this year.

With the project finally completed, there is hope that it will be used for numerous events. Stacy Krieger of the Newburgh town Council elaborated that there are already several concerts booked for the event and that the amphitheatre is open for booking to host weddings, wedding showers and school events all year round.

In addition to the amphitheatre itself, the adjacent old brick house will serve as a restroom and staging area for events at the location. It will also serve as an additional rental space for events held in the amphitheatre. The old brick house was moved across town to be added to the new amphitheatre and is slated to be completed later this year.

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