Daviess County Progress 2016 - Decades of Change

DECADES
OF CHANGE
A community still growing
A special publication of
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Bicentennial
events
Bicentennial Community Concert Series
Held at the Washington High School Auditorium
June 4, 7:30pm THE SPRINGS

Country Duo from Nashville, TN
June 26, 4pm NOSTALGIA
Big Band sound featuring Bob Arthur
August 13, 7:30pm THE BEATLES
vs THE STONES TRIBUTE TOUR
The Sweet Beats
Beatles tribute band from Cincinnati, OH and
Tumbling Dice
Rolling Stones tribute band from Chicago, IL
October 15, 7:30pm THE DeVONSHIRES
High-energy show from Jeffersonville, IN
FINALE CONCERT NOV 19, 7:30pm
PETER NOONE with HERMAN HERMITS
Season Ticket for ALL 5 Concerts: $55 per Person
Individual Tickets $10 each / $25 for Herman Hermits

Purchase Tickets at Daviess County Chamber of Commerce, Train Depot St.
812-254-5262
SPECIAL BICENTENNIAL EVENTS
Saturday, May 14
Heartbeat of Washington
Spring Fest Downtown Washington
Opening Sesquicentennial Time Capsule
May 21 - Bicentennial 5K Walk/Run

Sponsored by Daviess Community Hospital
Registration Fee $25
Register up to date of event (by May 12 for t-shirt)

Entry forms at www.200plusproject.com
10-DAY BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
July 1 - 10, 2016

Friday, July 1 - Mon., July 4
Eastside Park in Washington
Carnival Rides, Bands, Food Vendors, Daviess County Amateur Radio,

Bicentennial Fireworks July 4th
Tues., July 5 - Thursday July 7
Free Swimming at Water Works
Noon - 8:00pm
Sponsored by City Of Washington
Free Movies at Indiana Theater
Sponsored by Terri Kelso Insurance

Free Miniature Golf
for children under the age of 12 when accompanied by an adult Sponsored by Putters Bay
Thursday, July 7
Free Bowling for children
11:00am - 7:00pm
12 and under (with paying adult) Sponsored by King Pin Bowling Center
Friday, July 8
200th Birthday Dinner/Celebrations
at the Community Building
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SOLD OUT!
Free All Day Swimming at Water World
Noon - 8:00pm
Sponsored by Anna Lou Chapman of Remax
Saturday, July 9
MAIN STREET EVENTS
Sponso
Bicentennial Homecoming Parade

Festival with Booths
Vendor Fair with Entertainment
Cultural Diversity Day
Little Miss and Mister Bicentennial Pageant
3pm at the Gazebo on Main

Contact 812-354-4175 for details
Free Dancing in the Streets
6:30 - 9:30pm, DJ and Food

Party for Teens 13 - 18yrs
Sponsored by the Moose Lodge - Location GAB Parking Lot
Sunday, July 10
Community Family Day at the Eastside Park
Noon - Community Picnic

2pm Community Wide Church Service - Bring Lawn Chairs
3 - 6pm - Free Kids Games
Remax Hot Hair Air Balloon Rides Inflatables Train Rides
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FROM THE PUBLISHER
rogress can defined

several ways a
movement toward a
goal or to a further or higher
stage, growth or development;
continuous improvement, the
development of an individual
or society in a direction considered more beneficial than and superior to the
previous level.
However you want to define progress, it is about a
society moving forward.
As a county, were getting older, but at the same time
we are adapting to a changing world. How the county travels and how it grows have become a reflection
of modern times.
Our Progress Edition is a great opportunity for us,
the local newspaper staff, to trumpet all of the positive things happening in our community and we
have a lot of positive things going on right now.
I-69 offers the city and county a high potential
growth area for industry and retail. We must be in
a position to capture all opportunities that present
themselves. It is not without challenges, but I believe
the area leaders are up to the task.
The Daviess Community Hospital expansion on its
site and downtown offers the city of Washington
and Daviess County great healthcare for now and
into the future.
We offer the state of Indiana and surrounding
states excellent tourism in Daviess County. Whether it is the parks, Amish tourism or Friday night at
Dinkys, what great venues we have to boost local

tourism revenue.
This years theme will focus on the local industrys
continuing impact on the city and county. However, several facets of economic development and
quality of life issues will also be featured in locally
produced stories and photographs.
Take a good look around and youll see that our
area is moving ahead in some very important
ways.
The Times Herald Progress Edition provides not
only a snapshot of whats happening currently in
the market, but it also can be used as an economic
barometer. It measures economic vitality, and as
such, is a valuable tool for anyone with their finger
on the areas pulse.
Our Progress Edition takes a look both at the
newcomers and those businesses that have been
here for decades. The Amish community has been
remaking itself as a leader in the tourism industry
for decades, while keeping the key elements that
make this area stand out.
We want to send our appreciation to all the area
business and leaders who helped make this publication possible. A community can be judged on its
leadership and Daviess County has great leaders
with a vision for the today and the future.
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CONTENTS

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND I-69

Access to interstate highway opens path to jobs,
quality of life | By Mike Grant
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MAIN STREET RESTORATION &

ENHANCEMENTS

Three long-time Washington residents weigh

in on Main Street changes | By Joan Colbert
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TECHNOLOGY GROWTH IN DAVIESS

