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n INSIDEParade marches backBuilders show what they can do with more modestly priced homes

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Going to workAgency to address Indianas skills gap

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BY LINDA [email protected]

Where there is no re, there is no smoke. So electronic cigarettes, which use vapor to deliver nicotine to users or vapers, as they are called typically are not covered by state and local smoking laws.

The same thing appears to be true of many company policies, which have not been updated to address e-cigarettes even though they have been around for the better part of a decade. And therein lies one of

the secrets to the skyrocketing popularity of the devices.

About 50 percent of the customers who buy electronic cigarette kits and supplies are using them to try to step off smoking traditional cigarettes, estimated Frank Boyer of Riegels Pipe and Tobacco shops. The other 50 percent are using them instead of cigarettes in places where traditional smoking materials are not permitted.

Indianas no-smoking law, enacted in 2012, does not address electronic ciga-rettes. Neither does Fort Waynes earlier,

tougher ordinance, nor the Allen County rule that covers unincorporated areas.

The Federal Drug Administration hasnt really issued any rulings on electronic cigarettes, noted Dr. John Crawford, a Fort Wayne city councilman and architect of the citys smoking ordinance. And while some cities across the country are debating whether to amend ordinances to include e-cigarettes Duluth, Minn., hopes its new ban will become a model for others

No case of the vaporsE-cigarettes have spiked in popularity, but theres been little movement to restrict where they can be used

n See VAPORS on PAGE 22

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Vera Bradley to lighten its loadCompany will cut number of its patterns, stores

BY LINDA [email protected]

Look for Fort Wayne-based Vera Bradley Inc. to narrow its focus in the next year or so as it tries to reverse a pattern of slowing sales in its own stores and in the network of independent retailers who carry its products.

Among other measures, the company expects to reduce the number and perhaps even the life cycle of the fabrics and styles it produces, cut its specialty retailer network from 3,500 to about 3,000 shops and slow its own plans for opening full-price company stores in favor of opening

n See VERA on PAGE 20

Pro Bowl West, Goshen Avenue

Congratulations to these new and renovating businesses!

Familia Dental, Coldwater Road

Chamber Night @ Indiana Tech Law SchoolJoin Dr. Arthur Snyder and Dean Peter Alexander and celebrate the opening of Indiana Techs Law School on Wednesday, Sept. 25, from 5-7 p.m. Indiana Techs foodservice will provide the hors doeuvres and students will give tours. Parking is available in front of the building.

Together, were growing a more prosperous, vibrant community in Greater Fort Wayne.

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State agency could aid regions work-force development effortsBY BARRY [email protected]

For the past few years, economic-development officials in northeast Indiana have been vocal about the need to create talent and strengthen work-force skills in the region so it can compete against the rest of the country and the world to attract businesses and jobs.

A new agency established by Gov. Mike Pence could buttress work being done locally, potentially bringing to bear new ideas, resources and funding to those efforts.

The Center for Education and Career Inno-vation was established to create a unied vision for ensuring Indianas education system and work-force training programs are aligned with industry needs, and to act as the mechanism by which a slate of new gover-nor-appointed councils close a perceived skills gap in the state.

Over the next year, the center will develop a strategic plan for how Indiana can better

prepare Hoosiers from kindergarten students to college graduates to adult workers in need of addi-tional training for future careers.

There isnt one entity that oversees that kind of streamlined vision across the pipeline, said Jaclyn Dowd, Pences special assistant for career innovation.

The center is really unique in bringing together the entire spectrum of education , said Claire Fiddian-Green, who serves as Pences special assistant for education innovation.

The center was created following Pences formation of the 16-member Indiana Career Council, which has been tasked with creating an inventory of jobs across the state, deter-mining the skills those jobs require and then evaluating how schools and work-force training programs are preparing individuals to ll those jobs.

Dowd Fiddian-Green

n See AGENCY on PAGE 7

Community Action of NortheastIndiana will host an entrepreneurial summit Sept. 21 at the Public SafetyAcademy-Ivy Tech South Campus.

Event partners include the Fort Wayne Black Chamber of Commerce,the Indiana Small Business Develop-ment Center, the Urban Enterprise Asso-ciation, the Community DevelopmentCorporation of Northeast Indiana and Founders.

Michael Russell, CEO of H.J. Russelland Co. in Atlanta, will be the events keynote speaker. In addition, there willbe a panel discussion featuring localbusiness leaders and breakout educa-tional workshops.

The summit will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Sept. 21 at the academy. The event is free, but registration isrequired online at http://entresummitfortwayne.com/tickets.

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Holiday sales season starts early for retailers

Retail sales will increase this holiday season, according to a new forecast from Shop-perTrak, but retailers will have to work harder to earn their share of revenue.

Sales are e x p e c t e d to rise 2.4 percent during the Novem-ber-December period, but total shopper trafc is expected to decline slightly, S h o p p e r Tr a k said.

Although the economy continues to recover slowly, consumers remain cautious about spending and are not ready to splurge, said ShopperTrak founder, Bill Martin. Even though online buying increases each year, brick-and-mortar sales remain retails largest prot opportunity.

Retailers have a reduced window of time to capture peak holiday spending as only 25 days lie between Black Friday (Nov. 29) and Christmas this year, compared to 31 days in 2012. In addition, Hanukkah begins the day before Thanksgiving (Nov. 28), 11 days earlier than in 2012.

While an early Hanukkah will not affect overall holiday sales, it will shift the time some retailers anticipate trafc increases. As a result, ShopperTrak expects promo-tions will begin as early as the day after Halloween.

CHARITIES GET CHECKS FROM CARSONS FUNDRAISER

Carsons raised $5,609 for each of three Fort Wayne organizations during the department stores grand opening festivities

Sept. 10 at Glenbrook Square Mall.Beneciaries of the donations were

Turnstone, Arts United and Fort Wayne Trails. Representatives from the organiza-tions also attended the grand opening andoffered information on their missions andwork in the community.

SPERRY VAN NESS/ PARKE GROUP

Neal Bowman represented both the lessor, Nelson Chan, and the lessee,Family Mart, in the renewal of a lease of retail space at 3120 New Haven Ave.

James Lohman represented both the lessor, Professional Park West Proper-ties, and the lessee, Pain Managementand Anti-Aging Center, in the renewal of a lease of medical ofce space at 4656 W.Jefferson Blvd, Suite 250.

Diana Parent represented both the lessor, Chestnut Hills Ofce Park, and thelessee, Futurity First Insurance Group, in the renewal of a lease of ofce space at 901 Chestnut Hills Parkway, Suite 951.

Lohman represented both the lessor, Lake Avenue Medical Buildings Part-nership, and the lessee, Labcorp, in the renewal of a lease of ofce space at 3217 Lake Ave.

Parent represented both the lessor,Wayne Partnership, and the lessee, DonJames and Associates, in the renewal ofa lease of ofce space at 110 W. Berry St.,Suite 2000. Parent represented the samelessor and the lessee, B&S Properties, inthe renewal of a lease of ofce space at 110 W. Berry St., Suite 1809.

Lohman represented both the lessor,Marlin Winans, and the lessee, MitchellHarper, in the lease of space at 5743 WilkieDrive.

FELDERMAN DESIGN-BUILDFelderman Design-Build was awarded

a design-build contract by Kenworth of Fort Wayne for a 10,000-square-footstorage facility off Coliseum Boulevard.

n ReportersNOTEBOOK

REAL ESTATE & RETAIL

Linda Lipp

n See REAL ESTATE on PAGE 7


First Federal to open Illinois Road branchFirst Federal

Bank of the Midwest will build another Fort Wayne branch on Illinois Road near Cardinal Fitness.

First Federal is the bank owned by Defiance, Ohio-based First De-ance Financial Corp., which also owns First Insur-ance Group.

It entered the Fort Wayne market in 2007 with an ofce on Cold-water Road, which was relocated last December to a more convenient location at 1595 Dupont Road. Philip Bundy is First Federals Fort Wayne market exec-utive.

The banks second branch in the city will open early next year at 9909 Illinois Road, and First Federal planned to cele-brate the start of its construction with a groundbreaking at 11 a.m. Sept. 18.

