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Business roundup
The Portland Commons Shopping Center, located on West Votaw Street, near the intersection of Industrial Park Drive, was recently completed by Preferred Development Inc.
The $2 million, 14,700-square-foot retail center, has space for nine tenants.
There are currently two tenants for the building including A-1 Buffet, a 2,450-square-foot Chinese restaurant, and Advance America, a 1,485-square-foot payday advance provider.
The shopping center, located across from the Wal-Mart SuperCenter, has parking for 75 vehicles.
The structure was designed by Felderman Design-Build of Fort Wayne, and Omar Rihani of Preferred Development served as project manager.
Preferred Development, a Chicago-based company, recently completed retail projects in Fort Wayne and Decatur.
Workers to be added
Officials of Elkhart Products Corp. (EPC) of Indiana, which has had a production plant in Geneva for 37 years, announced this week that it will be installing $2.3 million in new equipment and adding about 31 workers at that site.
EPC currently employs 140 people in a building with more than 106,000 square feet.
The firm makes custom tubular fabrication work with brass, copper, aluminum and other metals.
The new line will involve development and production of new product lines for the commercial and residential plumbing industry, officials there have said.
After Hours set
The next Portland Area Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours will be held Oct. 19 from 5 to 6:30 p.m.
The event will be at Jay County Beverage Inc., 1008 N. Morton St.
Beering to speak
Peter Beering, who has knowledge in preparing for emergencies, planning, response, counter terrorism, arson and bombings, will speak at the Sept. 26 Portland Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon.
The event will be held at noon in the Jay County Hospital conference rooms A and B, 500 W. Votaw St., Portland.
Beering is the Indianapolis Terrorism Preparedness Coordinator, and oversees emergency planning for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Cost is $8. RSVP by Sept. 21 by calling (260) 726-4481, or e-mailing chamber3jayco.net.
Continues to grow
Cooper Farms continues to show growth, members of the monthly agriculture breakfast in Celina, Ohio, heard recently.
Chuck Staugler, vice president of sales and marketing at Cooper said most of the turkeys are raised and grown in Mercer and Darke counties by contract growers.
The company now operates a hatchery in Oakwood, Ohio, a feed and animal production plant in Fort Recovery, a processing plant in St. Henry, where the birds are slaughtered and de-boned, and a plant in Van Wert, Ohio, where the raw turkey meat is shipped and turned into cooked turkey products for food service and deli customers, he said.
The company's grow-out farms and feed mills have the capability of producing more than 155 million live pounds of turkeys and producing more than 40,000 tons of feed annually.
All the turkeys Coopers raises are males to ensure large, consistent-sized birds for easy processing. Females are typically raised for the Thanksgiving table, he explained.
Cooper also makes private label items for Kroger, Meijer, and Wal-Mart.
To launch magazine
Dynamic Resource Group, Berne, is preparing to launch a new magazine in January 2007 to salute the small-town life of communities such as Portland.
"Town Square," will "celebrate the joys of small-town living, cozy cafes and ice cream socials, blue-ribbon bake-offs, chicken barbecues, teachers and preachers, and every small-town character in between," DRG publisher John Boggs said in a recent letter.
The magazine is looking for reader submissions on a variety of small-town topics, including interesting inhabitants, famous former residents, history, popular attractions, good deeds, local theater, community projects, and more.
"So here's your chance to get in on the fun, brag about our community and even help out a neighbor. Just send a letter and/or a snapshot that shows the best things about living here in Portland," Boggs said.
Send letters and photos to Town Square, 306 E. Parr Road, Berne, 46711.
For the return of material, include a self-addressed, stamped envelope.
Workshop offered
Would-be business owners can get an idea of what it's like to start and operate a specialty food business during a Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service workshop to take place Oct. 24, in Fort Wayne.
An introduction to starting a specialty food business in Indiana will focus on creating and selling specialty ingredients and foods.
Making sure that the product is unique is part of the key to success, said Maria Marshall, assistant professor of agricultural economics at Purdue University.
Cost of the workshop is $75. It will be held from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and covers topics such as business planning, organic products, food regulations, marketing, packaging and product development.
Registration deadline is Oct. 18, and reservations can be made by contacting De Bush in the department of food science at (765) 494-4832
Job market favorable
East Central Indiana employers plan to hire at a steady rate during the fourth quarter of 2006, according to a recent survey.
Of the companies interviewed for the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey, 20 percent of the businesses plan to hire more employees between October and December. Seven percent expect to reduce their payrolls.