COUNTY SCHOOLS
School districts collaborate to meet ever-changing
technology needs | By Joan Colbert
EXPANDING TRANSPORTATION
Better roads beget the need for road
improvements | By Mike Grant
BUILDING ON COOPERATION
Three Daviess County building competitors
work together in times of need | By Mike Grant
EMPLOYMENT DIVERSITY AND GROWTH
IN DAVIESS COUNTY
Daviess County employment evenly spread among
various sectors | By Mike Leighty
KEEPING IT LOCAL
The heart of downtown evolves into locally owned
businesses | By Lindsay Owens
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COMMUNITY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

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ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
AND I-69
By Mike Grant
conomic development can sometimes

be a difficult thing to define. To some
people it is only large new industrial
operations. To others it can mean growing
small businesses. Some only
see it as manufacturing, while
others consider
service industries like retail,
restaurants and
hotels to be part
of economic
development.
Perhaps the best
definition may
be projects that
bring jobs and
improve the quality of life. Sometimes those

projects come five jobs at a time. Sometimes
they come in the hundreds. In Daviess County,
the push for economic development appears to
be getting into a full swing to take advantage of
the one thing that it lacked for so long, immediate access to an interstate highway.
I really think we are set for industrial development in Daviess County and I-69 is the big
driver, said President of the Daviess County
Commissioners Michael Taylor. I am convinced that five years from now we are going
to see a lot more jobs. I dont think it will just
be at the U.S. 50/I-69 intersection. I think we
will see it in other areas as well.
The east side of Washington is increasingly
getting attention as a place to land all kinds of
new business.
You know most of what you see now along
U.S. 50 was not there until it became a four-

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lane road, said Washington Mayor Joe Wellman. We have worked to get utilities there
and it has paid off. I think well see the same
level of changes on I-69 in the future.
The city has taken on some projects that will
assist in economic development in the future.
Those include the new water tower on the
east side, the construction of a new rail siding,
warehouse and cross-dock facility, and a plan
that could help develop a 20-square-mile area
on both sides of I-69 for industrial or commercial growth.
We really dont know what the future holds,
said Wellman. We do know if we dont do
what we are working on now we will not see
growth. Development will only happen if we
work on it. We need to get ready and market
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The area on the east side of Washington has

been getting a lot of interest from developers.
Everyone we show these ideas to is impressed,
said Ron Arnold, executive director for the
Daviess County Economic Development Corporation. Weve had dozens of meetings. The sites
are considered among the most attractive in the
state in some circles in the country.
With 350 acres held by the

Daviess County Economic
Development Corporation,
WestGate at Crane tech
park holds potential for
more development in the
future.
Arnold says one of the keys to recent development has been the EDCs work with the county. In particular, he says the countys use of
the Economic Development Income Tax (EDIT,
set at 0.25 percent) has allowed the county to
really stand out.
We have been able to utilize those funds for
all kinds of projects, said Arnold. Some of it
has gone to the development of the tech park
at Crane. It helped build the Olon plant and
keep that company here. It is helping provide
resources for the GPC expansion.
The result has been that money is now flowing
into the EDC Foundation that is helping fund
downtown renovation projects like the Tin
Lantern, Millennial Park, and provided the
backing to assist the Indiana Theater to acquire
private financing and reopen.
There are probably 1,000 to 2,000 jobs in
Daviess County based on that EDIT decision,
he said. We are seeing our assessed property
valuation climb, and Daviess County is one of
the few rural counties in Indiana that is seeing
a population growth. The actions of the city,
county and EDC Foundation have resulted in
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Besides the exit off the interstate in Washington, there is one other exit in Daviess County
and one just across the border in Greene
County that hold the potential for additional
development.
So far most of the questions about the exit
near North Daviess Schools have been from
companies looking to put in some type of retail or service plaza, said Arnold. We do not
control any property in that area, so we are
not certain what might be coming. The area
does have access to sewer and water from Elnora and Odon, and with the Indiana Railroad
siding and dock facility just up the road, there
is potential for other types of projects.
The EDC has land holdings in Daviess County
at the WestGate at Crane tech park, just off of
the Crane exit. Arnold predicts some positive
changes will be coming to that area soon.
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Along with that, though, the county will have
to be willing to sell and embrace quality-of-life
issues that will make Daviess County attractive to not just potential industrial prospects,
but also to commercial operations and their
employees.
The re-opening of the Indiana Theater and the
push to redevelop downtown has been part of
that.
We need to be the kind of community that
people want to move to, said Arnold. We
will need workers and the quality of life will
impact the kind of people we can recruit.
While no one knows exactly what the future
holds in terms of economic development, local
leaders believe that the key to making it happen is working on it.
We have an opportunity to grow, said Taylor.
It is going to take some time. There are things
we have to get in place and it will take more

work. My hope is we develop a county with a
0 percent unemployment rate, where people
work at high wages in jobs, where people can
work all their lives and retire.
We need to keep getting ready for the future, added Wellman. We need to get the
utilities in place and the access to the land.
We are betting on a bright future. Sometimes,
though, you have to put things in place to
have that future.
Arnold believes that working and thinking
about the future has served the county well
in the past and in terms of economic development, it will do the same in the future.
We have always taken the approach of what
will make Daviess County a better place in the
future, said Arnold. Not just next year, but
20 years down the road, and we have always
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MAINRestoration
STREET
& Enhancements
By Joan Colbert
ain Street was once the heart of

