From Left to Right: Bill Henderson (MCED Executive Director), Richard Chastain (Montgomery County Council), Jim Siemers (St. Clare Executive Director), Nancy Sennett (Vice President of Nursing), and Terry Wilson (Regional CEO)
April 15, 2009
Crawfordsville, IN-The Indiana Municipal Power Agency (IMPA) was presented with the Montgomery County Economic Development (MCED) “Bright Star Award” for Outstanding Corporate Citizenship.
The Bright Star was presented to Rajeshwar G. Rao, President of IMPA, following his presentation to the MCED Executive Club. Mr. Rao and Phil Lehmkuhler, Manager of Economic Development Services for IMPA, were on hand to receive the award.
IMPA is the wholesale power provider to 52 communities in the state of Indiana. The agency was formed by a group of municipal utilities to buy power cost-effectively as a big company on the wholesale market. Crawfordsville, Waynetown, Ladoga and Darlington are all IMPA communities from Montgomery County.
Many of our local companies still employ the majority of their associates despite this economic downturn. Over 90% of Montgomery County residents still have a job to go to although they might not be seeing many overtime hours.
Montgomery County is fortunate to have a diverse business base and we have added around 100 quality jobs over the last 6 months. This has helped even out some of the job losses we’ve experienced over the same time period. With that being said, we are still twice as high in unemployment as we were this time last year.
State Senator Phil Boots
Crawfordsville High School
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MONDAY APRIL 6, 20099AM TO 3PM |
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CRAWFORDSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASIUMONE ATHENIAN DRIVECRAWFORDSVILLE IN 47933 |
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FREE! FREE! FREE! |
The 2009 Hoosier Job Fair is an opportunity to bring thousands of hard-working Hoosiers together with businesses looking to hire qualified employees. This event is free and open to the public and to all businesses that are looking to hire now or in the near future. If you have questions or if you are a business looking to hire and would like to participate in this free event, please contact Michelle in Congressman Buyer’s Plainfield District Office at (317) 838-0404 or register online at http://www.stevebuyer.house.gov/jobfair2009crawfordsville.htm
As we gear up for what we expect to be a turn around year, we are pleased to announce that the officers of the MCED Board of Directors have been unanimously elected to serve for another year. President Monty Harris, Vice President Morris Mills, and Secretary/Treasurer Mike McCormick have agreed to serve another year.
Monty Harris thanks Scott Sommer for dedicated service to MCED
