Business Connection October 2013 by AIM Media Indiana

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Machining quality

Kamic Corp. makes its parts essential for customers

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On the cover

Nobu Nakajima, president, left, and Waddy Powers, operations vice president, on the production floor of Kamic Corp. Photo by Greg Jones. Story page 8.

Taylor Bros. page 4

Chamber Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Book review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Morton Marcus column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Mark McNulty column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Around the Watercooler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 On the Move . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Business leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Business indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Comments should be sent to Doug Showalter, The Republic, 333 Second St., Columbus, IN 47201 or call 812-379-5625 or dshowalter@therepublic. com. Advertising information: Call 812-379-5652. ÂŠ2013 by Home News Enterprises. All rights reserved. Reproduction of stories, photographs and advertisements without permission is prohibited.

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Corporate art collections page 14

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Above: From left are Taylor Bros. executives James Euler, secretary/treasurer; David Doup, president; Jeff Chandler, vice president; and Tom Harmon, CEO. Opposite page: The company was general contractor for the arcade addition to the former Irwin Union Bank. Below: Taylor Bros. renovated the Custer Building downtown.

People are the building blocks for 80-year-old construction company By Barney Quick

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he term “construction company” conjures images of blueprints; materials such as steel, concrete and wood; and vehicles, machines and tools for moving those materials into place. A conversation with the management team at Taylor Bros. Construction Co., then, piques one’s interest for the frequent use of the term “people.” “It’s a people business,” says CEO Tom Harmon. “At the end of the day, we represent a lot of mouths and lives and families.” “It really comes down to people,” asserts President David Doup, “and that’s top to bottom, from the receptionist to the truck driver to our entire supply chain.” Others recognize the difference Taylor Bros. makes in lives and communities. The company, marking its 80th anniversary this year, was named Contractor of the Year for 2013 by Top Notch Indiana, a labor management association that coordinates the goals of contractors and the union building trades. The application process for the award was extensive and covered a wide array of criteria. Taylor Bros. corporate values that particularly impressed the selection committee included continuing education, safety, diversity and philanthropy. The company is part of the Harmon Group, a consortium that also includes Harmon Steel and Harmon Construction. It has its roots in a house-building business that Luke and Foss Taylor started in Columbus in 1933. Subsequent generations of Taylors saw the firm expand into commercial work.Current president Doup came on board in 1978. The relationship with the Harmon enterprise, another multigenerational family business, began with collaboration on a job. see taylor on page 6

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taylor continued from page 5 “We worked with Taylor Brothers in 1986 on the Jennings County Courthouse,” says Harmon. “David was the project manager. We stayed in touch, and a few years later we heard that some of the shareholders wanted to sell their stakes, so we acquired a controlling interest.” There are currently 30 employees at Taylor Bros. corporate headquarters in the office park near Columbus Municipal Airport. The company employs approximately 100 people in the field at any given time, as well as having contractual relationships with many more. “You bring in people with specialized expertise when appropriate,” says Doup. “Our supply chain is quite lengthy.” Recent projects include The Commons, Mill Race Center and the Advanced Manufacturing Center of Excellence. At The Commons, Taylor Bros. supervised the separation of Sears from the new building, as well as putting the cocoon around “Chaos I,” the mechanical sculpture that remains from the old facility. When the Muscatatuck property in Jennings County made the transition from being a state hospital to an urban training complex for the federal government’s nationalsecurity activities, Taylor Bros. constructed several new buildings, including a “rubble building,” intentionally designed to simulate a bombed-out structure, for attackresponse scenarios. The company finds work on which to bid by reviewing public notices and sending its sales team into the field, although reputation is probably its best marketing tool. As Doup puts it, “Nothing sells a project like a good job on the last project.” Regarding the sizing-up of a new project, Vice President Jeff Chandler says that “the most

important element is understanding the customer’s vision.” He speaks of cultivating relationships to ensure clear communication. He also stresses the uniqueness of each project. “Most elements, such as site, weather, people, design and logistics, are different each time.” That makes for variables that can’t always be foreseen, but which can present challenges to staying on time and within budget. That’s where Taylor Bros. brings its highest-level skill set to the table. “What we do is manage that process,” says Harmon. Becoming a multistate company has been mainly a matter of following customers. Some of those who have catalyzed the firm’s geographic expansion include Cummins Inc., CVS, Target, T.J. Maxx and Speedway. “Our customers keep us apprised of where their workload is coming,” Harmon says, noting that the customer base comprises a wide array of industries. “You need to be versatile in this business to address the cyclicality.” Chandler is responsible for staying on top of the licensing requirements of states where the company is going to work. It’s an ongoing task, given the differences between the states. “For instance, there are two tests you have to take for California,” he explains. “One is the trades portion, and the other is a law and business exam.” Along with Top Notch Indiana, the company belongs to several other trade associations. These include the Indiana Construction Association, the Indiana Subcontractors Association and the International Council of Shopping Centers. Taylor Bros. staff members attend these groups’ events and serve on their various committees. The company finds it to be an effective way to say abreast of

industry trends. Training is an ongoing activity at Taylor Bros. Areas include software for document control, scheduling and communication, as well as safety, an area for which the construction industry continually tightens its standards. The company’s project management team meets weekly to assess the progress of its current jobs. Other groups addressing specific aspects of operations meet regularly as well. “Part of our philosophy is that everyone understands the importance of anything we’re doing,” says Doup. “It helps with the learning curve to bring everybody together that way.” Harmon says strategic planning shapes much of the company’s efforts. “We do a lot of forecasting. Painting a picture of where things stand for a 12-month period is a pretty standard activity for us.” CPA/controller James Euler cites the uniqueness of each project as the main source of satisfaction he derives from his work. Chandler echoes that: “This industry forces you to constantly learn.” Chandler characterizes the industry as “very addictive. It seems that anybody who works in it stays in it.” Harmon derives his satisfaction from the firm’s role as citizen. “It’s an honor to be able to build a product that is part of the fabric of your community. It’s also why we’re proud of our philanthropy program,” which includes support for the American Red Cross, United Way, NAACP, UNCF and Big Brothers Big Sisters, among others. For Doup, the fulfillment comes in the scope of the involvement of the people. “Every tradesman, every clerk develops a sense of ownership in a project.”

Other Taylor Bros. projects: The Columbus Learning Center (construction manager)

photo courtesy of woodruff/brown, simsbury, Conn.

Opposite page from top: Cummins Columbus Engine Plant (construction manager), Lucas Oil Stadium (interior signage installation), Ross-Ade Stadium, Purdue University (finished carpentry in suites), Marr Building (renovation).