When you go into our new ofce, youll notice this isnt your typical banking ofce with a permanent teller line, Bundy said in a statement. Youll see several stand-alone desks where you can conduct your transactions, while receiving a personalized one-on-one banking experience.

Our ofce will be staffed with rela-tionship bankers who will be able to do any type of transaction for you from opening new accounts or taking a loan application to making a simple deposit.

AREA ATTORNEYS TO OFFER FREE WILL PREPARATION

Attorneys at 1st Source Bank ofces in Warsaw and Elkhart will not charge during the rst week of October for preparing simple wills with charitable bequests.

The South Bend-based bank said attor-neys would be available by appointment at the ofces to prepare the wills and provide condential consultations without charge from Sept. 30 to Oct. 4 for individ-uals who do not already have wills.

It said in a statement the free service would be provided through Legacy Part-ners, an initiative 1st Source launched with local attorneys and nonprot groups to provide valuable nancial services and information to the public.

Participating nonprot groups include

Warsaw and Elkhart Salvation Army sites, Cardinal Services of Warsaw and Kosciusko Countys Community Foun-dation and YMCA.

Volunteer legal services will be provided by rms and attorneys including Galen Kauffmann, James Butts, Rock-hill Pinnick, Sanders Pianowski, Snyder Morgan, Kehler Law Firm and Taylor Law Ofce.

As many as 70 percent of Americans dont have a will at the time of their death, Rob Patrick, a vice president and trust ofcer with 1st Source, said in the statement.

Its better to outline a plan now, rather than let the courts decide for you. Its also a straightforward way to plan future char-itable gifts that can have a lasting impact on their community.

LAKE CITY BANK TRUST ASSETS SURPASS $1-BILLION MARK

The Lake City Bank Wealth Advisory Group has surpassed the $1-billion mark in total trust assets.

The group serves institutional and indi-vidual clients. Warsaw-based Lakeland Financial Corp. and its bank subsidiary reported the groups trust assets surpassed $1 billion during the third quarter and were up 23 percent from the same period in 2010.

We are extremely pleased to have reached this milestone of total trust assets as it is an indication of the condence that our clients have placed in us to effec-tively manage their investments, Michael Kubacki, chairman and chief executive ofcer, said in a prepared statement.

We believe that this growth is a reection of our client-driven relation-ship management strategy. The success of our Wealth Advisory Group is a natural extension of the overall performance of Lake City Bank and is a result of working with our clients to grow their investment portfolios.

STUDENTS OFFER INTERNAL CONTROL ASSESSMENTS

Deance College accounting students will help churches, charitable organi-zations and other nonprot groups this semester by conducting internal control assessments to determine their exposure to internal and external fraud.

The free assessments evaluate an organizations conicts of interest, safe-guarding of cash and inventory, segre-gation of duties and governance envi-ronment. The review identies gaps that could render the organization susceptible

to fraud.Once the organizational assessment

is complete, students will give advice on internal controls such as checkbook reconciliation, safeguarding cash and inventory, conicts of interest and gover-nance environment, the college said in a statement.

This is a great service learning project because everyone benets, Rick Sealscott, a certied public accountant, certied fraud examiner, and assistant professor of accounting, said in a state-ment on the project.

Students benet from using their knowledge for an organization and the organization benets from the students knowledge and advice.

The project is part of the coursework for a class Sealscott is teaching. For a free assessment, churches, charitable organiza-tions and other nonprots should contact him at (419) 783-2221 or [email protected].

INDIANA CPA SOCIETY SCHEDULES ISSUES UPDATE

The Indiana CPA Society will present a Professional Issues Update session on Sept. 24 in Fort Wayne to help bring certi-ed public accountants in the area up to speed on the latest developments shaping their industry.

The event scheduled to take place from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the Grand Wayne Convention Center, 120 W. Jefferson will be among 13 planned for cities throughout Indiana. They will be led by Gary Bolinger, INCPAS president and chief executive ofcer.

The update sessions are presented each year and their combined annual atten-dance has exceeded 2,000 for each of the last three years. Attending the sessions counts for four hours of continuing educa-tion credit.

In addition to covering standards, tech-nology trends and regulations affecting the industry, the sessions provide oppor-tunities to share opinions on professional issues and to network with other members of the society.

The event is free for members but there is a charge of $125 for nonmembers. For more information, go to the societys website at www.incpas.org.

If you have items for the banking and nance column, please contact Doug LeDuc by email at [email protected], by phone at (260) 426-2640, ext. 309, or by mail at Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly, 3306 Indepen-dence Drive, Fort Wayne, IN 46808.

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BANKING & FINANCE

Doug LeDuc

Builders are back with home paradeBY LINDA [email protected]

This years Parade of Homes, sponsoredby the Home Builders Association of FortWayne, is aimed at a little different buyerthan many past events.

The parade features the work of sevenhomebuilders in the Bay Meadow area ofLandin Parke. Fort Wayne-area builderparades often are staged in upscale subdi-visions and feature homes in the $300,000to $400,000 price range because that givesbuilders a chance to show off the best thatthey do.

This years parade, from Sept. 28 throughOct. 6, is in a more moderately priced subdi-vision on the Fort Wayne-New Haven border.Homes are priced in the neighborhood of$200,000.

We wanted to show what we could do inthe moderate price range, said Charlie Gieseof Westport Homes of Fort Wayne, the HBAspresident.

The seven homes in the parade, includingone built by Westport, provide good, usablespace and focus on the amenities that aremost important to target buyers, Giese said.

We look at what buyers want, whatbuyers are asking for, he said.

Participating builders are: Westport,Delagrange Homes, Hickory Creek Homes,Slattery Builders, Timberlin Homes, LanciaHomes and Heller Homes. The oor plansinclude both ranch and two-story styles, withthe size ranging from about 1,750 square feetto 2,250 square feet of living space.

A few of the homes already have beensold, which is a big nancial help to thosebuilders, Giese noted. With seven homes one more than the minimum the HBA usuallyrequires to host a parade the size of theshow is just about perfect, he said.

Although in recent years, the parades havegenerally been staged every other year, therealready is a developer in discussions to host aparade in 2014, Giese said.

The local homebuilding industry is stilla long way from the numbers of homes itwas building each year before the nancialcrises of 2007 and 2008, but permit numbersare up this year by about 10 percent, Giesesaid, and the momentum and the trafc aregreater than that. Its really exciting to see

n See PARADE on PAGE 7

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Medical-device marketing rm plans new facilitySound Ideas,

which provides marketing and d i g i t a l - m e d i a services for medi-cal-device manu-facturers, will spend $500,000 to build and equip a new 4,000-square-foot facility in Whitley County.

A c c o r d i n g to an announce-ment from the Whitley County Economic Devel-opment Corp., the rm, which was founded in 1996 and presently has 12 employees, is expected to add three workers by 2016.

The new facility is expected to enhance Sound Ideas services, which include: strategy; branding; three-dimensional illus-tration and animation; video and sound

production; mobile applications; and large-scale meeting planning.

We are very optimistic about the future needs of our clients and our position within the color sampling industry, Sound Ideas President Dave Hazen said in the announce-ment. We are adding production equipment to meet increased customer demand.

The Whitley County Council approved a tax abatement for the project, and an incen-tive funded through the countys econom-ic-development income tax was granted for on-site infrastructure improvements.

Sound Ideas new facility will be built at the intersection of State Road 14 and County Road 600 East in Whitley County, near medical-device design and manufac-turing rm Micropulse Inc.

FARRANT JOINS WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD

Former Business Weekly reporter Rick Farrant was hired as director of communi-cations at the Northeast Indiana Regional Workforce Investment Board.

The nonprot workforce investment board provides skills training and operates WorkOne centers in an 11-county area.

Farrant has been an editor and reporter at publications including the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, the Denver Post and Time magazine. Hes also published a book, was director of marketing and communica-tions at the United Way of Allen County, and has experience in marketing and fund-raising strategic planning.

At the workforce investment board, Farrant will oversee internal and external communications, branding, and corporate and community outreach.

WFFT OWNER BUYS STATIONSIrving, Texas-based Nexstar Broad-

casting Group Inc., the owner of WFFT-TV in Fort Wayne, announced it had partnered with Mission Broadcasting Inc. to buy ve television stations in four markets in a deal whose total value is $103.3 million.