Washington, Indiana. It bustled
with activity, including groceries,
theaters, automobile dealerships, clothing
stores, and eateries. Shopping centers at
the edges of town gradually decentralized
commerce and Main Street first became
quiet, then unkempt, and eventually
dreary.
That has changed over the past several
years. Three long-time Washington residents
weighed in on Main Streets changes. While
all have different roles, the common thread
is a keen investment in beautifying Main
Street and making it a fun place to shop,
conduct business or just hang out!
Dusty Davis, United Insurance

Some people save stamps or coins. Dusty
Davis saves buildings. He has purchased
several structures along Main Street and
converted them from empty shells to multiuse homes and businesses.
Davis said, I enjoy it. Its a hobby. I enjoy
seeing old dilapidated buildings come back
to life.
Where possible, Davis preserves. If original
elements of the structure are not salvageable
or not available at all he modernizes. He
accents the architectural elements that make
the exteriors of these older buildings particularly interesting.
Some of the buildings restored by Davis
are rented. Others are having floors, ceilings, and woodwork, and transoms either
restored or redone, walls placed, and much
more. For instance, on a recent project,
a small part of an arched window frame
was open to the outside. Davis said he was
planning to restore the old arched windows.
This will involve removing/demolishing
three layers of brick, cleaning the frames
and then having glass pieces fabricated and
installed. Its extra work, but it preserves the
vision of the original architect, is more aesthetically appealing, and it just feels right.
Look up as you walk along Main Street.

Many buildings have been painted and
restored to their former colors. The facades
look as if they are made of stone, wood, or
concrete, but Davis said most are metal.
Ninety-seven percent of the stamped metal
facades on the buildings he owns are fine;
he has someone fabricate the rest.
Davis appreciates the many improvements
that have occurred on Main Street as well as
other parts of Washington, and has taken an
active part in making them happen.
The Daviess County Chamber of Commerce
worked to replace the street lights, where
traffic signals were removed and new street
lights were installed. As Chairman of the
Board of the United Way, Davis also helped
to have Born Learning Trail signs placed
around the lake in Eastside Park.
Im excited to see growth downtown and
look forward to the future potential of I-69.
Being born and raised here, I take pride in
Washington as my hometown, and enjoy
raising my family here.
Samantha Bobbitt, Chamber of

Commerce
Daviess County Chamber of Commerce
Executive Director Samantha Bobbitt also
recalls the booming Washington downtown
of 40 years ago.
People filled Main Street. There would
be sidewalk sales, and the street would be
closed to cars. You could buy grab bags
for a small cost. At G.C. Murphys 5 & 10
(where Frank Bowling Chiropractic Center and Hoosier Insurance are now), there
were cases full of candy, and you could get
a weighed bag of sunflower seeds. Also, it
was a dime to use the restroom.
Bobbitt is encouraged by the current changes. She frequently fields inquiries about

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places in town to buy or rent, and says, Its

she went on to say. There are already hubs of
positive that we have just a few places open on activity, and the Daviess Community HospiMain Street.
tals health campus in the 400 block of East
Main Street is one of the planned items. She is
Much of the work done to date to reclaim
buildings that are in disrepair has been accom- grateful for the gazebo area at the former site
plished through a 2008 Real Estate Capital Ac- of the Meredith Hotel and the hanging baskets
of flowers along Main Street, a collaboration
cess Program grant from the Indiana Housing
of the city and the Arts and Flowers Garden
and Community Development Authority.
Club. These amenities are important, she
The grant remains active today. It covers Main
explained, because when businesses look to
Street projects, including the historic restopotentially expand in a new town, they invariration mainly of windows, overhangs, metalwork to faade, brick tuck pointing, endpoints ably evaluate its Main Street.
on bricks, signage, awnings, siding, doors, and Ron Arnold, Daviess County Economic
painting. The grant is a 1:1 match.
Development Corporation
Each entity applying for a part of the grant is
Ron Arnold, executive director of the Daviess
required to supply 50 percent of the projects
County Economic Development Corporation
cost. Submitted plans for improvement receive (EDC), said, I try not to deal with perception,
a general review, and then go to a historic
but realities.
review committee where a historic purview of
He recalls much about the mid-1960s. He
style needs to be considered. The Chamber of
passed
newspapers when he was 7 years old.
Commerce has received an application for the
On or near Main
last $3,400 remaining
Washington
is
having
an
Street, there was a five
from grant funding.
and dime store, Palmanticipatory reaction of increased
Bobbitt believes it is
ers Electric, Teds
just a matter of time
car and foot traffic from I-69.
Bakery, two pharbefore I-69 changes
macies, Montgomery
the face of businesses and of life in Daviess
Ward, Sears, the Uniroyal [rubber] factory, the
County. She said, The city is already putting
White Steamer selling bargain hamburgers by
together the pieces of the puzzle, adding that
the bag, his Dads grocery store on Van Trees
it is having an anticipatory reaction of inStreet (where the Daviess County Security
creased car and foot traffic from the interstate
Center is today), a beauty salon, a novelty
highway.
shop, Yeagers Hardware, and much more. It
There is some thinking outside the box,
was a bustling area, Arnold said.
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Daviess Community Hospital broke ground in early 2016 for a new health campus on East
Main Street.
Things began to change when Danners 3D
department store (Hudsons Office Solutions
today) came to Washington, along with the
malls in Evansville. Kmart and Wal-Mart arrived in the late 1980s. People did not want to
give up [on Main Street], Arnold said, before
suggesting a revised purpose. Main Street is
not intended to be the retail center.
By the end of this year, Arnold anticipates
Main Street having an outdoor caf and Main
Street residents that increase foot traffic.
The former Old National Bank building was
bought recently by Daviess County and may
be used to house several government departments. A city council decision is needed to
approve the mayor and both utility offices
occupying the space. Arnold said the drive-up

