September 8, 2017 at 7:54 p.m.
August construction tops $3 million
Business Roundup
Permits for $3,077,100 in new construction were issued in August by the Jay/Portland Building and Planning Department.
The largest project was the $1.3 million construction of four turkey confined feeding buildings by Caster Farming at 4987 W. 400 North, Portland.
Other permits were issued to Zach Bergman for a $675,000 swine confined feeding building at 7173 E. 400 North; Gregg and Donna Minnich for a $300,000 new home at 1052 N. 800 East; E & L Pursifull Farms for a $250,000 storage building at 7772 S. 1000 West, Redkey; Muhlenkamp Custom Operations for a $100,000 hay storage building at 790 N. 700 East; Carrera Manufacturing for a $200,000 foundation permit at 1000 N. Morton St.; Tim Dale for a $50,000 residential addition, storage building and pool at 5964 N. 500 West, Pennville; Dane Mumbower for a $50,000 pole building at 10586 W. 200 North, Dunkirk; Edmundson Homestead Farm for a $40,000 attached garage at 9089 W. Balbec Road, Pennville; Christopher and Adam Butcher for a $30,000 garage at 204 S. 500 West; Jacob Link for a $15,000 storage building at 510 E. 400 North, Portland; Matilda Garner for a $15,000 mobile home at 5319 E. 600 North; John Reynolds for a $13,000 garage and shed at 5828 S. 250 West; Lewis Laux for a $7,000 building addition at 1192 E. 300 North; Sarah Cook for a $6,000 storage building at 709 W. High St.; Derek May for a $7,000 pole barn at 7277 N. 350 East, Bryant; J2C2 LLC for a $5,000 fence on Pearl Street; Ryan Sheffer for a $4,200 garage/storage building at 112 Green Park Drive; Sarah Cook for a $4,000 front porch, deck and fence at 709 W. High St.; Rex Powell for a $3,000 pole building at 7430 S. 250 West; Donald Sutton for a $2,500 residential addition at 715 E. Main St.; Richard E. Rook for a $400 fence at 37 Sesame St.
Treatment center
Meridian Health Services has opened a substance abuse residential treatment center in Richmond.
The 30-bed facility, located at 416 Grove Road, Richmond, will treat patients with “whole-person” methods, including primary medical care, residential detox, behavioral therapy, intensive rehabilitation, wellness education and post-treatment support, according to a press release.
Patients will first undergo a residential withdrawal or detoxification phase, which will take up to five days. The active treatment phase will run an average of 30 days. The center will accept patients with public and private insurance and uninsured patients through the support of the Division of Mental Health and Addiction.
The facility will be staffed with addiction and mental health therapists, nurses, physicians, psychiatrists and residential counselors. It will serve 11 counties in East Central Indiana, including Jay, Randolph and Delaware counties.
Grants awarded
Dollar General Literacy Foundation recently awarded more than $4 million in grants to support youth literacy to more than 960 schools and organizations, including Bloomfield Elementary School in Bryant.
The foundation supports literacy for youths, adults and families. According to a company press release, it has awarded more than $140 million in grants since 1993.
Bloomfield Elementary received a Youth Literacy Grant for $1,000.
First place
Wendel’s BBQ Products took home a first place prize at the American Royal BBQ Competition over Labor Day weekend.
Terry Wendel started the barbecue food and supply business in Fort Recovery earlier this year. The business was sponsored at the event by Cooper Farms.
Wendel’s BBQ won first place in the turkey open competition. It also won third overall in the ribs category. The American Royal BBQ Competition is held annually at Kansas Speedway and is the largest barbecue competition in the world.
New hours
Wayne Street Market in Fort Recovery has new business hours.
The new hours of operation are 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
To build
Tyson Foods Inc., the parent company of Tyson Mexican Original in Portland, is planning to build at $320 million poultry complex in Kansas.
The company announced plans for the new facility Tuesday, which will be constructed near Tonganoxie, Kansas. It is slated to begin producing pre-packaged trays of fresh chicken for grocery stores in mid-2019 and will employ approximately 1,600 people.
The complex will be Tyson’s seventh facility in Kansas.
Layoffs
Gannett will eliminate less than 1 percent of its employees as part of a “corporate restructuring,” USA TODAY reported Wednesday.
Gannett is a media company that owns USA TODAY and 109 local news organizations, including The Star Press (Muncie).
The layoffs, which will be completed by Sept. 15, could result in about 210 jobs lost throughout the company. According to the article, Gannett employed about 17,100 people in the U.S. at the end of 2016.
Relaunched
McDonald’s has relaunched its McCafé line of coffee beverages, including new drinks, coffee makers and a line of bottled drinks.
The company announced this week that its restaurants will now offer caramel macchiatos, cappuccinos and Americanos. The logo and packaging has been updated, and nearly all McDonald’s restaurants will have new coffee makers, according to a press release.
The company is also partnering with Coca-Cola to roll out a line of bottled, ready-to-drink McCafé Frappé beverages to be sold in retail stores starting in early 2018.
Awarded
Comcast has won an Emmy Award for Technology and Engineering for its Xfinity X1 Voice Remote.
The Emmy, for “Contextual Voice Navigation for Discovering and Interacting with TV Content,” will be awarded at the Technology and Engineering Emmy Awards in April.