Nexstar said it will acquire WOI-TV in Des Moines, Iowa, WHBF-TV in Rock Island, Ill., and KCAU-TV in Sioux City, Iowa, from Citadel Communications LP. Mission Broadcasting will acquire WICZ-TV and WBNP-TV in Binghamton, N.Y., from Stainless Broadcasting LP.

Mission stations are managed by Nexstar

through a shared services agreement. Nexstar will pay $88 million for the three stations; Mission will pay $15.3 million for the two stations.

Our and Missions planned acquisi-tion of ve stations in four markets builds further scale and operating and nancial leverage, and represents another excel-lent opportunity to expand our platform in attractive, highly complementary markets, Perry Sook, president and CEO of Nexstar, said in a statement.

Including those acquisitions, Nexstar will have 96 TV stations in 51 markets.

Nexstar also announced that William Sally had been named to the new position of senior vice president and East Region manager. The appointment was effective Sept. 17.

Sally will oversee the companys East Region markets in Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, Indiana, Alabama and Maryland.

If you have items for the media and marketing column, please contact Barry Rochford by email at [email protected], by phone at (260) 426-2640, ext. 311, or by mail at Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly, 3306 Independence Drive, Fort Wayne, IN 46808.

n ReportersNOTEBOOK

MEDIA & MARKETING

Barry Rochford


SHAKEN, NOT STIRREDThe Main Street Bistro and Martini

Lounge on the rst oor of the 1st Source Center in downtown Fort Wayne is scheduled to open Sept. 26.

Todd Smith, who owns Trolley Steaks & Seafood, Early Birds Ultra Lounge, Flashback on the Landing and the YOLO

Event Center, is a partner in the new restaurant with 1st Source Center owner and real-estate developer Bill Bean.

If you have items for the real-estate and retail column, please contact Linda Lipp by e-mail at [email protected], by phone at (260) 426-2640, ext. 307, or by mail at Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly, 3306 Inde-pendence Drive, Fort Wayne, IN 46808.

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n REAL ESTATE: Martini lounge will open

some growth and some excitement.The parade homes also represent the work

of a number of subcontractors and suppliers. Over the years, the HBA has tinkered with different methods to bring attention to those companies and their work.

Some vendors have a presence in the homes, and some discreet signs are permitted to highlight their work. But the greatest vendor/subcontractor presence has always been in a special tent on the parade site.

The problem is, most people just dash past that to get to the homes, Giese acknowledged.

This year, the HBA is partnering instead with E&M Consulting to host a post-parade event, the New Home & Remodeling Show Oct. 12-13 at the Grand Wayne Convention Center.

About 100 builders, suppliers, subcon-tractors and other vendors are expected to participate in the show, which also will offer speakers, workshops and activities for chil-dren. Tickets for the show are $9 at the door for adults and $7 for seniors, but coupons are being distributed widely to bring that cost down.

Tickets for the parade itself are $10 at the gate, with a portion of the proceeds going to Habitat for Humanity of Fort Wayne. Habitat also is selling advance discount tickets for $8 at its ReStore, 3837 N. Wells St., through Sept. 27.

A program with home-by-home details of the parade, coupons for $2 off parade admissions on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 only and a schedule for the trade show at the Grand Wayne Convention Center can be found on the associations website, www.hbafort-wayne.com.


n PARADE: HBA co-hosts trade show

In addition, 11 regional works coun-cils were formed to bring together industry representatives who will assess career and tech-nical education at the post-high-school level.

When Pences ofce announced the formation of the Center for Educa-tion and Career Innovation in August, it created a minor political controversy when the spokesman for Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz said Ritz hadnt been briefed on it. The Indiana State Teachers Association called the center a power grab, saying Pence was attempting to wrestle authority away from Ritz.

The center, Dowd said, will not assume any functions of the Indiana Department of Education, which Ritz oversees. Instead, it will work to bring together the entire spec-trum of institutions involved in education and work-force training.

How the center will do that has yet to be determined. Its expected to have a draft strategic plan by Dec. 1 with a nal draft due by July 1.

One of the functions of the center will be to raise awareness of programs already in existence across the state or elsewhere that could serve as models. In northeast Indiana, the Talent Initiative, which was funded by a $20-million Lilly Endowment Inc. grant, has spurred the creation of New Tech schools across the region that use a project-based learning curriculum, and programs at institutions such as Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne and Ivy Tech Community College-North-east that are designed to meet the work-force needs of area employers.

In addition, the Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership has created The Big Goal collaborative, which seeks to increase the number of northeast Indiana residents with a college degree or industry credential to 60 percent by 2025.

Dowd said efforts to boost work-forcedevelopment in northeast Indiana potentiallycould be duplicated elsewhere in the state.

The northeast Indiana partnership isprobably a model for the state in terms ofhaving employers at the table, she said.

Another function of the center will be toserve as an advocate for education and work-force initiatives. As members of Pencescabinet, Fiddian-Green said she and Dowdwill be in a position to lobby for additionalfunding for those efforts.

That is, indeed, something we anticipatedoing through the center, she said.

That support would be welcome, saidKathleen Randolph, president and CEO ofthe Northeast Indiana Regional WorkforceInvestment Board, which provides GEDpreparation classes, work-force trainingprograms and operates area WorkOnecenters.

Right now, we have a fairly dramaticskills mismatch, she said. We have hada full-bore focus on increasing credentialattainment.

She added: We think theres tremendouspotential in (the center) to help advance ourmission in northeast Indiana and bring thegovernors vision to life.

Ryan Twiss, director of the regionalpartnerships Big Goal collaborative, saidthe new Center for Education and CareerInnovation will bolster work-force develop-ment efforts in northeast Indiana. And whenit comes to closing the regions skills gap,every little bit of support helps.

Theres no doubt its an incredible chal-lenge. Thats why we call it The BigGoal, he said. But by the same time, it hasthe opportunity to change the entire story fornortheast Indiana.


n AGENCY: Region has a skills mismatch

Twiss

n The northeast Indiana partnership is probably a model for the state in terms of having employers at the table.

Jaclyn DowdSpecial assistant to Gov. Mike Pence

Pickup redesign mantra: Give em moreBY DOUG [email protected]

Allen Williamson drove halfway across the state to Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne to join a General Motors Co. pickup truck parade with a 3/4-ton diesel Chevrolet Silverado he had purchased in 2007.

The resident of Danville, about 10 miles west of Indianapolis, said it did not take long to become a fan of the brand. He drives his pickup to and from work, and his favorite Silverado story involves a 10-ton delivery truck that got stuck in the mud at a job site.

I used my truck to pull it out, he said. It was a Ford, so that made it even better. I have some friends who are diehard Ford lovers and when they razz me I like to use that story.

Williamson was among close to 1,000 Silverado and GMC Sierra pickup fans attending a Sept. 14 GM Truck Home-coming event held at the coliseum to cele-brate their redesign.

The event was coordinated by GMs Fort Wayne Assembly Plant, which started ship-ping the redesigned models in August. The plant had several pickups it had just assem-bled at the homecoming, and Jully Burau, GMs chief engineer for the Silverado and GMC program, was there to explain some of the upgrades.

The trucks have been redesigned from the front bumper to the hitch. As part of that, the styling is very rened and evolved, she said.

When we touched each and every part, we looked at it from a mass standpoint and from an aerodynamics standpoint, she said.

And that aerodynamics and mass helps in getting the segment-leading fuel economy numbers we have for both the V-6 and the V-8.

The slightly higher hood was made of aluminum as part of the redesigns mass strategy. With a 5.3-liter V-8 engine and two-wheel drive, the 2014 Silverado aver-ages 23 miles per gallon on the highway.

The Silverado, its been engineered in 2014 to be stronger, smarter, and more capable than ever before. And the Sierra is the most powerful, most advanced and most rened truck and in GMCs 111-year history, Burau said.

The trucks were driven more than 6 million miles on proving grounds and through abusive conditions over the deserts of Arizona and Nevada and the frozen at-lands of Canada while they were in devel-opment, which she said was the equivalent of 240 trips around the world.

Once the company had production versions of the redesigned trucks, they were put through another 7 million miles of testing and validation.