area in the back may work for people to pay
their utility bills.
Several years ago there were traffic signals
all along Main Street. Although some people
were opposed to removing them, replacing the
signals with stop signs has increased efficiency, as there is no extended wait for a light to
change. Arnold looks forward to a time when
we can have no one-way streets as part of his
wish list. Another item on that list is a parking
pavilion that could also be used for fresh markets and various other outdoor events.
Daviess County has been one of many counties
with dreary Main Streets in Indiana, but one of
few who have managed to revitalize it.
East Main Street looking eastward in 1950 and then in 2016.

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Technology growth in
DAVIESS COUNTY
SCHOOLS
Barr-Reeve students share 125 Chromebooks.
By Joan Colbert
ometimes, its prudent to go outside

the county and swap information about
technology tradeoffs and strategies.
Daviess, Knox, Martin, Greene, and Orange
counties all have schools with one or more
designated leaders in technology and they
often bounce ideas and share data with each
other at monthly meetings held at Washington
High School.
There is no one-size-fits-all computer. Each
school has unique economic conditions, principles, and tradeoff decisions they are willing
to make.
Washington Community Schools

Chadd Smith, director of technology for
Washington Community Schools, K-12 and
Dr. Dan Roach, the superintendent of Washington Community Schools, agree there is
a shift from iPads to Google Chromebooks.
Smith explained that the functionality of the
two computers is much the same, but that its
a matter of the price point, and that the Google
Chromebooks have a full keyboard. He made
a large purchase of Chromebooks last year and
ended up getting 25 more units than he would
have if he would have procured iPads.
Currently the K-12 schools have 650 Chromebooks circulating, and a number of iPads on
carts. This was a large increase from previous
years. These carts are rolled from classroom to
classroom.
Both Smith and Roach understand and consider to how to incorporate computers in the
classroom for best practices. Roach commented, A student needs a device when the opportunity arises each day.
He added, The computer is not the teacher,
but a tool for overall instruction.
This fall, the plan is to equip each grade 7 and
8 student with a Chomebook. Certain rules
will be identified to govern how the computers are to be used.
Washington Catholic School

Don Wade at Washington Catholic Schools
said the private school prefers desktop computers. In each classroom, the teacher has a
desktop computer and there are a few mobile
laptops. Additionally, the Art Department has
20 graphic design notebooks/laptops. Otherwise, there are a number of 620 model 14 Dell
Latitude desktops that are used in grades two
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Reed Thompson works in one of Barr-Reeves three computer labs.

The school was able to purchase 30 new Dell
computers around Christmas to populate two
labs. Another lab has Windows 7 computers.
They hope to obtain funds to purchase new
computers for the elementary computer lab.
To do this, they will endeavor to raise $25K to
$30K, as they did last year.
Wade and others are happy with the Dell
model 3030 computers. You can fit more of
them in a given space than older models.
WCS has a preference for desktops over other
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better for online testing, which includes ISTEP
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As in some other private schools and public
schools, keyboarding classes are taught at
WCS, beginning in elementary school.
Barr-Reeve Community Schools in

Montgomery
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school has three computer labs. Besides the

opportunity to work in the labs, 125 Chromebooks are available on a cart for classes to
share. For young Title 1 or special education
students, there are iPads.
North Daviess Jr./Sr. High School in

Odon
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School has been using 1:1 (one student to one
device) HP laptops in the third through 12
grade since 2002.
For K-2, there are two computer
labs and a cart of 30 mini iPads to
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sixth grade at North Daviess. In two of those

classes, there are 3D printers. In addition, the
school won a mini grant for a green screen.
These items are kept with the sixth grade, but
other classes from either the elementary or Jr.Sr. High School use them also.
The types of computer devices vary by
schools, but all devices are acknowledged as
useful for one or more purposes, word processing, software applications that are engaging young minds as the community looks to
the future.
The practice at the school is to give

every fifth grader a new laptop that
he or she will keep for four years.
Each freshman student receives a
new laptop they will keep through
12th grade. In each case, grades 3
and 4 receive the hand-me-downs.
She said the laptops need to be
repaired more than Chromebooks.
Economics is another factor, along
with the sustainability of what
you choose. The laptops seem to
be the best option for ISTEP testing.
Prior to testing, the laptops need
to be clean. They are turned in
and movies and applications are
removed by technology staff.
There are four sections of the
The North Daviess sixth grade science students are currently

learning about energy, gravity, and shadows with assistance from a
drone, which was funded by Adoptaclassroom.org. This photo was
taken with the drone.
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Expanding
TRANSPORTATION
By Mike Grant
lot of people around Washington can