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heating up Kamic supplies piston pins and custom machining and assembly for automotive giants By Barney Quick n photos by greg jones

he Kamic Corp. story is really one of a few related types of expertise gravitating to Columbus to serve some specialized areas of the automotive industry. Roughly half of its business activity is composed of the manufacture of piston pins, and the remainder consists of machining and assembly work and a type of heat treating that hardly anyone else knows how to do. As is so often the case with Columbus-based firms with Japanese management, it is a wholly owned subsidiary of a Japanese company, in this case, Kawasaki Automotive Industry Co. Kawasaki’s plants in Yokohama and Fukushima had been supplying Cummins Inc. with pistons for several decades when both parties agreed that founding a company located near Cummins’world headquarters made self-evident sense. Kamic began operations in 1995. The name is an acronym for a Japanese moniker; Vice President of Operations Walter “Waddy” Powers tells people it stands for “Kawasaki Automotive Made in Columbus.” Kamic is the sole supplier of piston pins to the Cummins Jamestown plant. Its products are found in the signature ISX15 heavy-duty truck engine, as well

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Top: A detailed look at the ends of the laser-engraved piston pins. Above: Waddy Powers, vice president of operations for Kamic Corp., stands with a machine that laser etches a barcode on piston pins. It allows the parts to be tracked at any time.

A portion of Kamic’s business is heat treating parts for other manufacturers. This batch of gears has had only the teeth and other high-wear areas treated, which has darkened them, while the rest of the metal remains ductile, which keeps it from cracking.

A rack of parts after passing through the machining line.

Bins of precision-cut piston rod blanks await the next step in the manufacturing process.

as the ISX12, and the smaller ISM. Kamic also will be the sole supplier for the new 5-liter V-8 engine that Cummins will build for the Nissan Titan truck at the Columbus Engine Plant. Various other Cummins facilities using Kamic piston pins are located in Seymour, Memphis, Tenn., the UK, China, Brazil and Mexico. Other companies for which Kamic makes pistons include the automotivecomponents maker Federal Mogul and International Trucks. Because of the know-how it has developed in making pistons, it has become a supplier of machining operations for piston rods to KYB, which in turn ships themto Toyota for use in the Corolla and the Sienna minivan. Kamic also assembles piston rod guides for a shock absorber application. This work is shipped to KYB in Franklin, Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas in Berea, Ky., and American Showa in Sunbury, Ohio. Perhaps the most unique type of expertise Kamic possesses is in the area of heat treating. It provides batch carburizing and induction heat treating. “No one else around here does that,” says Powers. “Japanese companies know about us, and it’s a given if they need that done, it will be quoted here.” Induction heat treating makes it possible to harden only certain areas of a component, such as the teeth on a sprocket. Some of those Japanese customers for heat treating include Indiana Precision Forge in Shelbyville, Hitachi in Greensburg, PMG in Columbus and NSK in Franklin. The company’s president is Nobu Nakajima, who is originally from Japan. Powers, a Pennsylvania native who came to Columbus to work for Impact Forge, has been at Kamic for eight years. The relationship between Nakajima, who focuses on strategic planning, and Powers is one of balance. “He calls me the gas pedal, and I call him the brake,” says Powers. “I’d like to just go, go, go. I used to be in sales, and I know I could get us more work. Nobu is inclined to say, ‘Let’s proceed cautiously.’” Powers feels his most notable accomplishment at Kamic is making its quality efforts more robust. “Cummins has thousands of suppliers, and it gives awards for the best one in five different categories. Two years in a row, we won best in the quality area out of all of them.” How did he turn around Kamic’s quality performance?“It was a matter of understanding what Cummins actually wanted, not what everybody thought they wanted.” He uses the example of superfinishing to illustrate what he means. Kamic superfinishespin surfaces to reduce their drag. The surface has to be blemish-free beyond anything imaginable. “We were getting quite a few returns,” he recalls. “We tried all kinds of gauge correlation. People from Jamestown were down here a lot.” Powers discovered that Thielenhaus, a Michigan-based maker of superfinishing equipment, had an in-house machine it used strictly for its own trial-and-error experimentation. He arranged to have some pins run through it. “Those came out fine, and Cummins said it wanted that machine on the Kamic floor.” So far, so good, but, according to Powers, “it didn’t work.” He and Ray Quiroz, whom he describes as “an intricate part of Kamic,” redesigned the machine and replaced all Kamic gauging with world-class surface and see Kamic on page 10 OCTOber 2013 The Business Connection 9

Kamic continued from page 9 cylindricity machines. “Cummins engine plant metrology lab people came over and performed a reliability and repeatability test, and the new gauges passed,” he says. “Jamestown’s machines didn’t pass. Our machines are considered masters for this type of gauge now.” For much of its shop-floor work, Kamic uses temp agencies, such as Elwood Staffing and Malone Solutions. The office staff consists of people hired by Powers, with the exception of heat treat manager Nick Tanaka and Vice President Andy Nakajima. “Japanese-owned companies in Columbus will hire qualified personnel of any nationality,” he notes. “I’ve put together a team that definitely knows what it’s doing.” Nobu Nakajima has become involved in the civic life of Columbus, serving on the boards of the Heritage Fund and Otter Creek. He is also the president of the Columbus Japanese Business Association, as well as a board member of Indiana Japan Chamber Inc. “Life in Columbus for my family is very favorable and keeps getting better,” he says. Powers says his role suits him, as he doesn’t care to be immersed in routine. “I’ve always been the guy who spots a problem and goes in to fix it.” His personality makeup seems to be of mutual benefit to himself and Kamic.

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retailers highlight service, convenience to fight showrooming

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Customers come to Gorman’s Furniture in Novi, Mich., for personal service and customization not available on the Internet.

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att Norcross has been selling books for two decades, but lately he must contend with readers who go to his Petoskey, Mich., shop to see and touch the printed works he offers, only to buy them later from Amazon.com at a savings. Even if he offers them at the same price, shoppers save 6 percent by not paying sales tax online. “Our store is being used as a selling tool for online retailers,” said Norcross, the owner of McLean & Eakin Booksellers. He even caught a shopper taking pictures of recipes to avoid buying a cookbook. “Brick-and-mortar stores can’t continue that way.” To address this trend, which the retail industry calls showrooming, small stores are increasingly touting their personal service. Other retailers, including national chains, are offering price matching — and bringing more technology, such as iPads, computer kiosks and digital codes for scanning, into their shops to direct customers to their online sites. Forty-five states and the District of Columbia require customers to pay sales tax. But unless an online retailer has a brick-and-mortar store or office on the ground in a state, it doesn’t have to collect the sales taxes. And while customers are still supposed to pay the tax when they file their state income tax returns, many don’t. “Someone who’s strictly driven by price will come in and take advantage,” said Bo Brines,