The remote launched in 2015, according to a company press release, and there are almost 17 million remotes in use in customers’ homes. In 2016, customers gave more than 3.4 billion voice commands using the remote.
The largest project was the $1.3 million construction of four turkey confined feeding buildings by Caster Farming at 4987 W. 400 North, Portland.
Other permits were issued to Zach Bergman for a $675,000 swine confined feeding building at 7173 E. 400 North; Gregg and Donna Minnich for a $300,000 new home at 1052 N. 800 East; E & L Pursifull Farms for a $250,000 storage building at 7772 S. 1000 West, Redkey; Muhlenkamp Custom Operations for a $100,000 hay storage building at 790 N. 700 East; Carrera Manufacturing for a $200,000 foundation permit at 1000 N. Morton St.; Tim Dale for a $50,000 residential addition, storage building and pool at 5964 N. 500 West, Pennville; Dane Mumbower for a $50,000 pole building at 10586 W. 200 North, Dunkirk; Edmundson Homestead Farm for a $40,000 attached garage at 9089 W. Balbec Road, Pennville; Christopher and Adam Butcher for a $30,000 garage at 204 S. 500 West; Jacob Link for a $15,000 storage building at 510 E. 400 North, Portland; Matilda Garner for a $15,000 mobile home at 5319 E. 600 North; John Reynolds for a $13,000 garage and shed at 5828 S. 250 West; Lewis Laux for a $7,000 building addition at 1192 E. 300 North; Sarah Cook for a $6,000 storage building at 709 W. High St.; Derek May for a $7,000 pole barn at 7277 N. 350 East, Bryant; J2C2 LLC for a $5,000 fence on Pearl Street; Ryan Sheffer for a $4,200 garage/storage building at 112 Green Park Drive; Sarah Cook for a $4,000 front porch, deck and fence at 709 W. High St.; Rex Powell for a $3,000 pole building at 7430 S. 250 West; Donald Sutton for a $2,500 residential addition at 715 E. Main St.; Richard E. Rook for a $400 fence at 37 Sesame St.
Treatment center
Meridian Health Services has opened a substance abuse residential treatment center in Richmond.
The 30-bed facility, located at 416 Grove Road, Richmond, will treat patients with “whole-person” methods, including primary medical care, residential detox, behavioral therapy, intensive rehabilitation, wellness education and post-treatment support, according to a press release.
Patients will first undergo a residential withdrawal or detoxification phase, which will take up to five days. The active treatment phase will run an average of 30 days. The center will accept patients with public and private insurance and uninsured patients through the support of the Division of Mental Health and Addiction.
The facility will be staffed with addiction and mental health therapists, nurses, physicians, psychiatrists and residential counselors. It will serve 11 counties in East Central Indiana, including Jay, Randolph and Delaware counties.
Grants awarded
Dollar General Literacy Foundation recently awarded more than $4 million in grants to support youth literacy to more than 960 schools and organizations, including Bloomfield Elementary School in Bryant.
The foundation supports literacy for youths, adults and families. According to a company press release, it has awarded more than $140 million in grants since 1993.
Bloomfield Elementary received a Youth Literacy Grant for $1,000.
First place
Wendel’s BBQ Products took home a first place prize at the American Royal BBQ Competition over Labor Day weekend.
Terry Wendel started the barbecue food and supply business in Fort Recovery earlier this year. The business was sponsored at the event by Cooper Farms.
Wendel’s BBQ won first place in the turkey open competition. It also won third overall in the ribs category. The American Royal BBQ Competition is held annually at Kansas Speedway and is the largest barbecue competition in the world.
New hours
Wayne Street Market in Fort Recovery has new business hours.
The new hours of operation are 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
To build
Tyson Foods Inc., the parent company of Tyson Mexican Original in Portland, is planning to build at $320 million poultry complex in Kansas.
The company announced plans for the new facility Tuesday, which will be constructed near Tonganoxie, Kansas. It is slated to begin producing pre-packaged trays of fresh chicken for grocery stores in mid-2019 and will employ approximately 1,600 people.
The complex will be Tyson’s seventh facility in Kansas.
Layoffs
Gannett will eliminate less than 1 percent of its employees as part of a “corporate restructuring,” USA TODAY reported Wednesday.
Gannett is a media company that owns USA TODAY and 109 local news organizations, including The Star Press (Muncie).
The layoffs, which will be completed by Sept. 15, could result in about 210 jobs lost throughout the company. According to the article, Gannett employed about 17,100 people in the U.S. at the end of 2016.
Relaunched
McDonald’s has relaunched its McCafé line of coffee beverages, including new drinks, coffee makers and a line of bottled drinks.
The company announced this week that its restaurants will now offer caramel macchiatos, cappuccinos and Americanos. The logo and packaging has been updated, and nearly all McDonald’s restaurants will have new coffee makers, according to a press release.
The company is also partnering with Coca-Cola to roll out a line of bottled, ready-to-drink McCafé Frappé beverages to be sold in retail stores starting in early 2018.
Awarded
Comcast has won an Emmy Award for Technology and Engineering for its Xfinity X1 Voice Remote.
The Emmy, for “Contextual Voice Navigation for Discovering and Interacting with TV Content,” will be awarded at the Technology and Engineering Emmy Awards in April.
The remote launched in 2015, according to a company press release, and there are almost 17 million remotes in use in customers’ homes. In 2016, customers gave more than 3.4 billion voice commands using the remote.
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