remember a time when there were no
four-lane roads running through the
county. U.S. 50 was the main route east and
west through Washington and it even had a
one-lane bridge. SR 57 was the north-south
route and like it is today was only a two-lane
road.
Our transportation has certainly evolved
since then, said former Executive Director for
the Daviess County Chamber of Commerce
Dave Cox. Coal was an important part of the
economy then and as the coal trucks got larger
there became a need to build the bypass.
Community leaders like Jay Myers, David
Graham, Mayor Tom Baumert and even
leaders from other communities who were
part of the U.S. 50 Coalition jumped in to
work toward constructing the 50 Bypass
from Fritchton to the east side of Washington. This was our first step into modern
transportation, Cox said.
The second step came with the construction of
I-69. The road has been open fewer than five
years and already has the community leaders
excited about the prospects of development.
Some of that development began with the
opening of Gateway Drive as part of the new
entrance to Washington. Private developers
are working with the city and county to extend the new road to the southside of U.S. 50
and into a new project.
After years of having substandard main
transportation into Daviess County, the area
has taken two giant steps into 21st-Century
transportation.
Its going to be interesting to see what is
around the corner, said Cox.
One thing Daviess County officials believe is
that with better main highways serving the
community there will be increased pressure
to provide better local roads, replacing more
gravel with pavement and possibly expanding some heavily traveled roads.
One major project is already under way
where the county has leveraged federal
highway safety funds to expand CR 900E. The
Interstate 69 is now finished between

Bloomington and Evansville. It is under
construction north to Indianapolis.
project is in the second phase that is scheduled to wrap up this fall before more work
begins on the final phase next year.
The interstate makes us more regional,
said Daviess County Highway Supervisor
Phil Cornelius. Everyone wants to land new
businesses and jobs and we are seeing the potential impact I-69 can have. We know there
will be more demand on us. People are going
to expect more. They are going to expect more
paved roads, better snow removal, and safety
improvements. We know there will be pressure on us to provide all of that.
The County Highway Department is working
on the possible need to expand. A long-range
development plan is being put together. Daviess County is in the process of opening its
own asphalt plant.
When that happens, it will be only the second
county in Indiana producing its own asphalt.
A year ago the county also hired an engineer
for the highway department.

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This is all about this county growing and getU.S. 50 to four lanes to Montgomery and maybe
ting ready for even more growth, said Corneeven to Loogootee.
lius. We are even looking at the possibility of
If that happens then there will most likely be
hiring people in the future after years of cutting
more demand on us to provide better roads
our staff. Growth might make
that necessary.
Daviess County officials say
planning and frugality have
helped keep the highway
department healthy. Timing
might also provide some
additional funding to the county
at the exact right time for many
expansion projects.
During the latest session of
the Indiana General Assembly
lawmakers approved a pair of
plans that are expected to provide
billions in additional funding
statewide and potentially millions locally.
This might be a case where we
are getting the right funding at
Indiana Governor Mike Pence speaking when I-69 opened to
the right time, said Cornelius.
Bloomington.
The legislature plan calls for
counties to receive a one-time
payment of money being held in a County
that will connect into it, said Cornelius.
Local Option Tax Fund by the state. While the
Of course officials are also predicting that if the
actual details have not been worked out, that
commercial and industrial expansion that is anis expected to give Daviess County more than
$500,000 in new money to use on roads. Wash- ticipated hits at the U.S. 50 and I-69 interchange
that an additional exit will be needed.
ington could receive a similar amount.
Also, as the area east of I-69 develops, officials
are anticipating the need to possibly expand
Part of the proposal by development officials

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CR 900E the Odon-Cannelburg Road is in the midst of a major renovation.

will link in with the Daviess County Airport.
It would also lead to the construction of a new
connector road that would run from the airport
to SR 57 on the northside of Washington.
We have had discussions with the state about
adding that exit, said Ron Arnold, executive
director for the Daviess County Development
Corporation. They have told us if we can land
the project then they will provide the exit. We
believe the connector road will be important
to serve the new industrial zones from the
north. It will also help U.S. 50 from becoming

a bottleneck.
One thing for certain is that the road situation
has evolved quite a way from the two-lane
roads that were the only ways in and out. The
anticipation is that the changes that are coming
may be equally as dramatic.
Amazing things can happen, said Cornelius.
It is going to be interesting to see how things
change over the next 30 years.

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Building on
COOPERATION
A contractor construction crew helps set the roof trusses on a new home.
By Mike Grant
etroit is known for its big three automakers, GM, Ford and Chrysler.
Daviess County has its own big three
in the building business: Graber Post, K&K
Industries, and Daviess County Metal Sales.
The trio of construction companies may be
competitors, but their growth, tribulations and
the secrets for their success are all strikingly
similar. Likewise, their outlook for the future
remains bright.
K&K is the oldest of the three. Abe Knepp
began with a small grocery, but decided to expand into a truss manufacturing business. The
company in 1972 had around eight employees.
Now, the maker of custom roof and floor trusses and wall panels has 114 drawing wages.
Graber Post has a similar story. Glen Graber
started with a three-man construction crew in
1973. Now the company that builds trusses,
metal buildings for commercial, agricultural
and residential use has a full-service hardware, produces metal roofing and other products and employs 223 people.
The youngest of the businesses, Daviess County Metal Sales, was begun by John Lengacher
and Kenny Swartzentruber in 1984. Now, the
company sells trusses, metal buildings for
residential, commercial and agricultural use,
and operates a full-service lumber yard with
110 employees.
Weve been blessed, said Kenneth Swartzentruber Jr., with D.C. Metals. We just kind of
grew as we needed to grow.
Graber Post changed as it grew, added
Human Resource Director Lucas Ford at
Graber Post. This has become a very large
company and has added products, distributors
and people.
While their business models may vary and
their manner of distribution may be different,
all three are becoming increasingly known in
the building business well beyond Daviess
County.
We work through lumber yards within a
165-mile radius of our business, said Nelson
Knepp, Abe Knepps son, with K&K. We
have customers around Cincinnati,
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Daviess County Metal