The integration of the vehicle allows us to do the types of renements that weve done in here from a quietness standpoint, from a smoothness of operation standpoint, from steering, braking its all about the integration of components into this truck, Burau said.

What Im most proud of is the quietness of the interior because its sedan-like quiet, and thats where people spend their time is inside, she said. That quietness, what it does for the overall renement of the expe-rience while youre driving or riding in the vehicle is very critical.

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Tower Financial Corp. rocked the Fort Wayne business community Sept. 17 when it announced it had agreed to be acquired by Evansville-based Old National Bancorp.

Both bank companies worked as quickly as they could to underscore that unlike a wave of bank mergers in the 1990s, this deal would be different.

Tower was created in 1998, partly to ll a void in local decision making as area banks were gobbled up by larger, out-of-state out ts. Many in the business community believed those mergers were detrimental to local relationships. Instead of with a meeting and a handshake, lending was being determined by individuals far removed from the Summit City who lacked a strong knowledge of the community.

Relationship banking, as its known, would be one of the things that set Tower apart. And it capital-ized on its community ties by locating within the iconic Lincoln Tower, adopting it for its name and image.

The one thing that came up repeat-edly following the merger announce-

ment was the word culture. Both companies CEOs used when explaining why the deal made sense. Don Schenkel, Towers rst president and CEO, said the banks culture would live on once it becomes part of Old National next year.

The question now is whether smaller community banks will follow Towers example. Regulatory and technology costs have been rising, and for some banks it may make sense to join forces with a larger company to get out from under the weight of those costs. But others may decide to continue going it alone or make acquisitions of their own.

Old National is no stranger to Fort Wayne. Its had operations here since 2003, so it knows the community. We dont expect the values of relation-ship banking will be lost following the merger. But we must admit, it will take some getting used to seeing Old Nationals name on one of Fort Waynes most prominent buildings.

Compatible cultures

Dead last, Derrick Duldrum pronounced.What? I said, abhorring as I do a sentence without a clear subject.Indiana, he said. Indiana is dead last among the 50 states in

proprietorships. If you take the number of proprietors as a percent of all jobs, Indiana shows up with 18.1 percent and that ranks us 50th among the states.

And from this fragment of a fact you conclude what? I asked.Were behind the rest of the nation in entrepreneurial spirit. Our

people dont have the zip and zest to undertake independent business. Or, our business environment discourages them from running their own enterprises.

And you believe those statements? I ques-tioned.

Well, he paused, if our entrepreneurial spirit is not de cient, if we do have the same energy and imagination as our countrymen, if our business environment is really OK, then why do we rank last in proprietors?

I dont know, I answered, but I think we have to be cautious before we ascribe all sorts of negatives to our fellow Hoosiers.

Youre just trying to worm out of an un at-tering conclusion about who we are, Derrick said.

Im just suggesting, I said, that you be careful drawing conclusions from one number. Lets look at your data.

With this, he brought up a spreadsheet on his laptop and we studied the numbers.

We found that the top four states in propri-etorships were Montana, Idaho, Vermont and Colorado, all more than 25 percent. This suggests states with extensive rural areas might have more proprietorships, more small businesses in their economic environments.

Indiana is known for having major industries that employ dozens, even hundreds of workers. Most of these rms are organized as corpo-rations. They are not proprietorships or partnerships.

Virginia ranks very close to Indiana at the bottom of percentage of employment in proprietorships. That makes sense because Virginia has massive federal government employment and none of those workers is proprietor of the agencies he or she works for.

Derrick is working from data that are not easy to interpret. His numbers count jobs; a person can hold more than one job. He or she can be the employee of a government or a corporation and still be the proprietor of his/her own part-time business.

Then, Derrick said, we shouldnt be so gung-ho to support entrepreneurship in Indiana? All these tax-supported programs to help people start their own businesses may be unnecessary?

I wouldnt go that far, I said. Hoosiers have a long tradition of working for big corporations headquartered out-of-state. There is a shared belief this situation is contrary to a vigorous local economy in the long run. We dont have data to support that sentiment. However, strong programs to help businesses start up or grow ef ciently should be bene cial to the economy of the state.

Derrick pouted. Thats all so moderate, he complained. I preferred saying dead last and leaving it at that.

MORTON J. MARCUS is an independent economist, writer and speaker formerly with Indiana Universitys Kelley School of Business. He can be reached at [email protected].

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Confronting crises should involve Congress and the presidentAs Washington,

D.C., swirls with proposals, counter-proposals, and polit-ical brinksmanship in response to diplomatic efforts on Syria, the situation has a lot of people scratching their heads. Couldnt President Obama and Congress have handled this differently?

I prefer to take a step back and ask a different question. Given that we are stronger as a country and our foreign policy more effec-tive when the president and Congress forge a unied response to an international crisis, how can the two branches of government work together less chaotically to confront a dilemma like this one?

Lets put a possible congressional vote on Syria in context. Washington, D.C., has long been divided over the power to use American military force, thanks to ambi-guity in the Constitution itself: It gives Congress the power to declare war, but makes the president commander-in-chief.

The last time Congress formally used its war powers was during World War II. Ever since, as weve engaged often in military action, it has ceded authority to the president. It tried to regain lost ground with the War Powers Resolution of 1973, which passed over a presiden-tial veto and which no president since has considered constitutional, but it has been a losing battle. Grenada, Kosovo, the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, Libya all were launched by presidents without prior congressional authorization.

So Im encouraged to see the possibility of a real debate on Capitol Hill on Syria,

on what to do when another country uses chemical weapons, and on the projection of U.S. power. Congress should have returned much sooner from its vacation to address issues of such obvious national importance. But at least its stepping up to the plate in a way it has preferred to avoid before now.

For lets be clear. Presidents should not get a free pass on foreign affairs, but neither should Congress get to avoid declaring itself. On such difcult issues in the past, Congress has preferred to sidestep its constitutional responsibility, defer to the president and then snipe from the side-

lines when things go wrong. It has done so repeatedly not just on military issues, but on such matters recently as developing a national cyberwarfare strategy which it failed at, leaving a matter of critical national security to the president and on the NSAs surveillance of Americans elec-tronic communications, which members of Congress in the know never saw t to bring up for public debate, even though it amounts to the largest expansion of govern-ment power in recent history.

This time, for better or worse, is different. The arguments both for and against a limited use of American force are reasonable, and congressional leaders are correct when they say this is a matter of conscience. I happen to believe that the United States credibility in the world is at stake here and that restoring an interna-tional norm against the use of poison gas is important. My guess is that, should a full-edged debate take place, members will acquit themselves well.

What I dont want to see is a chaotic process that leaves the U.S. appearing divided and indecisive, with the president forced to wonder how to consult with a disorganized Congress in which power

is diffused. There is a better way, but itrequires a regular mechanism for consulta-tion. A few years ago, a bipartisan NationalWar Powers Commission, of which I was amember, came up with a pragmatic frame-work that would create a routine processfor the president and Congress to follow.It would require the president to consultwith congressional leaders before any mili-tary action expected to last more than oneweek and then would require Congressto declare itself, either by voting to approveaction or, if that resolution fails, to allow fora vote to disapprove military involvement.

Had this structure been in place already,a high-stakes vote on Syria wouldnt seemso unusual and the consultative processwould have been far less messy. My hope,once this is over, is that the idea will gain greater currency. When international crisesarrive, a routine process thats allowedour political leaders to build credibilitywith each other would save them a lot ofheartburn.

LEE HAMILTON is director of the Center on Congress at Indiana University. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for 34 years.

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Middlebury-based EverGreen Recre-ational Vehicles plans to operate a third plant there, which it said would employ 35 additional workers.

An announcement on the companys expansion plans said the third plant would enable it to respond more quickly to U.S. and Canadian dealer demand.

In just over one year the EverGreen family of brands has grown in sales over 70 percent from the previous year, Mark Boessler, EverGreen president and chief operating ofcer, said in the announcement.

This signicant growth has fueled the need for our manufacturing expansion into a third facility.

The announcement said the companys product mix has grown from its original Ever-Lite trailers to also include its Ascend, i-Go Lite and Sun Valley trailers as well as its Amped toy haulers and Bay Hill fth wheels.

