As a businessman, I
really appreciate that Tom Henry has brought together Republicans and Democrats
to cut red tape and to streamline city regulations. |
“The $1.4 million question,” Journal Gazette, 5/16/11
Mayor Tom Henry and County Commissioner Nelson
Peters – with the support of a bipartisan city-county committee – last week
presented a plan to make it easier for developers and residents to get
necessary permits from local government to build and do business.
“Red tape slashed for developers,” Lanka, Journal
Gazette, 5/10/11
Fort Wayne and Allen County leaders hope a $1.4
million makeover will make it easier to do business with local government.
Commissioner Nelson Peters and Mayor Tom Henry on
Monday announced a series of initiatives they hope to implement to make the
permitting process easier for local, regional and national developers.
“We are dedicated to making it easier for companies
to thrive,” Henry said.
The announcement is the culmination of nearly a
year’s work by city and county officials who formed a committee to examine
concerns from business officials that the process was cumbersome. County
Councilman Roy Buskirk, R-at large, helped lead the group because he wanted
to make Fort Wayne and Allen County the best place to do business in the
state.
“$1.4M from city, county to speed permits,” Leininger,
News-Sentinel, 5/9/11
More than one year of planning was expected to
culminate today with the announcement of a $1.4 million effort to make Fort
Wayne and Allen County governments more business-friendly…
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That makes it easier to
attract new companies to Ft. Wayne and for existing businesses to create new
jobs.
[On Screen] Baking Supply Company CK Products
Expanding
[On Screen] Orthopedic Maker Adding 60 Jobs
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“Baking supply company CK Products expanding; addition of 40 jobs
in Fort Wayne is icing on the cake” Caylor, News-Sentinel, 5/10/11
A growing company built on candy announced its
coming expansion during a meeting of the Fort Wayne Redevelopment Commission
on Monday.
CK Products, now at 310 Racquet Drive, considered
sites in five northeast Indiana counties and chose to build at the corner of
Innovation Boulevard and Innovation Drive in the Summit II Industrial Park.
The move keeps 88 current jobs in Fort Wayne, and Vice President and General
Manager Steve Burdick said he expects the company will add 40 jobs in the
next few years.
“Orthopedic maker adding 60 jobs in
$2.78M expansion,” Leininger, News-Sentinel, 5/10/11
A Fort Wayne maker of orthopedic instruments and
implants is planning a $2.78 million expansion, creating 60 full-time jobs.
Nemcomed, founded in 1976, came to Fort Wayne in
2006 when it built a $10 million, 34,000-square-foot plant at 8727 Clinton
Park Drive. According to a resolution authorizing a tax abatement to be
introduced at City Council tonight, the company would build a
13,000-square-foot addition and purchase new manufacturing and computer
equipment, creating jobs with an annual average salary of $48,333 and a
combined annual payroll of $2.9 million.
Currently, the company employs 128 people with a
payroll of about $6.2 million.
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