the owner of Little Forks Outfitters, an outdoors retailer in Midland, Mich. “Add that to a lack of a level playing field by not having to collect sales tax, and it’s a potent combination.” A recent study found 40 percent of shoppers participated in showrooming and concluded the threat to retailers may be more serious than they realize. In addition to Best Buy and Target, the study found other national retailers, including Bed Bath & Beyond, PetSmart, Toys R Us, Sears, Barnes & Noble, Kohl’s, J.C. Penney — even discount warehouse Costco — were at risk. Some retailers — such as Best Buy and Target — started offering to match online prices to combat showrooming. But competitive pricing is only part of the problem. “Customers come in and look at the merchandise. Oftentimes they tie up an associate’s time for 10, 15, 20 minutes — and then they go buy the product on the Internet,” said Tom Scott, senior vice president of the Michigan Retailers Association. “The ruder ones take their phones out right in the store.” Gorman’s President Tom Lias has a long list of reasons why shopping online can’t match the experience of shopping in the five Gorman’s Furniture stores in Michigan. Among them, he said, are the choices, customization and service that customers get when they walk in the store, and being able to rely on the company.

Lias said he’s also encouraging his employees to accept technology: They’re using email and social media to keep in touch with customers. Some are now carrying iPads. And the stores have computer kiosks that customers can use to price and shop for certain furniture brands. “Customers want what they want, when they want it,” he said. Showrooming was a big topic at this year’s National Retail Federation Expo in New York, as retail experts outlined how online technology is both a threat and an opportunity, said Andrew Cherwenka, the co-founder and CEO of analytics company Authintic in Toronto. “If you get to the heart of it, retailers don’t care how or where people shop — as long as it’s with them,” said Vicki Cantrell, the executive director at Shop.org, a division of the National Retail Federation. As an example of this, Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, started a program it called Endless Aisle, which encourages its customers to use smartphones in stores to read digital codes and to order products from its online store. “We embrace showrooming instead of denying it,” Daniel Morales, Wal-Mart’s director of communications, said in an email. “We’re using e-commerce to make a store with a smaller footprint capable of offering a broader selection through Endless Aisle and by offering the ability to shop online and pick up items in a store.” OCTOber 2013 The Business Connection 11

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Annual women’s conference continues to inspire us The stated mission of the Women’s Professional Development Conference is to inspire, educate and motivate women in order to enhance their professional and personal lives. Flash back to 1998. One of my professional mentors, Lynn Lucas, was serving as the interim president of the Chamber when she recruited Lynne Hyatt, owner of Lockett’s Ladies Shop, to serve as the honorary chair of the first Women’s Professional Cindy Frey Development Conference. Together, they assembled a competent planning team and secured Vera Bradley founders Pat Miller and Barbara Baekgaard as the keynote speakers. Several hundred women attended that first event. Lucas and Hyatt tapped into an unmet need in this community. They understood that women were hungry for enrichment and networking opportunities. Fifteen years later, this legacy continues. More than 200 women are expected to attend this year’s Women’s Professional Development Conference on Oct. 28. Women once again will gather to discuss health issues, worklife balance and how to be successful in their careers. Here are a few of the highlights: l Julie Shifman has had three dis-

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tinct careers over her lifetime, reinventing herself with each new role. She’ll challenge women to take a personal inventory and walk away with a renewed sense of purpose. l Allison Martin will discuss different mentoring relationships. At times, Martin will tell us, mentoring involves a long-term investment of time, but for some, the focus has shifted to helping others gain new insights and abilities in an accelerated manner. l A panel of local leaders will talk about their own journeys and the lessons they’ve learned along the way. Hear from Tracy Souza, Julie Abedian and Angela Force. l The event wraps up with a lighthearted message from crowd-pleaser Mary Ann Mapes, who gives sage advice with a heaping dose of humor. Since that first conference in 1998, a lot has changed. A new generation of women has entered the workforce. Technological advancements have made our work more efficient, but these tools also have blurred the lines between work and home life. In every era, women benefit when they network with one another and learn from each other’s stories. Plan to join us on Oct. 28 for an event that promises to deliver helpful insights, useful information and humor. Take a day to reflect on where you are and where you’re heading professionally.

Doing Business in Chin Tom Pellman will be in Columbus on Oct. 15 to share his knowledge with us. The info session is free to attend, but reservations are requested. Pellman works as market intelligence analyst for Vestas Wind Systems A/S, the world’s largest wind energy company, and leads its intelligence analysis across the Asia Pacific region. Originally from

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Business Retention and Expansion Survey Results Columbus Economic Development Board representatives recently completed the organization’s 2013 Business Survey. Analysis shows that local executive attitudes about the community and business prospects are positive. In support of that finding, the majority of surveyed firms are planning investment and job creation activities over the next three years. Compared to key performance indicators of North American companies that participated in an identical 2012 Synchronist business survey, Columbus companies are experiencing better sales growth, are investing more in R&D and new product development, and are generally more pleased with local services. On Oct. 2, EDB President Jason Hester and members of the Business Recruitment and Retention Committee will provide us with the details regarding the survey results. All are welcome, the event is free to attend and reservations are requested.

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outside the office

Some corporations doing more to show off art collections for public By Ula Ilnytzky n Associated Press

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Corporate art buying in North American has fallen off since the boom days of the 1970s and 1980s, but even as the economy improves, some companies are buying less art but doing more to put their works out for the public to enjoy. There are about 1,500 corporations in the world with art collections, with some of the largest held by banks and financial institutions, according to the International Directory of Corporate Art Collections. Shirley Reiff Howarth, the editor of the directory, said that since 2000, the percentage of collections listed as “ongoing,” or still being added to, has dropped from 55 percent to about 40 percent. Many corporations are limiting new purchases for new buildings, expansions or renovations. “While the volume of buying has been reduced, educational programs have increased, and the collections are used for more than simply enhancing the walls of the company and its image,” Howarth said. Bank of America, with over 30,000 artworks created from several mergers, has one of the largest collections in North America. Instead of buying new art, it focuses on the arts programs it has created, including Art In Our Communities, which has loaned fully curated exhibitions to 60 museums 14 The Business Connection OCTOber 2013