EverGreen brands stand alone and can be sold by any dealer wishing to appeal to a specic market niche without the worry of a duplicate dealership cutting into his business across town, Boessler said. This is why we will continue this great run.

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(AP) Glued to your desk at work? Cross that off the list of reasons not to exercise.

A growing number of Americans are standing, walking and even cycling their way through the workday at treadmill desks, standup desks or other moving workstations. Others are forgoing chairs in favor of giant exercise balls to stay t.

Walking on a treadmill while making phone calls and sorting through emails means being productive on two fronts, said Andrew Lockerbie, senior vice pres-ident of bene ts at Brown & Brown, a global insurance consulting rm.

Lockerbie can burn 350 calories a day walking 3 to 4 miles on one of two tread-mill desks that his companys Indianapolis of ce purchased earlier this year.

Im in meetings and at my desk and on the phone all day, he said. Its great to be able to have an option at my work to get some physical activity while Im actually doing of ce stuff. You feel better, you get your blood moving, you think clearly.

Treadmill desks designed for the work-place are normally set to move at 1 to 2 mph, enough to get the heart rate up but not too fast to distract from reading or talking on the phone comfortably.

Its been a decade since scienti c studies began to show that too much sitting can lead to obesity and increase the risk of developing diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease. Even going to the gym three times a week doesnt offset the harm of being sedentary for hours at a time, said Dr. James Levine, an endocrinologist at the Mayo Clinic.

Theres a glob of information that sitting is killing us, Levine said. Youre basically sitting yourself into a cof n.

More companies are intrigued by the idea of helping employees stay healthy,

lose weight and reduce stress espe-cially if it means lower insurance costs and higher productivity, said Levine, an enthusiastic supporter of the moving work-stations.

Even walking at 1 mile an hour has very substantial bene ts, Levine said, such as doubling metabolic rate and improving blood sugar levels. Although you dont sweat, your body moving is sort of purring along.

Sales at Indianapolis-based Tread-Desk are expected to increase 25 percent this year as large corporations, including Microsoft, Coca Cola, United Healthcare and Procter & Gamble have started buying

the workstations in bulk, said Jerry Carr, the companys president.

At LifeSpan Fitness, based in Salt Lake City, sales of treadmill desks more than tripled over 2012, said Peter Schenk, company president.

We dont see the growth slowing down for several years as right now we are just moving from early adopters, which are educated and highly health-conscious, to more mainstream users, Schenk said.

With bicycle desks or desk cycles, workers can pedal their way through the day on a small stationary bike mounted

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Employees more willing to put in the extra workIncreasingly, theyre exercising while on the job

Josh Baldonado, an administrative assistant at Brown & Brown Insurance, works at a treadmill desk in the rms of ces in Carmel Aug. 28. Workers sign up for 30 slots not he treadmills and have their phone and computer transferred to the worksta-tions.

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Aaron Brethorst poses for a photo while walking his dog, Moxie, in Seattle on Sept. 9. Brethorst says he doesnt have a problem with President Barack Obamas health-care reforms because he gures hell be able to afford insurance and he expects his coverage will be even better once the Affordable Care Act kicks in.


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(AP) President Barack Obamas health-care reforms will be a huge boost to the working poor but are likely to makelife more expensive for Aaron Brethorst and others like him.

The Seattle software developer andconsultant doesnt have a problem withthat because he gures hell be able to afford quality insurance. He says his annual income is in the low six- gures, and heexpects to receive better coverage once the Patient Protection Affordable Care Actkicks in.

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He spends a little more than $300 a month on catastrophic coverage with a high deductible. He recently got an email from his health insurance company informing him that the plan he bought on the indi-vidual market is going to be canceled.

Brethorst said he does not know whether he will buy his next policy from the same company a local version of Blue Cross or through the state insurance exchange, the Washington HealthPlan nder. He does expect to add a better dental and vision plan in the new year, however.

Im not worried about it, quite frankly, Brethorst said. My income today is more than enough to pay for health insurance.

That outlook is not likely to be universal among those who are self-employed.

The income threshold for a government subsidy offered on the state exchanges varies based on a number of factors, but generally tops out at $46,000 a year for an individual.

Depending on their health, age, family circumstances and income, the cost of insurance could become a burden for those who make too much money for government subsidies but not enough to be considered well-off.

Insurance companies say the cost of their polices will have to reect the new government mandates under the Affordable Care Act, including the requirement to cover all people, regardless of their medical condition, and to provide coverage for 10 new essential benets that include mental health treatment and maternity care.

Glen Melnick, a health economist at

the University of Southern California, said he believes many younger singles who are self-employed will decide against buying health insurance despite the government mandate, opting instead to pay the ne.

Theyre going to decide not to play. They are risk-takers to begin with, he said.

Yet the additional benets under the law could outweigh the added costs for some, said Dylan Roby, assistant professor and researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles Center for Health Policy Research. Another positive of the federal reforms is the ability to more easily compar-ison-shop between insurance companies and policies, he said.

Brethorst said the Affordable Care Act is likely to provide freedom to those who currently cannot afford to escape employ-er-based coverage to pursue their own dreams.

The iPhone app developer and business consultant cites as an example a friend and colleague with asthma. They started a new company together a few years ago while his friend was buying his insurance from a former employer through the federal COBRA plan.

When the venture-capital funding they were seeking fell through before his access to company health insurance ran out, Brethorsts friend left for another company job where he could get health insurance as an employee.

Weve been talking about working together again at some point, Brethorst said. Once these provisions go into effect, its going to be signicantly easier to go off and pursue his entrepreneurial dreams.


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under their desks.Treadmill desks can range from about

$800 to $5,000 or more, depending on the manufacturer and model. Desks cycles start as low as $149 for models that can t under an existing desk but can run $1,400 or more for those with a desk built in. Standup desks can run as low as $250 for platforms that can rest on an existing desk.

Some workers have opted for lower-prole and lower-cost ways to stay t at work, such as sitting on giant exercise balls instead of chairs. Using the inatable balls can help improve posture and strengthen abs, legs and back muscles.

Ive got nurses in my operating room who will use one of those balls instead of a chair, said Michael Maloney, a professor of orthopedics and sports medi-cine specialist at the University of Roch-ester Medical Center.

Maloney said anyone trying an exer-cise ball, treadmill desk or other moving workstation should approach it just as they would any new exercise regime. Those who have not been working out regularly should start using the equipment in small time increments to avoid injury, he said.

Georges Harik, founder of the

Web-based instant messaging service imo.im in Palo Alto, Calif., bought two tread-mill desks for his 20-person ofce to share three years ago. Employees tend to sort through email or do other work while using the treadmills.

I do it when I can, he said. Some-times its not possible if youre really thinking hard or programming a lot. But this sort of low-grade activity that keeps people from being sedentary probably helps extend their lives by a few years, and were big fans of that.

The ofce has also purchased standing desks for most of its employees. The desks can be raised up or down with the touch of a button, and Harik says at least three or four workers can be seen standing at desks to stretch their legs at any one time.

Levine said he was at rst skeptical that a standup desk would offer improvements in health comparable to treadmill desks or other moving workstations.

It appears I was completely wrong, he said. Once youre off your bottom, its inevitable that you start meandering around. Within two minutes of standing, one activates a series of metabolic processes that are benecial. Once you sit, all of those things get switched off.


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Medical Protective Co. will hold a grand-opening event Sept. 21 to celebrate the completion of its new activity center and recent growth at its 40-acre Fort Wayne campus.

The grand-opening event will be held in conjunction with the medical malpractice insurers third-annual family 5-kilometer run/walk along the campus jogging path. The new activity center has an exercise and strength-training area, an aerobics/yoga studio and activities area.

About half of Medical Protectives 500 employees work at the campus. Recent growth has resulted in 50 additional jobs, and the company still has about a dozen openings in underwriting, IT, project management, operations and customer service.

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(AP) An Indiana lawmaker said hell sponsor a bill next session that would require all youth football coaches using municipally owned elds to be trained to spot the signs of concussions in their players.

Republican state Sen. Travis Holdman of Markle said his measure would require all football coaches using taxpayer-funded facilities such as school playing elds and township or city parks to be certied to recognize the signs of concussions in players and get them treatment.

Holdman said concussions are insid-ious because football players who suffer head injuries in their youth can go years before the impact of those injuries become apparent.