Sales, east of Cannelburg,
employs 110.
over in Illinois, down into the Clarksville, Tennessee, area and north to around Kokomo.
within a 100-mile radius putting them up,

said Swartzentruber.
Graber Post is doing business all over the Midwest and eastern United States with customers
from Michigan to Missouri, into Tennessee
and over to the East Coast. D.C. Metals also
does business throughout Indiana, Illinois,
Tennessee and Kentucky.
What may be most remarkable is that all three

companies have managed to grow despite
some setbacks that could have easily put them
out of business. Fires and natural disasters
have shut each of them down for a time. The
recovery has often been the result of the neighboring competitors coming in and cooperating
and helping the business rebuild.
One of the differences between K&K and the

other two companies is that it rarely sends out
construction crews.
Graber Post keeps about 25, five-man crews
busy doing sub-contracting work and putting
up buildings. D.C. Metal also has about 10 to
20 sub-contracting road crews.
The majority of our business is post frame
buildings, and we have crews out working
Our business was just six months old when

it was wiped out by a fire, said Swartzentruber. We had several partners join in and help
us get back on our feet. We have a different
attitude. Were friendly competitors. We work
together and back and forth. We see each other
all the time.
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We had a big fire at K&K in 1980 and people

poured in and helped, added Knepp. Were
all competitors for sure, but we are friendly
and when trouble hits we help each other.
That idea of friendly competition and cooperation over a more dog-eat-dog approach may
have as much to do with the area where the
companies are located as anything.

We all have our own base and nich, added
Ford. Our community is built on helping
each other. It is a matter of all of us having
a good working relationship. It really is
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EMPLOYMENT
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Doug Brochin tests the quality of corn being received at Grain Processing Corporation, on
Maysville Road.
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key statistic when taking a look at Daviess Countys employment diversity

is to consider its unemployment rate.
The January 2016 state report reflects Daviess
County unemployment rate at 4.1 percent ...
compared against the state average, an effective measure of employment health. Daviess
County ranks 83rd out of 92 counties in positive employment numbers.
If one were to drive across the county, especially I-69 north to south, one would think the
vast majority of Daviess County employment is
wrapped up in agriculture because the farmland
is vast. However, this is not the case. Farm jobs
only make up approximately 8 percent of the
workforce. In reality, the majority of the county
workforce is fairly evenly spread across the construction trades, manufacturing, government,
healthcare, retail and transportation sectors.
United States. Headquartered in Salisbury,

Maryland, the family-owned, privately held
company has operations in 13 states.
The Perdue Farms Washington facility, located
on Clark Road, is a poultry processing plant
which employs 856 associates to receive turkey meat plus other raw ingredients to form,
prepare and package for distribution to the
market place. The facility normally operates 24
hours per day, 5 days per week.
Another 157 farmers and their families are
impacted by Perdue, as well as its feed mill
located north of Washington, which is a local
market for area farmers corn.
Perdue has invested $8 million in process improvements at the Washington plant over the
past 12 months.
Grain Processing Corporation
Perdue Farms
Another Daviess County success story is Grain

Processing Corporation, a subsidiary of Kent
Corporation. With a corporate history dating
back to World War II, this proud community
partner broke ground in Washington in 1997
and commenced production in 1999.
One of the largest successes related to a major

corporation is Perdue Farms Incorporated,
founded in 1920, is the largest poultry producer in the Northeast and the third largest in the
The current workforce stands at 166, however,

an announced $70 million dollar expansion
in December 2014 is expected to produce 16
additional full-time jobs. In addition to these
In the manufacturing sector there are a number of large firms, as well as small business
success stories.

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jobs, area construction trades will see a positive impact through the construction phase of
expansion.
status is a tremendous reflection of a healthy job

market that can only continue to grow.
GPC has credited the local expansion to state

and local business-friendly leadership who
have demonstrated a commitment to business
growth.
Olon Industries, headquartered in Georgetown, Ontario, Canada, maintains four U.S. locations in Illinois, North Carolina and Indiana.
The Washington location manufactures drawer assemblies and started in 1994 with five
employees. It has since grown to 65 employees
occupying a 112,000 thousand square foot
state-of-the-art manufacturing facility.
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Daviess County also has several midsize to small

manufacturers, some locally owned and some
connected to a larger national corporation.
NASCO Industries
Olon Industries
In 1978, Uniroyals Washington division

was set to close its operations. Neil Smith,
a Uniroyal executive, had moved his family to Washington in 1976, and they decided
to remain. In early 1979, Neil and Jan Smith
purchased the building, founded NASCO
Industries, Inc. and continued producing
rubber-coated products. Since 1979, they have
grown to become the largest United States
manufacturer of industrial outerwear, and a
leader in innovation of industrial rainwear.
They have developed products to protect
workers from a variety of hazards, including
electric arc and flash fire accidents.
John Richardson explained the NASCOs
commitment to the workforce. It is reflected
in the formation of the Employee Stock Ownership Plan. Created in 1985, the ESOP was
established to enable employees to share in the
wealth they create.
In 2007, the 105 employees became 100 percent
owners of operations. This level of ownership innovation, employee pride, and industry leading
At Olon Industries, from left, Anthony

McKinney, Zane Abbott and Tom Yancey turn
out pieces of office furniture. Olons size and
commitment to its employment has placed it
in a sweet spot for growth.