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Top: The world headquarters of Johnson & Johnson in New Brunswick, N.J., features two art galleries. Above: Neiman Marcus mixes artwork with fashion in its stores. worldwide since 2008. “This is something that resonates with the communities where we loan the exhibitions,” said Allen Blevins, who oversees the bank’s collection and art programs. The Charlotte, N.C.-based company currently has 16 traveling exhibitions, representing 2,500 works. Among them is a show at the Museo del Novecento in Milan of Andy Warhol’s most important silkscreen portfolios. “The level of appreciation has become more about education,” Howarth said. At Johnson & Johnson’s sprawling I.M. Peidesigned headquarters in New Brunswick, there are two galleries that feature continuous exhibitions,

one for special and touring shows and the other for New Jersey artists. They are open to the public by appointment. Like other corporations, the medical and pharmaceutical giant also lends its artworks. A drawing by Alice Aycock was featured in a retrospective of the artist at a Long Island museum, and a George Segal sculpture was included in a major traveling exhibition. It has also presented other programs based on employee or community interest, including a show on New Jersey actor, opera star and civil rights activist Paul Robeson that traveled to several U.S. cities. see art on page 16

‘Work With Me’ details workplace blind spots between the sexes By Jessica Gresko n Associated Press

“Work With Me: The 8 Blind Spots Between Men and Women in Business” (Palgrave Macmillan), by Barbara Annis and John Gray Unless you live and work at a monastery, chances are you work with both men and women. According to Barbara Annis and John Gray, however, we’re kind of bumbling when it comes to sharing office space with the opposite sex. In “Work With Me,” the authors explore eight “blind spots” they say create tension between men and women in the workplace. Among them: women’s tendency to ask more questions, men’s belief they have to walk on eggshells with women, women’s feeling they are being excluded and men’s belief that women are too emotional. The authors say their objective is to expose and eliminate those blind spots and encourage a more “gender intelligent” workforce. Annis and Gray have some impressive gender intelligence cred themselves. He’s the author of 17 books, including one you’ve probably heard of: “Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus.”

She runs a company that does workshops and consulting on gender differences in the workplace, including work for Fortune 500 companies. The authors’ credentials create some high expectations, and they only heighten those themselves, promising that the book contains survey results of over 100,000 quantitative and qualitative statements from men and women. You might fairly assume that by the book’s end you will be equipped with a set of special gender intelligence goggles that allow you to splendidly navigate working with co-workers of any gender. Unfortunately, the book suffers from its own blind spots. The authors suggest they’re writing for all offices but instead seem to be writing mostly for employees of massive corporations and offices where women are the minority and not the bosses. Readers who work in smaller offices or in offices with a different gender balance (where women are the boss or a majority of the employees) can expect to feel as though they’re reading a book meant for someone else. The book also suffers from being

repetitive, and then there are passages called “the science side” that attempt to explain the biological reasons behind differences between the sexes. These were boring, and I skipped them as the book went on. Sure, I took away some useful insights. For example, women ask more questions than men, not just for clarity but to create an atmosphere of consensus building. Offering a man unsolicited advice is a bad idea because it suggests he can’t be trusted to accomplish the task himself. Still, by the time I got to the end of the book, I felt swindled. I’d been promised those gender intelligence goggles. Instead, all I got was a cheap pair of sunglasses offering a slightly colored view of the world but certainly no special powers.

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Eye on the pie

Morton Marcus

Tax policy taking us down path to backwardness This story requires a long time line. It is suggested you put on your slippers, snuggle in something comfortable and put your favorite beverage by your side. Once upon a time, back in the 1970s, Indiana’s per capita personal income was higher than that of the nation as a whole. It was an era when only a few politicians thought about economic development and few communities had a functioning local economic development organization. Local property taxes were reduced, and the state sales tax was increased. This was a time, like ours, when the state legislature assumed greater power over local affairs. Then something happened. Compared to the United States, Indiana personal income started to fall in 1978 and has continued to decline through 2012, with a bump up here and there. If our state’s population had grown as fast as the nation’s, it would have been very bad for Indiana. That would have meant the per capita personal income would have fallen dramatically. However, Indiana was fortunate. Our share of

the U.S. population fell continuously over the past four decades. This fact kept our per capita personal income higher than it would have been if we kept pace with the nation. That’s right. Because we did not attract people from elsewhere as well as places such as Texas, Florida, Nevada and California, we sustained a higher per capita personal income. Yes, because native Hoosiers decided to leave for other places, our per capita personal income never dropped down to 85 percent of the U.S. level. (Now is the time to review your basic arithmetic or sip your favorite beverage.) What are the policy implications of these long-term trends? There must be something our political leaders can do or why would they tell us they will reverse these trends? Well, relax. They are doing something, many things in fact, to discourage people from living in Indiana. They reduced the corporate income tax. Lots of folks marched day and night around the Statehouse demanding this cut for their employers. An Indiana with less revenue from corporations

will have to depend more on ordinary taxpayers to sustain state services. Don’t worry. That won’t happen. The income tax rate for Hoosiers is being cut back. The plan in effect for several years has been to reduce state services by starving them of revenue. A poor quality of state services will attract people with lower expectations and high hopes for a world in which rewards are based on luck rather than performance. They are just the kind of people we need to keep our state lottery running strong. After a day at the casino, who cares what kind of education your neighbors’ children are receiving? Illness, disabilities, they are just bad breaks. The businesses attracted to a state of people with poor education and an addiction to luck do not provide the wages to power the growth of personal income. But then, who wants to change our long-term Hoosier trend of failing to keep pace with the nation? Morton Marcus is an economist, writer and speaker. He can be reached at mortonjmarcus@yahoo.com.

art continued from page 14 At Neiman Marcus, one of the few luxury retailers to boast an art collection, the art appreciation concept is extended to its customers by turning all 42 of its stores into galleries. At its Paramus, N.J., store, a Roy Lichtenstein screenprint decorates the men’s department and a whimsical display by glass sculptor Dale Chihuly dominates its store windows. The retailer has about 3,500 pieces in its collection, which was started in 1951 with the commission of Alexander Calder’s large-scale mobile “Mariposa,” now on display at its Chicago store. Neiman Marcus’ in-house curator Julie Krosnick said the idea from the beginning was to give customers “something that is culturally stimulating and thought-provoking, something that is not about buying and selling merchandise.” On a recent shopping trip to the Paramus store, Esther Seiger of Monsey, N.Y., said, “You see all this pretty art, and it puts you in a buying mood.” 16 The Business Connection OCTOber 2013

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Henry Moore’s bronze sculpture, “Draped Reclining Mother and Baby,” is outside Johnson & Johnson’s I.M. Peidesigned world headquarters in New Brunswick, N.J.