How would you describe The Remnant Trust?

The Remnant Trust is a public educa-tional foundation that shares an actively growing collection of more than 1,300 orig-inal and rst-edition works.

The collection is built around the ideas of individual liberty and human dignity. The trust makes this collection available to education institutions for the use by students, faculty and the public.

Titles are often loaned for a semester and scheduled one or more years in advance to allow time to plan. Universities have these books on display and most often incorpo-rate them into the classes or courses being taught. They may open an exhibit up to the community at large. Sometimes they use them for development purposes in fund-raising events.

We want to see the books used; we dont want to see them just sit in a display case. We dont require when we set things up with schools or have people into an exhi-bition that they wear the white gloves to handle them.

For example, we have a Latin Bible

manuscript from about 1250 thats hand-written on parchment a dried and tanned skin close to leather. Being handled by the normal oils in your hand does not adversely affect it because they dont affect parch-ment or vellum or 100-percent cotton paper.

It was the wood pulping process used since the 1800s that created a much cheaper product much quicker that was much more fragile and wasnt made to last. I might pick up a 400-year-old book off the table just like I would my iPad given that I work with them regularly and know how to handle them.

Thats not to say we are willy-nilly with our pieces. There are things that are fragile and brittle that we dont let people touch; they stay in a display case. But thats prob-ably only about 1 percent of the collection. We have more than 1,300 manuscripts, rst editions and early works related to indi-vidual liberty and human dignity.

A large percentage are books; some are printed and some are handwritten. We also have some newspapers and individual leaves of books, such as a page from the Gutenberg Bible. We have a 16th-century Hebrew Torah, pieces in Ethiopian that are in scrolls, and a couple of pieces that are in cuneiform on clay tablets.

How did you get into this kind of work and eventually help to start and then develop The Remnant Trust?

I was always interested in literature and grew up with a basic understanding of history. My dad was one of the original incorporators and his educational founda-tion had a couple of originals. Augustines City of God and Smiths Wealth of Nations were some of the originals that became part of The Remnant Trust.

Before we incorporated, I would have had my rst encounter with an antiquarian document something 200, 300, 400 years old when I was in England at the University of Oxford for a short time, at the Bodleian Library.

I dont remember the oldest book I came across there, but to sit down with what people were reading back in an earlier era was a different experience. It is one thing to hear about dates, people and places in history or literature, but to have something of that period in your hands and realize this is the way it rst appeared and youre reading it the way they read it, I think that concretizes history.

The books in our collection are a catalyst for contemplation and conversation. We have a lot of old books and theyre really expensive and they are books you cant

just go out and buy, but what we hope is that people will talk about the ideas in them and why they are still rele-vant. Or are they still relevant? We hope it gets people to engage with those ideas.

The idea for the trust was kicking around for awhile; I was in graduate school during this time when I helped found it. When I nished my masters and I was looking at furthering my education, the trust was in its infancy. I found the trusts ideas to be interesting and unique. I thought it might accomplish some good things and I could make a living doing it.

What is ahead for the organization?The organization has several exhibi-

tions upcoming, such as West Texas A&M University, Benedictine College, University of Arkansas, Trine University and Kansas City. The Remnant Trust Collection is growing on a irregular basis.

What do you like about the work?I like that I get the opportunity to work

with the great thinkers of mankind and I get to share these ideas with the public.

What moments there stand out the most so far?

I like the reactions from people who nd they can handle a 500-year-old book or any book from our collection because it is not normally done, which makes The Remnant Trust truly unique.

I also like using that teaching moment to teach about democracy or republics, which often people think started 230 years ago.

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Zachory Baron was hired as a rst-year staff member in auditing. He will work in the rms Fort Wayne ofce.

INDIANA TECHPeter Alexander, dean of the Indiana

Tech Law School in Fort Wayne, was appointed as an ofcer of the Standing Committee on Legal Education, Admissions and Competence of the Illinois State Bar Association for the 2013-2014 administra-tive year.

Brian Engelhart was hired as vice pres-ident of marketing at Indiana Tech. He has 20 years of experience in strategic commu-nications, marketing, advertising and public relations, and will lead Indiana Techs inte-grated marketing communications efforts and oversee the Creative Service Depart-ment. He most recently worked at Britton Marketing & Design Group.

DO IT BESTAlena Noel was hired as a treasury

analyst at Do it Best Corp. in Fort Wayne.Samantha Smith was hired in order

entry.

EVERGREENJim Hickey was named sales manager

for Middlebury-based EverGreen LLC Inc.s Midwest region. He will sell the companys new Bay Hill fth wheel and oversee sales activities and retail training in the region.

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Jason Meyer was hired as president and CEO of Passages Inc. in Columbia City, and will serve in that capacity for its sister organization, Whitley Crossings Neighborhood Corp. He most recently was marketing manager at Pathnder Services in Huntington.

Dave Lehman was promoted to chief operating ofcer of Passages and will serve as execu-tive director of Whitley Crossings Neighborhood Corp. He had been CFO of Passages and Whitley Crossings since 1992.

STAR FINANCIAL BANKMike Ott was hired as an agri-

cultural lending ofcer at Star Financial Bank in Columbia City. He will develop and manager commercial agricultural relationships in northeast Indiana for the bank.

JUNIOR LEAGUEThe Junior League of Fort

Wayne announced appoint-ments to its board of directors for the 2013-14 year. They are: Laura Antil, president; Michelle Kearns, president-elect; Cheryl Felger, secretary; Stacy Chris-tlieb, nance vice president; Joelle Grigsby, treasurer; Debbie Branfield, sustainer adviser; Terri Stumpf, sustainer adviser; Kimberly Wagner, community vice president; Michelle Banks, membership vice president; and Sarah Payne, fund development vice president.

GOSHEN COLLEGELuke Norell was hired as a

teacher in the Goshen College Community School of the Arts piano program. He has performed with the Southwest Minnesota Orchestra and was the accompanying coordinator for the IndianaUniversity piano department for two years. He also was an associateinstructor there for ve years.

Mary Rose Norell was hired as a teacher in the piano program.She recently completed her doctorate in piano performance at North-western University.

Josh Aerie was named artistic director and conductor of theCommunity School of the Arts Youth Honors Symphony Orchestra. Aerie is a sought-after performing and recording cellist, musiceducator and symphonic conductor, and was artistic director andconductor of the Mesabi Symphony Orchestra, the Red Cedar Symphony Orchestra and the Heartland Symphony Orchestra, all inMinnesota.

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Greater Fort Wayne Inc. is building a war chest for a battle it expects to intensify among Midwest metro areas for the best jobs and top talent.

The Be Part of Something Greater campaign it launched last month aims to raise $5 million in ve years to fund the ght. The money will cover the costs of bringing together the Greater Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce and Fort Wayne-Allen County Economic Development Alli-ance and increasing their resources.

Greater Fort Wayne also has started gath-ering data for a new Fort Wayne Competitive Index, which it will use to see whether it is gaining or losing ground in the battle.

Theres a book weve all been reading, The Coming Jobs War, by Jim Clifton. It says the next war is the jobs war, and were at a time when we can roll up our sleeves and dig in and try to improve our economy, and thats what were trying to do, said Marla Schneider, the groups interim head of marketing and communications.

Every community wants the good jobs, the high-paying jobs, the talented work force, she said. We not only need to work harder, we need to change our strategy.

Thats why we have this measurement, to make sure were doing what we need to do to attract and retain the talent to have the good jobs, the high-wage jobs.

Greater Fort Wayne has outlined a battle plan. The former chamber and alliance employees will work together on it even more closely once they relocate in November to the eighth oor of the 1st Source Center downtown.

GFW will support the development of the community, its infrastructure and features that enhance its quality of life, which, in turn, can attract top talent and the best employment.

Important projects contributing to that development will have Greater Fort Wayne support when they seek funding from Legacy Fort Wayne and the the Capital Improvement Board.

The improvements that result will help attract and retain businesses and will encourage those already in the city to expand in Fort Wayne when they are ready to grow.

Greater Fort Wayne also plans to support business growth by providing best-in-class business services, including business advo-cacy, and by creating an environment that nurtures entrepreneurship and encourages innovation.