Also, 56 percent plan to maintain their current staff levels. Job prospects appear best in construction, education and non-durable goods manufacturing.[[In-content Ad]]
The $2 million, 14,700-square-foot retail center, has space for nine tenants.
There are currently two tenants for the building including A-1 Buffet, a 2,450-square-foot Chinese restaurant, and Advance America, a 1,485-square-foot payday advance provider.
The shopping center, located across from the Wal-Mart SuperCenter, has parking for 75 vehicles.
The structure was designed by Felderman Design-Build of Fort Wayne, and Omar Rihani of Preferred Development served as project manager.
Preferred Development, a Chicago-based company, recently completed retail projects in Fort Wayne and Decatur.
Workers to be added
Officials of Elkhart Products Corp. (EPC) of Indiana, which has had a production plant in Geneva for 37 years, announced this week that it will be installing $2.3 million in new equipment and adding about 31 workers at that site.
EPC currently employs 140 people in a building with more than 106,000 square feet.
The firm makes custom tubular fabrication work with brass, copper, aluminum and other metals.
The new line will involve development and production of new product lines for the commercial and residential plumbing industry, officials there have said.
After Hours set
The next Portland Area Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours will be held Oct. 19 from 5 to 6:30 p.m.
The event will be at Jay County Beverage Inc., 1008 N. Morton St.
Beering to speak
Peter Beering, who has knowledge in preparing for emergencies, planning, response, counter terrorism, arson and bombings, will speak at the Sept. 26 Portland Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon.
The event will be held at noon in the Jay County Hospital conference rooms A and B, 500 W. Votaw St., Portland.
Beering is the Indianapolis Terrorism Preparedness Coordinator, and oversees emergency planning for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Cost is $8. RSVP by Sept. 21 by calling (260) 726-4481, or e-mailing chamber3jayco.net.
Continues to grow
Cooper Farms continues to show growth, members of the monthly agriculture breakfast in Celina, Ohio, heard recently.
Chuck Staugler, vice president of sales and marketing at Cooper said most of the turkeys are raised and grown in Mercer and Darke counties by contract growers.
The company now operates a hatchery in Oakwood, Ohio, a feed and animal production plant in Fort Recovery, a processing plant in St. Henry, where the birds are slaughtered and de-boned, and a plant in Van Wert, Ohio, where the raw turkey meat is shipped and turned into cooked turkey products for food service and deli customers, he said.
The company's grow-out farms and feed mills have the capability of producing more than 155 million live pounds of turkeys and producing more than 40,000 tons of feed annually.
All the turkeys Coopers raises are males to ensure large, consistent-sized birds for easy processing. Females are typically raised for the Thanksgiving table, he explained.
Cooper also makes private label items for Kroger, Meijer, and Wal-Mart.
To launch magazine
Dynamic Resource Group, Berne, is preparing to launch a new magazine in January 2007 to salute the small-town life of communities such as Portland.
"Town Square," will "celebrate the joys of small-town living, cozy cafes and ice cream socials, blue-ribbon bake-offs, chicken barbecues, teachers and preachers, and every small-town character in between," DRG publisher John Boggs said in a recent letter.
The magazine is looking for reader submissions on a variety of small-town topics, including interesting inhabitants, famous former residents, history, popular attractions, good deeds, local theater, community projects, and more.
"So here's your chance to get in on the fun, brag about our community and even help out a neighbor. Just send a letter and/or a snapshot that shows the best things about living here in Portland," Boggs said.
Send letters and photos to Town Square, 306 E. Parr Road, Berne, 46711.
For the return of material, include a self-addressed, stamped envelope.
Workshop offered
Would-be business owners can get an idea of what it's like to start and operate a specialty food business during a Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service workshop to take place Oct. 24, in Fort Wayne.
An introduction to starting a specialty food business in Indiana will focus on creating and selling specialty ingredients and foods.
Making sure that the product is unique is part of the key to success, said Maria Marshall, assistant professor of agricultural economics at Purdue University.
Cost of the workshop is $75. It will be held from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and covers topics such as business planning, organic products, food regulations, marketing, packaging and product development.
Registration deadline is Oct. 18, and reservations can be made by contacting De Bush in the department of food science at (765) 494-4832
Job market favorable
East Central Indiana employers plan to hire at a steady rate during the fourth quarter of 2006, according to a recent survey.
Of the companies interviewed for the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey, 20 percent of the businesses plan to hire more employees between October and December. Seven percent expect to reduce their payrolls.
Also, 56 percent plan to maintain their current staff levels. Job prospects appear best in construction, education and non-durable goods manufacturing.[[In-content Ad]]
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