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Mark McNulty

Are your business and life out of alignment? Many business owners I know get to the point in their business and their life where things just stop improving. They reach a comfortable level that many call a plateau, where things are good but not great, and the majority of their previous level of dissatisfaction is now eliminated. They have sometimes even achieved more than they ever imagined they would. While this may sound like a nice place to be, and it can be for a short while, it is also a dangerous place to be. Staying at this plateau can lead to complacency, and the theory that “if you aren’t growing you are dying” kicks in when you least expect it, often slowly taking you right back where you were without your ever realizing it. The reality is that getting to this point is a major victory, and it is an opportunity to take things from very good to amazingly great if you get the help you need to do it. To help business owners get from “having it good” to “having it great” is a four-step process of introspection, reflection and then application of the lessons. I call this process the Business and Personal Alignment, and it can be a powerful way to take your life to levels you never before imagined. The main reason you can’t get there without this is that you have previously held yourself back by not believing in a better future for yourself. When your beliefs are limited, so is your achievement. Step 1 – Where did you come from? In this step, I want you to reflect on who you were when you started your business. How did you see yourself, what identity did you give yourself as a business owner?What were your original values and beliefs about yourself,

your business, your employees, your spouse/significant other, your family and friends?The last reflection is regarding your original goals and vision for your business and your life. What were you hoping to achieve? Step 2 – Where are you now? In this step, we evaluate and celebrate your accomplishments thus far in your business and life. We look at who you have become, your new identity both at home and at the office. We also look at your current belief and value systems, and how they have likely either changed or become more deeply understood and ingrained in the different parts of your life. Last, we review your current vision and goals for yourself, and how those compare to the original versions. Step 3 – Where will you go from here? This is sometimes the hardest step, as so many people who achieve that first level of success haven’t ever given themselves permission to think past the first level of success, as they barely believed they could achieve their initial set of goals. Now that they have succeeded, they often need help thinking beyond that initial success. This is where we take the time to ask ourselves this simple question: Now that I am the person who achieved all of that (where you are in Step 2), what does that mean I am capable of achieving next?What should my new vision and goals be for myself, what are my new bigger dreams now that I have unlocked the power to achieve? Step 4 – Who do I need to be to get there? Now that you have bigger and more amazing dreams, and a value/belief system that supports getting there, the last question is simply “Who do you need to be?” You have already developed the powers to

figure out what needs to be done and how to get it done. Now is the most important time to work on yourself, to become the bigger and better you who can take your business, your family and your community to bigger and better things. When all of your dreams, goals, beliefs and values are aligned with who you are as a person and a business owner, then you have

what Tony Robbins calls “unlimited power.” If you look in the mirror and recognize yourself as one of those who has succeeded yet you know you aren’t done, take yourself to the body shop and get an alignment. Mark McNulty is a business coach with ActionCoach Business Coaching. He can be reached at 372-7377 or mark@coachmark.biz.

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Around the WATERCOOLER Contractor cutting 200 jobs at Atterbury

EDINBURGH — More than 200 workers are being laid off from a contractor at the Indiana National Guard’s Camp Atterbury as the base wraps up preparing soldiers for overseas deployments. Strategic Resources Inc. says in a state layoff filing that it is cutting 207 jobs as its contract with the Defense Department ended in September. The Virginia-based company has provided clerical and other support services at Camp Atterbury since 2007. Some 20,000 soldiers a year came through the base before and after deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. About 5,000 soldiers on such deployments were expected this year. Maj. Lisa Kopczynski says that for the first time in a decade Atterbury doesn’t expect to mobilize any service units next year.

South Central celebration

South Central Co., a local wholesale distributor of heating, air conditioning, refrigeration, plumbing supplies and equipment founded in Columbus in 1953, celebrated its 60th anniversary in August with an outdoor event at the company’s showroom at 3055 State St. The company has branches in Bloomington, Indianapolis, Muncie, Marion and South Bend and employs 72 associates. More than 350 customers visited the numerous vendor booths set up for the occasion and enjoyed a fish fry provided by Bartholomew County Shriners. 18 The Business Connection OCTOber 2013

Farm Credit Mid-America, an agriculture lending cooperative serving farmers, rural residents and agribusinesses throughout Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee, broke ground for a new office at the corner of Tally Road and East 25th Street. The Columbus office, expected to be completed by early 2014, will serve customers in Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson and Jennings counties. The new building will house 12 employees and include office spaces, work stations, training space and parking availability.

restaurant opens

Noodles & Company opened its new Columbus restaurant Sept. 16 at 3040 Columbus Center. The restaurant serves made-to-order noodles, salads, soups and sandwiches from a global menu featuring Asian, Mediterranean and American cuisine for lunch and dinner. Regular hours will be 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday through Wednesday and 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Information: 307-4664 or www. noodles.com/locations/IN.

Local company growing quickly

Bill Austin & Associates, a systems engineering and information technology company of Nashville and Columbus, has been named to the list of Fastest Growing Private Companies in America by Inc. Magazine 500/5000. Placed at No. 726 on the

32nd annual list, BAA ranks in the top 15 percent of companies around the country. Companies considered for the list must be U.S.-based, privately held, for profit and independent. Revenue generated between March 31, 2009, and 2012, also was considered. BAA achieved a 633 percent growth rate during that time period. Past honorees include Microsoft, Jamba Juice, Pandora and Living Social.

Navistar, Cummins partnership builds

Navistar International is again turning to Cummins Inc. to produce an environmentally friendly truck engine in a bid to boost lagging sales. This time, the Illinois-based truck maker is saying it will order ISB 6.7liter engines from the Columbus-based manufacturer for its medium-duty

trucks and school buses. Cummins has been making its MidRange ISB 6.7-liter engine primarily at its Rocky Mount, N.C., plant, but the MidRange Engine Plant in Columbus also has built the ISB 6.7 as needed to meet peaks in customer demand. Jon Mills, a Cummins spokesman, declined to say whether the Columbus plant will get more work because of the latest Navistar agreement. That likely depends on how many trucks Navistar can sell.

Fairoaks Mall sale delayed again

It will be at least November before FairOaks Mall goes on the auction block at sheriff ’s sale, a Bartholomew County official who schedules those transactions said. Kroger, Gardis & Regas, LLP, the attorney representing Wells

Fargo Bank, requested to cancel the sheriff ’s sale that was set for Sept. 10, said Randy Clark, the Bartholomew County Sheriff ’s Department employee who schedules the property sales. Clark said the law firm indicated it will ask for a new date soon. He said the next date available from his office probably would be in November. This is the third time attorneys for lead debtor Wells Fargo Bank have pulled the plug on a scheduled sheriff ’s sale of the mall. The sale was initially set May 14 then was delayed until July 9 and then until Sept. 10. The 415,000-square-foot retail center is headed to sheriff ’s sale because of an unpaid $21.2 million mortgage, according to Bartholomew County legal records.

USDA predicts corn crop rebound

INDIANAPOLIS — The U.S. Department of Agriculture expects Indiana corn farmers to rebound from a dismal crop last year by producing nearly 1 billion bushels in 2013.