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Grain Processing Corporation on Maysville Road has a $70 million expansion planned.
The company has a long history in office

products and a commitment to growth in the
cabinet industry, said Frank Guratszch, local
site manager.
Olons size and location in Washington,
including its commitment to employees, has
placed it in a sweet spot for future growth.
Alliance Barrier
A new industrial operation in Daviess County
is growing even faster than planned. Alliance
Barrier Films began operations on Waller
Drive behind Olon just a handful of years ago
and already has carried out its first expansion.
The company makes plastics for the packaging
industry. The start-up firm owned by Tom
Huff quickly built a customer base that took
the plant from one line running a single shift
to one line running 24 hours a day.
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That resulted in the company investing another $5 million to add another line. Also, a
private developer constructed a $2 million
warehouse for Alliance Barrier to expand into.
The company is in the process of bringing its
second line into operation and is making use
of the warehouse.
The Alliance Barrier building was constructed
with the idea of operating up to four lines. Local leaders have expressed confidence the firm
will eventually use all of the space.
We are tickled to death, said Ron Arnold,
executive director of the Daviess County Economic Development Corporation.
Alliance Barrier is also in a position to take
advantage of the rail expansion on the citys
eastside. A new rail siding is opening directly
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be brought in by rail car. The siding is now
in place and a casing has been run that will
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Alliance Barrier Films silos.
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established in 1967 under the name Imperial
Plastics and now has 16,500 plus employees
worldwide. The Odon facility focuses on blown
film manufacturing. Examples include a cracker sleeve, liners inside cereal or cake mix boxes.
I think the rail line will be a tremendous asset

for us, said Huff.
The Odon location, boasting a workforce of 39,

has experienced transformation over the years.
Starting in 1988 as United Films the facility was
sold to Huntsman Packaging in 1996. It was then
merged into Pliant, LLC. in 2000 and in 2002, a
fourth production line was added. In 2009, the
facility was acquired by Berry Plastics. Finally in
2011, a state-of-the-art nine-layer line was added.
Berry Plastics
Located on the outskirts of Odon is a small
manufacturing plant with worldwide ties,
Berry Plastics. With roots as a small, hometown company based in Evansville, Indiana,
Berry Plastics has grown into a global, publicly
traded, multi-billion dollar corporation. Ber-
Alliance Barrier recently added a $5 million

investment for a new line and a private
developer added a $2 million warehouse.
Tri-Star Glove
Finally, tucked away in Plainville, is Tri-Star
Glove. Tri-Star moved to Plainville in 2001
with the acquisition of the vacated grade
school.
Site manager Eric Moll said, Some people
think we make mittens, but nothing could be
further from the truth. Tri-Star manufactures
heat, cut, and abrasion resistant gloves for
industrial use. We have become a custom job
shop for the industrial market and business is
good.
Currently, Tri-Star maintains 50 employees
and operates two shifts, five days a week.
They have had a steady employment increase
since 2001 as well as sustained investment in
infrastructure and technology across all product lines. The future looks bright.
Moll said, Tri-Star will continue to grow. We
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than other methods of purchase, said Samantha Bobbitt, executive director of the Daviess
County Chamber of Commerce and Visitors
Bureau. That means money is turned over
in our community paying for teachers, police,
fire, or buses, or any of the amenities of living
in a small town.
ain Streets are often thought of as

the heart of towns and cities. Its
where all within a handful of blocks,
you can grab a bite to eat, stop at the bank
and shop for birthday gifts. Over the years, as
shopping centers have sprung up, the types
of businesses found on Main Streets have
evolved and with the exception of banking
centers, many of the stores are locally owned
and operated.
Choosing to be downtown
Money spent at a local business generates
Daviess Community Hospital is moving some
Micki Graber, owner of The Lemon Tree, 220

E. Main St., one of the newer businesses on
Main Street, said she knew from the minute
she decided to open the home dcor store
where she wanted it to be located.
I knew our store had to be on Main Street,
Graber said. No other place in town can compete with the feel and look of Main Street and
the downtown area.
Hannah Parson, part-time clerk at Bambinis, 218 E. Main St., hangs some clothes on a rack.

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of its services downtown later

this year, Graber said she is
optimistic about the future of
the corridor.
Im really excited about the
development of some of the
buildings downtown, she
said. New businesses bring
new people to downtown to
our stores.
Those small businesses, Bobbitt
said, are an engine for job creation all over the United States,
but especially in small towns.
According to the U.S. Small
Business Administration, small
businesses like many of those
in downtown Washington,
represent 99.7 percent of all
employer firms and since 1995,
small businesses have generated 64 percent of the new jobs
and paid 44 percent of the total
United States payroll, said
Bobbitt.
The Lemon Tree, 220 E. Main St., offers unusual home dcor
and gift ideas, as well as other trendy items.
Amanda Morgan, owner of

Knickers and Petticoats, 216 E.
Main St., and Eliza Settle, owner of Bambinis
218 E. Main St., also share Grabers love of
Main Street.
I love the convenience of Main Street and
being able to go to the bank and drop in at
the shops along the way, said Morgan, who
said the character of the buildings of Main

Street was one of the main reasons she wanted Knickers and Petticoats to be a part of the
downtown landscape.
There are some new businesses coming to
downtown and I think that will really benefit us.
Settle agreed.
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The atmosphere on Main Street is just so
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town, said Settle, who will soon be celebrating Bambinis 11th anniversary. I hate that
our banks, which were the cornerstones of
downtown, are closing but Im really looking
forward to the DCH project and some of the
county offices moving into the Old National
Bank building. Thats going to bring more
people to Main Street.
Bringing attention to downtown