The fundraising campaign already was off to a good start when it was announced, with combined commitments of $1.2 million by the rst eight corporate investors.

Money going to the Be Part of Something

Greater campaign is intended to be all new, over and above current levels of investment, said Mark Becker, chief executive ofcer of Greater Fort Wayne. As we look to compete in the marketplace, we need the resources.

The chamber had been operating on a scal year starting Oct. 1 with a budget of $1.3 million, and the alliance had been oper-ating on a calendar year with a budget of $1.325 million.

Next year, everything at Greater Fort Wayne will be operating on a calendar year, and Becker said its budget could be in the neighborhood of $3.5 million.

We said from the beginning were not going to achieve economies of scale so much as maximize the resources both organi-zations bring to this, he said.

While there may be some savings, the real benets here are not so much the cost savings as the synergies and alignment of efforts, Becker said.

The book authored by Gallups chairman and CEO said the future prosperity or decline of cities and nations will depend on their ability to win a global war for good jobs. The leadership of Americas top 100 cities will determine its fate in this struggle, Clifton said.

Greater Fort Wayne has an ultimate goal of establishing the Summit City among the top 100, but a rst step toward that is moving up in a ranking of midsized Midwest metro areas. To measure progress in the effort, it commissioned the Community Research Institute at Indiana University-Purdue Univer-sity Fort Wayne to create the Fort Wayne Competitiveness Index.

The index shows Fort Wayne starting out in the 52nd position when compared with 100 midsized Midwest metro areas, using seven key prosperity and job-creation indicators.

The indicators are: productivity; popu-lation growth; gross regional product per capita; and short- and long-term changes in employment and per-capita personal income.

With everything the city has going for it, Becker said Fort Waynes current ranking is unacceptable.

Were not a middle-of-the-pack commu-nity, he said. Our goal is to be in the top 25 in the Midwest, and we need to set some goals and have the resources to accomplish them to get there, and thats what this is all about.

Valerie Richardson, a research associate at the Community Research Institute, said the index compares the 100 metropolitan statis-tical areas in Great Lakes states or states next to them, that remain when the seven largest MSAs are excluded. Excluding huge MSAs such as Chicagos, for example, helps keep the comparison more meaningful.

A mix of employment similar to that of the Fort Wayne MSA was not required for inclusion in the index, which is more of,

This is how we rank at this point in time, more along the lines of outcome measures, Richardson said.

The Northeast Indiana Regional Partner-ship has been using an index created by the Community Research Institute, which compares 14 combined statistical areas with that of Fort Wayne.

The partnership calls it the Northeast Indiana Regional Dashboard. It uses data collected on about 40 variables to come up with ve comparable regional growth

measures.Schneider said the two indexes serve

different purposes and Greater Fort Waynes does not duplicate but reinforces and supports the work of the partnership.

There are metro areas with a different employment mix than that of the Fort Wayne MSA in the Fort Wayne Competitive Index, but there are still good things being done in those communities that we can learn from and they are cities we compete against, Becker said.


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NEWBUSINESSESJsbolan LLC3387 S. State Road 109Albion, IN 46701Barbara L. Dial

Park Drive Properties LLC200 E. Park DriveAlbion, IN 46701Tom Watson

C&R Real Estate Solu-tions LLC2566 S. 100 EastAlbion, IN 46701Craig Smith

Surclean Inc.2258 N. Black DriveAngola, IN 46703Greg Leach

T&J Dealer Services Inc.3995 W. Landis RoadAngola, IN 46703Theresa Stuckey

2 Lakes Enterprises LLC600 Lane 105 Lake JamesAngola, IN 46703Andrew J. Tynan

Corner Two Hundred Storage LLC1934 W. 200 NorthAngola, IN 46703Bonnie Garman

Trinity Leasing LLC430 N. Wayne St., Suite 1AAngola, IN 46703Jonathan O. Cress

Nusbaum Farms LLC108 Village Green DriveAngola, IN 46703David Nusbaum

Ron Roberts Properties LLC115 Lane 150 Crooked LakeAngola, IN 46703Ronald H. Roberts

Autumn Hills Roadway Association Inc.1243 E. 145 NorthAngola, IN 46703Ricky Nafziger

L&S Putt Two LLC207 Hoosier Drive, Suite 1Angola, IN 46703Richard L. Helwig

Addikted 2 Ink LLC1651 N. Wayne St., Suite 101Angola, IN 46703Richard Newsome

Steve Burkholder Construction Inc.2315 E. 200 NorthAngola, IN 46703Steven Burkholder

Brandenrakk Inc.400 S. Van Buren, #204Auburn, IN 46706Brandon J. Rak

Penland Nutritional LLC3835 C.R. 34Auburn, IN 46706Mike Penland

Adventure Building and Construction LLC1710 N. Main St., Suite AAuburn, IN 46706Bradley K. Thomas

FTT LLC1801 Bent Tree CourtAuburn, IN 46706Paul D. Easley

Felke Properties LLC1206 Eckhart Ave.Auburn, IN 46706Ladonna R. Felke

Hoosier Charities Inc.5815 C.R. 35Auburn, IN 46706Jeffery Cook

Midtown Dental PC1210 St. Andrews PlaceAuburn, IN 46706Jeffrey Shambaugh

CCD Income Properties Inc.1206 Phaeton WayAuburn, IN 46706Robbie Deller

Trinity Carpentry and Trim LLC907 Ontario LaneAuburn, IN 46706Kimberly L. Tratebas

Bartholomew L. Hott DDS Inc.512 Teders St.Avilla, IN 46710Bartholomew L. Hott

Bartholomew L. Hott Real Estate Holdings LLC512 Teders St.Avilla, IN 46710Bartholomew L. Hott

Personal Caregivers of Elkhart Inc.140 Green DriveAvilla, IN 46710James T. Burns

Plummer Family Farms LLC1127 N. Main St.Bluffton, IN 46714Christopher L. Nusbaum

Red Gable Barn LLC5909 E. 100 SouthBluffton, IN 46714Daniel W. Pster

HGI-Midwest II LLC1390 S. Adams St.Bluffton, IN 46714HGI-Indiana LLC

Sizzle Properties LLC4617 S. 200 EastBluffton, IN 46714Walter Snodgrass Jr.

Martinez Group Inc.314 Lancaster St.Bluffton, IN 46714Heather M. Martinez

Michiana Area Manage-ment LLC50654 Teall RoadBristol, IN 46507Aaron Mcmann

Lyons LLC301 N. River RoadBristol, IN 46507Lauri Bates

Bristol Morgan Commu-nications LLC52857 C.R. 21Bristol, IN 46507Kyna B. Morgan

The Bacon Strip LLC54226 Echo LaneBristol, IN 46507Jason M. Curtis

One Heart Disability Ministries Inc.420 N. Line St.Churubusco, IN 46723Joseph D. Gross

Two Tents LLC5766 S. 300 East-57Churubusco, IN 46723Caland C. Sembach

Hilltek Enterprise LLC1316 E. 500 SouthChurubusco, IN 46723Terrence J. Uecker

Mullins Construction and Salvage LLC231 N. Line St.Churubusco, IN 46723William Mullins

K.A.M. Dough LLC8535 S. Packerton RoadClaypool, IN 46510Brandy Detrick

Business Venture Solu-tions LLC177 W. 550 SouthClaypool, IN 46510Kyle Howard

Brinks Quality Home Inspection Service LLC1990 S. Kleespie CourtColumbia City, IN 46725Mary Kreienbrink

New Beginnings Church at Big Lake Inc.6435 N. State Road 109Columbia City, IN 46725Eugene Banning

Summit View Apart-ments LLC8135 Westeld TrailColumbia City, IN 46725Steven Barcus

Pease Electric Co. LLC1551 E. Poplar RoadColumbia City, IN 46725Wesley Pease

C&W Excavating LLC957 E. 500 NorthColumbia City, IN 46725Michael Wilcoxson

M.E.W Cow Farms LLC957 E. 500 NorthColumbia City, IN 46725Michael Wilcoxson

Doolittle Artistic Finishes & Designs LLC7624 S. Washington RoadColumbia City, IN 46725Matthew Doolittle