In its first look at expected harvests this year, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service forecasts Indiana farmers will produce about 980 million bushels of corn, compared with fewer than 600 million bushels last year. The forecast also projects a record national corn crop of 13.8 billion bushels. Purdue Extension agricultural economist Chris Hurt says the larger crop will mean lower food prices. USDA expects Indiana soybean growers to produce more than 260 million bushels, up from about 224 million bushels last year.

The ads began in mid-August and will run twice an hour through the end of the year on the 26-by-20foot screen on 42nd Street between Seventh and Eighth avenues in midtown Manhattan that more than 1.5 million visitors pass by daily, the agency said. The ads tout Indiana as being “at the crossroads of what’s possible and what’s next” and as having “not only a workforce, but a force that works.” The money for the ads came from the IEDC’s marketing budget, which the General Assembly set at $3 million over two years.

Indiana ads run in Times Square

Shipyard adding barge line, workers

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana has begun broadcasting its message that it’s a business-friendly state in the bright lights of Times Square. The Indiana Economic Development Corp. is running two 15-second advertisements promoting the state on the CBS Super Screen, one of the world’s most popular advertising venues.

JEFFERSONVILLE — A southern Indiana barge builder plans to restart a fourth production line and add about 100 workers in the coming months. Jeffboat and federal officials announced the company has received a Maritime Administration grant that will cover about a quarter of the $3.5 million project at the Jeffersonville

facility. Jeffboat Vice President Patrick Sutton says the new production line is expected to be in operation in October. About 800 people now work at the Ohio River shipyard. Company spokeswoman Kim Durbin says the production line being revamped hasn’t been in operation for about four years.

new headquarters for hoosier energy

BLOOMINGTON — Electricity provider Hoosier Energy is starting construction on a new $27 million headquarters building in Bloomington. Hoosier Energy plans to have about 115 employees working at the new headquarters, near Indiana 37 on the city’s southwest side, when it opens late next year. Those employees will come from two current offices in Bloomington that will be consolidated with construction of the new building. Hoosier Energy provides electricity for 18 electrical cooperatives with 300,000 customers in central and see watercooler on page 21

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on the move Cummins Inc. employee Xiaoping Yang has been named a fellow by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the highest honor the organization bestows. Yang, a native of Sichuan Province in China, has lived in Columbus since 2001. Fellowship is bestowed on engineers with at least 10 years of experience who have made significant contributions to the profession, ASME, a group of engineering professionals, said in a news release. Only about 2.5 percent of its 117,000 members are fellows. David S. Shymkus, of Dunn & Associates Benefit Administrators, recently met requirements through the Department of Health and Human Services to become a broker in the federally facilitated marketplace exchanges for medical insurance.

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period of years and demonstrated exceptional leadership skills and personal expertise. Luther was employed in senior accounting and finance roles at Cummins Inc. for many years. Ben Hatton of Columbus, a native of Brown County, has joined Data Cave as marketing manager. He is a graduate of Indiana University, with a degree in marketing, and a recent graduate of Ivy Tech, with an associate degree in Web design. He will be responsible for both online and in-person marketing efforts at Data Cave at 2425 Technology Blvd. Ben Hatton

Craig Kessler of Columbus, chief investment officer with Kessler Investment Group, has been named a top investment manager in the 2013 Indianapolis Monthly Five Star Wealth Managers of the Year Awards. Recipients are selected on the basis of customer service, integrity, knowledge/expertise, communication, value for fee charged, meeting of financial objectives, post-sale service and overall satisfaction. Only wealth managers with more than five years of experience are considered. This is the fourth consecutive year Kessler has been selected for the award. Matthew Matern, of the Blue & Co. LLC office in Seymour, has been promoted to the position of senior accountant.

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Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Matthew E. Lovell has joined the team of doctors at Southern Indiana Orthopedics at 940 N. Marr Road. He is a magna cum laude graduate of Wheaton College and earned a doctorate of medicine from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine in Iowa City, where he also completed two research fellowships. He specialized in surgical training at Iowa Methodist Medical Center and recently completed advanced training as an orthopedic surgery resident at Southern Illinois University. Ronald D. Luther of Columbus, business manager at St. Ambrose Catholic Community in Seymour, has been named recipient of the inaugural Institute of Management Accountantsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Exemplary Leadership Award. It recognizes an IMA member who has made contributions in volunteer leadership positions over a

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Lyn Morgan

Dr. Jason W. Christie has joined the staff at Southern Indiana Surgery Inc. He will focus on vascular and vein surgery. A native of Glasgow, Ky., he is a graduate of the University of Louisville School of Medicine and completed general surgery training at Wake Forest University, where he trained an additional two years to complete a vascular surgery fellowship and conducted research on renal artery disease. Lyn Morgan has joined Centra Credit Union as president of the Centra Foundation. She has worked in the not-for-profit field in Bartholomew County for almost 20 years and most recently held the position of director of grant programs at Heritage Fund â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the Community Foundation of Bartholomew County. Centra Credit Union established the Centra Foundation in 2012 to provide grants to not-for-profit organizations that help meet critical needs in the communities where Centra members and employees live and work. John Loya has been named vice president of human resources and organizational development at Columbus Regional Hospital. He has been serving as interim director of human resources since January. He will be responsible for human resources functions across Columbus Regional Health, including hospital employees, volunteer services, employee wellness and safety, work force development and planning and leadership development. He is a graduate of Rockhurst College, with a degree in industrial relations, and has many years of experience at hospitals, medical centers and cancer centers around the U.S. Tastefully Simple consultant Bridget Diedrich of Columbus has been promoted to team leader in see on the move on page 21

watercooler continued from page 19 southern Indiana and southeastern Illinois.

Jasper to improve riverfront

JASPER — The city is eyeing improvements to its downtown area and riverfront that could include adding new restaurants and apartments. Jasper Mayor Terry Seitz outlined some of the development ideas during a public hearing. He says improvements to Jasper’s Riverwalk and Train Depot are just the tip of the iceberg of what’s possible in the city about 45 miles northeast of Evansville. Seitz says Jasper has roughly 500,000 square feet in vacant industrial space that could be turned into new hotels, apartments and restaurants. He also says the city’s riverfront along the Patoka River also holds significant potential for development.