Two groups in Daviess County are also
working to bring people back to downtown
areas. Morgan, whos a board member of the
Heartbeat of Washington, a group of downtown merchants working to bring awareness
to Main Street area, said the group is already
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during the festival and see what downtown
has to offer, said Morgan, adding the group
takes part in other festivals and events located
downtown throughout the year as well.
The Heartbeat of Washington isnt the only
group hoping to bring attention back to local
businesses. The Odon Business Alliance, much
like the Heartbeat of Washington, plans special events throughout the year as well.
The Odon Business Alliance realizes that the
small businesses are the heart of town, said
Gina Wagler, president of the business alliance. We encourage all local business owners
to take an interest in our community and help
with events and activities that promote Odon.
We have a great group of members who are
willing to help.
Currently, members of the Odon Business
Alliance are gearing up for Chalkin Up the
Town, a special event planned for May 21.
The business alliance also brings the Odon
Pumpkin Festival to the downtown area each
October.
Dailys Furniture one of the oldest

Dailys Furniture and Accessries was started in 1902
by the grandparents of Susan
Leighty, the stores current
owner, and is the oldest family owned and operated business in Washington. Leightys
parents also ran the store that
carries Broyhill, Restonic,
Serta and La-Z-Boy furniture,
mattresses and accessories.
When I started here in 1981,
there were seven furniture
stores here in Washington,
said Leighty. Ive seen a lot
of them come and go over the
years.
Leighty said when she first
started at the store some 35
years ago, Main Street was a
hustle and bustle place. The
stores were open later on
Friday nights and all day on
Saturday, she said. And you
could buy everything downtown. Once the box stores
came in, that all changed and
a lot of the smaller stores just
couldnt compete.
There have been a lot of

changes over the years with
the furniture business and
Main Street, but weve been
able to change with the
times, said Leighty, who said
the store has been in its current location for nearly eight
decades.
I think thats been a big part
of our success. Weve been
able to see what works for us
now and what isnt working
anymore, but we also have
great employees.
Leighty said she couldnt
thank her employees, Jill
Winkler in sales and the
father-son duo of Jeff and

Aaron Cissell who do deliveries, enough for making the
business what it is.
I have to give my employees
credit, she said noting over
the years, shes had many repeat customers who come in
for help putting their rooms
together, one of her favorite
things to do. Having great
employees makes my job easier. But its not just the money,
or how long youve been in
business, if you put in the effort, and treat your customers
well, you will be rewarded.
Itll all come back to you.
Susan Leighty has one of the oldest family-owned businesses

in Washington.
Just like with every other

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COMMUNITY
PERFORMANCE
INDICATORS
INCREASING ASSESSED VALUE:

(dollars expressed in billions)
$1.30
$1.24
for Daviess County
$1.18
$1.12
$1.06
$1.00
Source: Office of Community and Rural Affairs
INCREASING PER CAPITA INCOME:
33,000
$36,000
32,400
$34,500
31,800
$33,000
31,200
$31,500
30,600
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
30,000
20,000
6,600
19,800
6,480
19,600
6,360
19,400
6,240
19,200
6,120
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2014
2015
2016
2010
2011
2012
2012
2014
INCREASED PUBLIC SCHOOL

ENROLLMENT:
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT RATE:
19,000
2013
INCREASING POPULATION GROWTH:
$37,500
$30,000
2012
6,000
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015

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A community still growing

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Bicentennial Community Concert Series

Held at the Washington High School Auditorium

June 4, 7:30pm THE SPRINGS

Individual Tickets $10 each / $25 for Herman Hermits

SPECIAL BICENTENNIAL EVENTS

May 21 - Bicentennial 5K Walk/Run

Register up to date of event (by May 12 for t-shirt)

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10-DAY BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION

July 1 - 10, 2016

Eastside Park in Washington

Carnival Rides, Bands, Food Vendors, Daviess County Amateur Radio,

Free Movies at Indiana Theater

Sponsored by Terri Kelso Insurance

Free All Day Swimming at Water World

Bicentennial Homecoming Parade

Little Miss and Mister Bicentennial Pageant

3pm at the Gazebo on Main

6:30 - 9:30pm, DJ and Food

Noon - Community Picnic

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FROM THE PUBLISHER

rogress can defined

Dinkys, what great venues we have to boost local

Ron Smith, Publisher

Driving From the

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND I-69

MAIN STREET RESTORATION &

TECHNOLOGY GROWTH IN DAVIESS

COMMUNITY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

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conomic development can sometimes

improve the quality of life. Sometimes those

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The area on the east side of Washington has

With 350 acres held by the

2108 State Street

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The City of Washingtons combined sewer

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place and Elnora is trying to develop one.

we have to get in place and it will take more

Washingtons Only Locally Owned Bank

Where youre not just

439 S. State Rd. 57 Washington

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ain Street was once the heart of

Dusty Davis, United Insurance

Look up as you walk along Main Street.

Samantha Bobbitt, Chamber of

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places in town to buy or rent, and says, Its

Proud to be a part of the

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occupying the space. Arnold said the drive-up

East Main Street looking eastward in 1950 and then in 2016.

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ometimes, its prudent to go outside

Washington Community Schools

Washington Catholic School

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