Morgan County EDC Headlines

Workforce Development

Mo rgan County Career Expo grows in second year

On September 23rd, the Morgan County EDC and Greater Martinsville Chamber of Commerce hosted 1,000 high school students from around Morgan County at our annual Career Expo. Fifty-six area organizations, organized by industry, exhibited to show students there are "great careers right here at home"! Students voted MTEK Weapon Systems the "Coolest Display" and IU Health Morgan the "Best Student Interaction". Special thanks to our sponsors Citizens Bank, Duke Energy, First Merchants Bank, Franciscan St. Francis Health, IU Health Morgan, SCI REMC, Kroger, Home Bank, Banning Engineering, Carpenter Realtors, Starbucks, and SERVPRO as well as Martinsville Rotary and Kiwanis clubs for volunteering their time and talents.

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Have you seen Mooresville Schools' latest video?

Click here to learn more about Mooresville's high-tech learning opportunities at every grade level, their rigorous, diverse curriculum, state-of-the-art facilities, and nurturing environment that helps each child excel.

Patterson-Horth is hiring!

Patterson-Horth, a commercial general contractor and EDC board member, is looking to hire the following positions:

Receptionist/Administrative Assistant ($14/hour, 3 days/week)
Concrete Workers (experience level requirements vary from no experience to skilled)
Superintendents
Project Managers

Contact the EDC and we will put you in touch with the right people.

Morgan County Labor Market Update - July 2015

Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed
36,631	35,010	1,621
Jul 15 UE Rate	Jun 15 UE Rate	Jul 14 UE Rate
4.4%	4.5%	5.6%

Not seasonally adjusted

July 2015 U.S. Unemployment Rate: 5.6% IN Rate: 4.8%

Source: Indiana Department of Workforce Development

Labor Force does not include retired persons, students, those taking care of children or other family members, and others who are neither working nor seeking work.

Business Retention & Expansion (BR&E)

Morgan Insurance Group is a leading mid-sized independent insurance agency with office locations in Indianapolis and Martinsville. The company recently received approval from the Martinsville Common Council for a three-year real property tax phase-in (abatement) on their new $950,000 facility to be located on Hospital Drive. Learn more

MTEK Weapon Systems (MWS) believes the individual is the greatest weapon, and everything else is just a tool to get the job done. Their goal is to save lives and prevent injury, keeping the most important "weapons" in the fight! Using real world experience and close connections to current combat operations, this Small Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business turns new ideas into products. MWS specializes in technical product design, proof of concept prototyping, and final product manufacturing. It's easy to see why this Martinsville company was voted "Coolest Display" at the 2015 Morgan County Career Expo! Learn more

Other News Around Morgan County

EDC hosts Economic Development Summit

Morgan County EDC hosted an Economic Development Summit on August 28th for elected and appointed government officials throughout Morgan County. Topics included TIF districts, abatements, the role of utilities in economic development, site selection, and state programs. A special thanks to our speakers as well as our sponsors Duke Energy, SCI REMC, Vectren, Hendricks Power, and Indianapolis Power & Light for making this day possible.

I-69 Section 6 announces "Save the Dates"

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) has announced dates and locations for the 4th quarter public information meetings for Interstate 69 from Martinsville to Indianapolis, known formally as Section 6.

Perry Township - Nov 30
Mooresville - Dec 1
Martinsville - Dec 3

The project team is currently in the process of evaluating the five routes still being considered known as preliminary alternatives, which will be screened to a smaller set of routes known as reasonable alternatives. The reasonable alternatives, access roads, proposed interchanges, and layout of the interstate will be presented at the public meetings.

Hosting locations are still being finalized. INDOT anticipates releasing those details next month.

Subaru of Indiana Automotive adding 1,200 jobs

SIA says increased demand is sparking massive expansion plans. The company says it will invest $140 million to increase production and add more than 1,200 jobs by 2017. TOA (USA) in Mooresville is a Tier 1 supplier of frame and suspension parts to both Subaru in Lafayette and Toyota in Princeton. Read more

Business Attraction

Leads Summary

August 2015

EDC Director of Business Development, Lindsay Beckman, joined SCI REMC on a trip to Pittsburgh earlier this month to call on six site selectors (specialists hired to help identify best place scenarios for new business locations) to promote Morgan County, the Central Indiana region, and Indiana!

Investor Spotlight

Vectren Utility Holdings, a subsidiary of Evansville based Vectren Corporation, serves as the intermediate holding company for three operating utilities. Vectren Energy Delivery of Indiana - North (Vectren North) provides energy delivery services to 570,000 natural gas customers in central and southern Indiana, including Morgan County. Vectren South provides services to 142,000 electric customers and 111,000 gas customers in southwestern Indiana. VEDO provides energy delivery services to approximately 314,000 natural gas customers in west central Ohio.