Aquaculture industry growing

WEST LAFAYETTE — A new report says the size of Indiana’s fledgling aquaculture industry has more than doubled in the past seven years with the state now boasting about 50 farms that raise fish or seafood. The Purdue Extension report found Indiana’s fish farms had estimated sales last year of about $15 million, up from $3.5 million in 2006. During that seven-year period, the report found that Indiana’s number of fish farms grew from 18 to about 50. The reports says Indiana’s aquaculture industry ranges from

small-scale producers raising fish in their backyards to large-scale producers growing fish to sell in national and international markets. Some of the fish raised in Indiana for food are yellow perch, hybrid striped bass, tilapia and trout. Indiana farms are also raising marine shrimp and freshwater prawns.

Chrysler donates to YMCA project

KOKOMO — Chrysler Group LLC has donated $500,000 to the Kokomo Family YMCA’s plans to build a $15 million downtown center. Brian Harlow, Chrysler vice president and head of power train manufacturing, says the donation is part of Chrysler’s commitment to help Kokomo with its ongoing efforts to enhance the city by revitalizing its downtown. The 73,000-square-foot downtown center will have a health and wellness center, a double gymnasium, an indoor running track and a lap pool. Chrysler currently employs more than 6,600 people in the Kokomo area. In February, the Auburn Hills, Mich.-based automaker announced an investment of nearly $374 million to boost its transmission production in the Kokomo area and add about 1,250 jobs.

the U.S. Department of Energy to buy the secured loan for the Vehicle Production Group of Allen Park, Mich. AM General had built VPG’s wheelchair-accessible vans under contract and plans to resume production at its Mishawaka factory, possibly hiring hundreds of workers at the northern Indiana plant.

Muncie to begin work on garage

MUNCIE — A new parking garage is about to begin taking shape in Muncie as part of a $60 million project that also features commercial and residential space. The $5 million garage will feature 311 spaces that are expected to generate revenue for the city through payments by Valparaiso developer IPA. The venture replaces a block and a half of old development along University Avenue. IPA hopes to rent the apartments being built as part of the project to Ball State University

students for the fall semester next year.

IU shifting jobs to temp agency

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana University is cutting about 50 hourly workers at the Bloomington campus and shifting that work to a temporary staffing agency. University spokesman Mark Land says the move is partly being made to avoid having to add those workers to the IU health insurance plan as required by the federal health care overhaul if they average more than 30 hours a week. Land tells The Herald-Times that shifting 50 of the physical plant department’s 650 jobs will also relieve the administrative task of managing the hours of seasonal workers. IU will have the Manpower agency hire the maintenance and custodial personnel. The university will pay the agency an administrative fee to manage the workers. — Staff and Wire Reports

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Company taking over defunct van maker

SOUTH BEND — AM General is taking over a Michigan company that received a $50 million federal loan to make vans for the disabled before it ran into financial troubles. South Bend-based AM General says it has reached an agreement with

on the move continued from page 20 recognition of sales achievements and her work in adding new consultants to the Tastefully Simple team. Tastefully Simple is a national home taste-testing company featuring easy-to-prepare foods and gifts. Old National Insurance has hired Addie Brading as a personal lines, life and small business insurance adviser for clients in Bartholomew, Jennings, Jackson and Decatur counties. Her office is at 501 Washington St. She is a former agent and owner of Addie Brading Insurance Agency in North Vernon. Shepherd Insurance, with headquarters in Carmel and offices in Columbus and Seymour, has been named one of the Top 100 Privately Held Independent Agencies in the U.S. in the August issue of Insurance Journal. The agency is listed at No. 97 and is one of only three Indiana-based agencies to make the 2013 list. The agency was founded in 1977 and specializes in commercial and personal insurance, employee benefits, financial planning and other insurance products.

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BUSINESS LEADS

AUGUST

COMMERCIAL BUILDING PERMITS

CONTRACTORS CONTRACTOR 1665SF/RICHARDS/REM

NEW SUNRIGHT AMERICA BLDG 175805 SF

433 4TH ST COMMERCIAL REMODEL $27,000 SCHWARZE, KURT OWNER HRC ROOFING & SHEET METAL CO CONTRACTOR REROOF 4TH ST BAR

9711 WALNUT ST COMMERCIAL REMODEL $50,000 BARTH CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL CORP MATTCON GENERAL CONTRACTORS CONTRACTOR 1044SFTVILLSCHOOL/REM

2840 S 550 W COMMERCIAL ADDITION 02 $10,000 CROWN COMMUNICATION LLC OWNER PERFECT WIRELESS CONTRACTOR

4415 E 200 S FOUNDATION ONLY $0 BARTH CO HUMANE SOCIETY OWNER REPP & MUNDT INC CONTRACTOR 8600SFCOMMBLDG 750 5TH ST COMMERCIAL REMODEL $156,250 BARTHOLOMEW CONS SCHOOL CORP OWNER MATTCON GENERAL CONTRACTORS CONTRACTOR 661SFLINCOLNSCH/REM 4505 WAYCROSS DR COMMERCIAL REMODEL $43,750 L FRANCES SMITH SCHOOL MATTCON GENERAL CONTRACTORS CONTRACTOR 716SFSMITHELEREM 4625 E 50 N COMMERCIAL REMODEL $156,250 BARTH CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS MATTCON GENERAL CONTRACTORS CONTRACTOR 627SF/CLIFTY SCHOOL/REM 1400 27TH ST COMMERCIAL REMODEL $62,500 BARTHOLOMEW CON SCHOOL CORP MATTCON GENERAL CONTRACTORS CONTRACTOR 716SF/N’SIDE SCH/REM 3311 FAIRLAWN AVE COMMERCIAL REMODEL $156,250 BARTH CO SCH CORP MATTCON GENERAL 22 The Business Connection OCTOber 2013

801 2ND ST DEMOLITION $0 BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY REMC OWNER WOOLRIDGE, JASON CONTRACTOR DEMO REMC BULDINGS 423 WASHINGTON ST COMMERCIAL REMODEL $15,000 MORAVEC REALTY CORP OWNER LORAN ROBERTS CONSTRUCTION COM REMODEL 1407 SF 123 2ND ST COMMERCIAL REMODEL $2,500,000 TIPTON PARK OFFICES OWNER TONN AND BLANK CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR COM REMODEL 8709 SF 3101 STATE ST NEW COMMERCIAL BUILDING $50,000 ROCK TENN OWNER ZEFCO INC CONTRACTOR STORAGE TANK ROCK TENN 1111 MCCLURE RD NEW COMMERCIAL BUILDING $180,000 VERIZON WIRELESS OWNER HERBERTZ, DARRYL CONTRACTOR CELL TOWER/CLIFTY CREEK CELL SITE 6205 S INTERNATIONAL DR FOUNDATION ONLY $0 SUNRIGHT AMERICA/TORISU, MAKOT OWNER FERGUSON CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR

CELL TOWER/HARRISON LAKE SITE 3115 20TH ST COMMERCIAL REMODEL $800 BURD, DEBBIE L OWNER/ CONTRACTOR UPPITY CUPCAKES 2000 25TH ST COMMERCIAL REMODEL $30,973 GMRI INC/RED LOBSTER OWNER ROYALTY COMPANIES CONTRACTOR RE-ROOF REST 2805 NORCROSS COMMERCIAL REMODEL $219,854 IMPACT FORGE GROUP OWNER ROYALTY COMPANIES CONTRACTOR RE-ROOF

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING PERMITS 2739 BUTTERCUP CT E $150,000 NEW 4201 SF RES/BMT/GAR PHILLIPS DEVELOPMENT INC OWNER/CONTRACTOR 2754 BUTTERCUP CT E $250,000 RES/NEW PHILLIPS DEVELOPMENT INC OWNER/CONTRACTOR 1694 DEER CREEK WAY $300,000 NEW 5227 SF RES/BMT/GAR PHILLIPS DEVELOPMENT INC OWNER/CONTRACTOR 759 E 1000 N $73,000 NEW 1014SF RES

PRUITT, BOB OWNER SKAGGS BUILDERS INC CONTRACTOR 17930 E 75 S $100,000 NEW 4229 SF RES/BMT MCKITTRICK, C W OWNER/ CONTRACTOR 6104 HERON CT $383,500 RES NEW M/I HOMES OF INDIANA OWNER/CONTRACTOR 6112 HERON CT $332,000 NEW RES 5209 SQ FT M/I HOMES OF INDIANA OWNER/CONTRACTOR 6113 HERON CT $261,500 RES/NEW M/I HOMES OF INDIANA OWNER/CONTRACTOR 6117 HERON CT $270,000 NEW RES M/I HOMES OF INDIANA OWNER/CONTRACTOR 2135 LAKECREST DR $150,000 NEW 2807 SF RES/GAR BEAZER HOMES OWNER/ CONTRACTOR 8020 N 250 W $120,000 NEW 2417 SF RES/GAR EICKBUSH, DARYL OWNER EVERSMAN, BRIAN L. CONTRACTOR 2090 PAWNEE TRL $285,000 RES/NEW THOMPSON CONSTRUCTION OWNER/CONTRACTOR 8860 PINE LAKE CT $400,317 NEW 5701 SF RES/BMT/GAR KAREUS, THOMAS OWNER DONICA CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR

5306 QUINCY DR $230,000 2505 RES/GAR/ATT SKAGGS BUILDERS INC OWNER/ CONTRACTOR 3153 RED FOX TRL $220,000 RES/NEW DREES HOMES OWNER/ CONTRACTOR 5144 SANIBEL DR $350,000 NEW 2697 SF RES/GAR LOAHAN DEVELOPMENT LLC OWNER/CONTRACTOR 5154 SANIBEL DR $275,000 NEW 2400 SF RES/GAR LOAHAN DEVELOPMENT LLC OWNER/CONTRACTOR

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5620 TREELINE DR $555,000 6334SF 2ST/GAR/BAS MORALES, ENRIQUE OWNER SPOON, JOEL CONTRACTOR

Quang Hon Pham and Duc Tan Huynh DBA Pho Shiki (restaurant), 2291 25th St., Columbus

10531 W GRANDVIEW DR $587,000 NEW RES KIRR, MATT OWNER HOLTKAMP, PAUL CONTRACTOR

Physician’s Practice Organization Inc. DBA Southeastern Indiana Respiratory & Critical Care, 2400 E. 17th St., Columbus

14000 W LAKE RD $275,000 NEW 6656 SF RES/BMT/GAR HOELTKE, LYNN OWNER DAVE GOECKER CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR

Physician’s Practice Organization Inc. DBA Southeastern Indiana Physiatry, 2400 E. 17th St., Columbus

5164 SANIBEL DR $250,000 NEW 2259 SF RES/GAR LOAHAN DEVELOPMENT LLC OWNER/CONTRACTOR

14000 W LAKE RD $357,592 4374SF 2ST/RES/GAR DENNY, DOUG OWNER JONES CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR

5174 SANIBEL DR $390,000 NEW 3138 SF RES/GAR LOAHAN DEVELOPMENT LLC OWNER/CONTRACTOR

8370 W YOUTH CAMP RD $550,000 NEW 6354 SF RES/BMT/GAR HODZEN, EDMUND OWNER/ CONTRACTOR

3771 SYCAMORE BEND WAY NORTH $400,000 NEW 5634 SF RES/BMT/GAR GECKLER, SAM OWNER

972 WESTVIEW POINT DR $600,000 NEW RES DREES HOMES OWNER/ CONTRACTOR

Cameron Stone DBA Benchmark Landscape & Design, 15730 E. State Road 46, Columbus Hunter Senn DBA Rubber Side Down (motorcycle repair), 5860 Buchanan Court, Columbus

Cynthia A. Veluzat DBA Jim-Dandy Bargain Store (reused household items), 215 Kyle St., Columbus James M. Percifield DBA J. Michael Realty (residential real estate), 226 St. Andrews, Edinburgh Robert D. Simpson DBA RoboTech Technologies & Trades, 6720 W. Road 450S, Columbus Jason A. White DBA Turn Key Clean (apartment and rental home cleaning), 4236 Roselawn Ave., Columbus Deborah A. Walton DBA Debbie Walton Realty & Associates (realty sales), 4114 Washington St., Columbus Lois Bonnell DBA Cottage Chic (restyled furniture), 2441 California St., Columbus

Columbus Regional Hospital Foundation Inc. DBA Columbus Regional Health Foundation, 2400 E. 17th St., Columbus

Kermet Merl Key and Laura Fisher Key DBA Frog Fish (film production, multimedia production, motion-picture-audio), 1635 Thresher Drive, Columbus

Michael R. Bridges DBA M&M Sportscards & Collectibles (retail), 3020 Sherwood Lane, Columbus

Aaron Ruddick DBA Parts 4U LLC, DBA The Student Group (door-to-door sales), Columbus

Business Indicators for Bartholomew County

Mar 2013

Apr 2013

May 2013 Jun 2013

Labor Force % Chg from Year Ago

41,010 41,431 41,694 42,744 1.03% 1.71% 1.07% 2.79%

Employed % Chg from Year Ago

38,078 38,912 39,070 39,910 0.57% 1.6% 1.04% 2.7%

Unemployed % Chg from Year Ago

2,932 2,519 2,624 2,834 7.44% 3.41% 1.51% 4.08%

Unemployment Rate 7.1 6.1 6.3 6.6 Chg from Year Ago 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.1 — Center for Business and Economic Research, Ball State University OCTOber 2013 The Business Connection 23

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