D.B. Stein Properties LLC1945 E. 500 NorthColumbia City, IN 46725Darian Stein

David Hurley Farms LLC3400 E. 400 SouthColumbia City, IN 46725David Hurley

Iam Beamers Inc.5126 W. Countyline Road N.Columbia City, IN 46725Aman M. Yehdego

Iam Properties Inc.5126 W. Countyline Road N.Columbia City, IN 46725Aman M. Yehdego

Hackman Enterprises Inc.829 N. 13th St.Decatur, IN 46733Carol Hackman

HUF Properties LLC321 N. First St.Decatur, IN 46733Jon Hufne

746 Forest Park Drive LLC1321 Eagle Glen CourtDecatur, IN 46733Cathy Coshow

Sun Dance Stables LLC52138 Decker DriveElkhart, IN 46514Dawn Herron

Juan D. Carmona LLC2633 Ponderosa Court, Apt. 4IElkhart, IN 46517Juan D. Carmona

Calvert Resource Networks LLC3204 Calumet Ave.Elkhart, IN 46514John R. Calvert

Michiana Homes LLC4000 E. Bristol St., Suite 3Elkhart, IN 46514Dion Boyer

Almared Inc.28342 Glenview DriveElkhart, IN 46514Mark J. Gilio

Vallies LLC57008 C.R. 1Elkhart, IN 46516Valerie Spry

Joseph E. Perry LLC29154 Frailey DriveElkhart, IN 46514Joseph E. Perry

Michiana Real Estate Holdings LLC121 W. Franklin St., Suite 400Elkhart, IN 46516James V. Woodsmall

Thor Livin Lite LLC601 E. Beardsley Ave.Elkhart, IN 46514Michael T. Pangburn

WI Com LLC57802 Frances Ave.Elkhart, IN 46517Jeanine L. Muehlfelt

C&G Wood Products LLC116 Parker Ave.Elkhart, IN 46516George W. Varga IV

Phobias at the Movies LLC56642 Meadow Glen Drive.Elkhart, IN 46516Anthony L. Seger

COMMERCIALBUILDINGPERMITSFORT WAYNEST. JOSEPH TOWNSHIPD.G. Building Contrac-tors Inc.3950 E. Dupont Road$750,000

ALLEN COUNTYMAUMEE TOWNSHIPFelderman Design-Build22730 Main St.$416,341

RESIDENTIALBUILDINGPERMITSFORT WAYNEABOITE TOWNSHIP1020 Woodland Plaza Run11722 Tweedsmuir Run$324,900

NEW HAVENADAMS TOWNSHIPAmos Lengacher4002 Shoreline Blvd.$150,000

ALLEN COUNTYABOITE TOWNSHIPSistevaris Builders3051 Laurel Springs Drive$479,900

Granite Ridge Builders Inc.633 Union Station Drive$151,977

Neil Witmer Builder LLC14904 Remington Place$551,000

Granite Ridge Builders Inc.13769 Beal Brook Court$168,252

CEDAR CREEK TOWNSHIPMillenium Development Inc.10718 Eagle River Run$385,000

EEL RIVER TOWNSHIPCustom Quality Homes Inc.5227 Greenwell Road$329,500

MAUMEE TOWNSHIPGranite Ridge Builders Inc.23104 Park Lane$158,324

PERRY TOWNSHIPJ&K Contractors12663 Tocchi Cove$250,000

Carriage Place Homes Inc.12670 Pentolina Cove$237,000

S.S. Builders LLC1256 Gateway Trail$130,000

REAL-ESTATETRANSACTIONS467237413 Hathaway RoadFrom Brandon and Luella Gill to Edward Hosch III$150,000

4674317628 Applegate St.From Luke and Rebekah J. Stoll to Brianne L. Swet-phikul$107,500

46745Monroeville RoadFrom David M. and Rosalin L. Gaskill to James M. and Christina L. Otis$45,000

14514 Emanuel RoadFrom Robert and Lou A. Saalfrank to Kenton A. and Linda K. Kleine$380,000

7922 Woodwind DriveFrom the Nicholas P. And Lorraine A. Lees joint trust to Beth A. Harmes$80,000

467481315 Duesenberg DriveFrom Michael and Julie Martin to Robin M. Studt$139,500

832 Darwillow CourtFrom Michael L. and Tina M. Muzzillo to James P. Lamonte Jr.$110,000

1935 W. Gump RoadFrom Eric and Tiffany Flem-ming to Tyler J. Treesh$93,250

631 Big Valley CourtFrom Matthew and Sandra M. Bianski to Christopher A. Waltz$150,000

2415 Shoaff RoadFrom First Baptist Church of Huntertown to Sugar Tree Inc.$179,900

16204 Ballantyne TrailFrom Granite Ridge Builders Inc. to Thomas J. Pabst$46,900

15112 Hedgebrook DriveFrom Kyle V. and Megan S. Klopfenstein to Kyle D. Esselburn$103,000

17711 Auburn RoadFrom Betty J. Martin to Anthony J. Kohrman$250,000

16115 Ballantyne TrailFrom Twin Eagles Develop-ment LLC to Granite Ridge Builders Inc.$120,000

16127 Ballantyne TrailFrom Twin Eagles Develop-ment LLC to Granite Ridge Builders Inc.$120,000

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READERS GUIDE BizLeads is a collection of information gath-ered from northeast Indiana courthouses, state government ofces and informational Web sites. These listings are intended to help companies nd new customers as well as stay on top of happenings with current customers, vendors and competitors.

New Businesses lists rms that were recently incorporated in the state of Indiana. Information is gathered from the Indiana Secretary of State. Addresses listed may not be the actual address of the business.

Building Permits are issued by the Allen County Building Department during the specied period of time.

Real Estate is a list of agricultural, commercial, industrial, and residential real estate sales recorded by the state of Indiana.

Bankruptcies are from the United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Indiana. For complete data involving a particular ling please access the The PACER Service Center, the Federal Judiciarys centralized registration, billing, and technical support center for electronic access to U.S. District, Bankruptcy, and Appellate court records. Its Web site URL is http://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov.

Patents include the following: Patent number, local inventor and assignee, brief description, led date and approved date. Source: United States Patent and Trademark Ofce.

Listings may vary due to information availability and space constraints.


115 Osprey PassFrom Chad A. Glassburn to Walter P. Jacobsen and Margaret E. Rathbun$425,000

467657415 Hosler RoadFrom William R. and June Ann Pocock to Floyd S. and Pamela I. Newcomer$89,500

13634 Leo RoadFrom Joan P. Miller to Old Town Management Inc.$30,000

14532 Flint Creek CrossingFrom Lynn and Susan Zigler to Paul and Suzanne Sell$325,000

15122 Lions PassageFrom Michael A. and Diane O. Bicicchi to Adam J. and Lindsay M. Doehrmann$229,900

Gerig RoadFrom Brian and Lisa J. Reilly to Andrew D. and Christina K. Hayes$299,900

15321 Rolling Oaks PlaceFrom John H. Hamrick to Brad A. Neal$248,000

10119 Buttonwood PassFrom Allen County sheriff to Fannie Mae$187,507

13018 Elsworth St.From Danielle M. Case to Erik R. Mills$90,000

4677319300 Hoagland RoadFrom Ruth I. Scheumann to Marshall R. Scheumann$60,091

24011 Hoagland RoadFrom Ricky E. and Katrina S. Taylor to Diane Paler-mo-Blake and Brian Blake$55,000

4677410259 Erwin LaneFrom Allen County sheriff to the Bradford Pepple Roth IRA$95,200

522 High St.From Roselyn F. Robinson to Andrew R. Geier$57,000

3525 Minnich RoadFrom Anita K. Snell to Harold E. Breames$173,500

126 Heatherwood LaneFrom Jeff A. Piazza to Cameron L. Simianer$50,000

1712 Douglas LaneFrom Janice L. Owens to Kevin W. and Barbara R. Gambrell$50,000

8504 Wealthwood DriveFrom Allen County sheriff to OWB Reo LLC$74,365

9402 Bonham LaneFrom Landmark of Fort Wayne LLC to Nancy L. Lambright$26,010

1822 N. Tyland Blvd.From Rogina C. Brojek to Rodney Anderson$83,900

4235 Schwartz RoadFrom Gene H. and Jean A. Gevers to Curtis W. and Debr

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