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WASHINGTON (Indiana) – Launching a “significant project to increase our capacity and regional competitiveness,” local elected officials and members of the Daviess County Airport Board were on hand May 16 to formerly inaugurate a $1.5 million project to lengthen the airport’s main runway.
When finished, the main runway will exceed 5,000 feet in length. According to airport manager Erica Burkemper, the present airport facilities can accommodate landing and takeoff of aircraft similar to a Cessna Citation Latitude or Citation CR650. The new runway can allow jets like a Gulfstream G150 or G300, Bombardier Learjets, and Dassault Falcons to land and take off safely, as well as heavier turboprop-driven aircraft.
“This project has been a long time in the planning and funding process,” said David Gray, President of the Daviess County Airport Board. “When completed, it will enable the airport to service larger commercial aircraft than previously.”
Following a career in the South Center region of IU Health, Bedford native Julia A. Tummers has joined Southern Indiana Community Health Care as Operations Director, according to Nancy Radcliff, CEO. “Given our current facility expansion and services growth, we needed an experienced executive who could support and enhance our ongoing commitment to high-quality patient care and outcomes,” said Radcliff. “Julia Tummers has already been helping us positively build on our near 50-year-old foundation in her new role as Operations Director.”
In her new position, Tummers is responsible for planning, organizing, and directing Southern Indiana Community Health Care operations. Her stated goal is to achieve the most efficient and effective delivery of top-quality care and operations for patients, providers and the entire staff at Community Health Care. She will oversee facility operations in Crawford, Lawrence, Orange, and Washington counties.
According to Radcliff, Tummers’ duties will include overseeing a project team, a quality team, and other operational staff in the programmatic and clinical parts of Community Health Care, including actively supporting and mentoring staff in their career development.
“Southern Indiana Community Health Care is already a wonderful place to work,” Tummers said. In addition to fostering a supportive and caring work and family atmosphere, Tummers said she hopes “to further build on existing strong operations by developing stronger lines of communication, making sure our policies and procedures are clear and precise, keeping Community Health Care compliant with relevant regulations and guidelines, and staying on target as an organization.”
That focus includes ensuring that Community Health Care aligns with its faith-driven mission of providing high-quality, comprehensive, community-sensitive healthcare utilizing Christ-oriented principles.
Crane, IN (April 4, 2023) – The Uplands Science and Technology Foundation (USTF) announced today the selection of Bryant Niehoff as the organization’s first permanent CEO. Niehoff is currently the Executive Director of the Daviess County Economic Development Corporation (DCEDC) and has served on the USTF Board of Directors since its inception.
In this role, Niehoff will lead USTF and advance its mission to grow the WestGate Technology Park into a nationally-recognized innovation community. A significant focus of the role will be to build on the momentum generated by the $385 million microelectronics fabrication facility at WestGate that was announced by Governor Eric Holcomb on November 21, 2022. The facility will sit in Daviess County, where Niehoff played a significant role in attracting the development in his former role with DCEDC.
“WestGate is assuming an increasingly important role in the Indiana Uplands economy and it’s critical that USTF has a strong leader who can ensure that the park is ready to capitalize on the transformative opportunities that are at our door,” said Tina Peterson, the USTF Board Chair and Regional Opportunity Initiatives President and CEO.
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“Bryant Niehoff has quickly established himself within our region and state as a leading economic development professional who brings significant expertise in land planning and placemaking, a natural ability to bring stakeholders together, and an intimate familiarity with WestGate and USTF. For these reasons, we believe he is an excellent choice to lead USTF.”
During his time with DCEDC, Niehoff led Daviess County’s efforts at WestGate and facilitated local business expansions such as the new TrueRx Health Strategists headquarters. He also structured public-private housing partnerships resulting in $37 million in investment and nearly 300 new and planned housing units. Niehoff also promoted investments in rural broadband and in downtown revitalization, such as the $3.1 million Commons project in downtown Washington. Prior to his role in Daviess County, Niehoff served as Planning Director for the City of Shelbyville, Indiana.
WASHINGTON (Indiana) – The board of the Daviess County Economic Development Corporation (DCEDC) launched a new search for the position of Executive Director on April 4, following the announcement that current Executive Director Bryant Niehoff will depart to become CEO of the Uplands Science and Technology Foundation (USTF). DCEDC Board Chairman Eric Lane, President and CEO of First Federal Savings Bank of Washington, will temporarily assume a new role as interim DCEDC Executive Director.
“Given his success in building a collaborative economic development team and in facilitating positive business expansion in Daviess County, we certainly will miss Bryant,” said Lane. “We are grateful for his strategic efforts over the past four years, including his extensive work in helping to secure plans for the $385 million microelectronics campus in the WestGate@Crane Technology Park.”
Lane noted that DCEDC will continue to work closely with Niehoff in his new CEO role as the WestGate One microelectronics campus continues development in the Daviess County section of the tri-county certified technology park.
Reflecting “great excitement and anticipation,” city and county officials, joined by Denny Spinner, executive director of the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs, officially broke ground on the $3.1 million Commons project in downtown Washington March 23. The event also formally launched the public segment of Our Common Heritage fundraising campaign. German American Bank and TrueScripts sign on as the first major corporate sponsors for event facilities in the Commons.
“The Commons represents a critical project and joint effort that will positively impact the region for this generation and generations to come,” said Mayor David Rhoads. “We expect to see thousands of visitors and residents take part in a broad array of activities that will draw people to Washington, especially as we see continued growth in the coming microelectronics campus in the WestGate@Crane Technology Park.”
“For our city, county, and region to advance in a highly competitive environment, quality of place and quality of life issues must support workforce development and employee retention and attraction,” said Tony Duncheon, President of the Daviess County Council. “The Commons project represents a broad spectrum of positive collaboration and commitment from many partners to help achieve this.”
INDIANAPOLIS – Homeless kids, women in recovery, immigrant families, and more will benefit from recent grants made by the Indianapolis Rotary Foundation. A total of $95,000 in charitable grants have recently been awarded by the Indianapolis Rotary Foundation, reflecting the Rotary Club maxim of “service above self,” according to Jenny Dexter, president of the Rotary Club of Indianapolis.
“The five grants for central Indiana were awarded following a standardized competitive application and review process,” said Dexter. “The Foundation and Club count it a privilege to further serve the greater Indianapolis community through these charitable grants.”
The Indianapolis Rotary Foundation is a private corporation that serves as the community charitable arm of the Rotary Club of Indianapolis. Each year, the Foundation generously donates almost $200,000 annually to projects and organizations in the Central Indiana Area. The Foundation has now opened the process of grant consideration for 2023-24.
PAOLI, Indiana – Southern Indiana Community Health Care will receive $500,000 in new funding in 2023 from the Indiana Department of Health to extend and expand its successful Follow My Heart cardiovascular health program, according to Nancy Radcliff, CEO. The program, which was first rolled out during the COVID-19 pandemic, provides patients with the opportunity to directly engage in lowering blood pressure and improving heart health.
Five former Ascension providers join Southern Indiana Community Health Care to continue serving patients at two new locations in Bedford, Mitchell.
BEDFORD (Indiana) – Responding to community needs, Southern Indiana Community Health Care medical professionals have set plans to open new locations in Bedford and Mitchell (Indiana). The new locations will support obstetrics (OB) and family primary care services in the region, according to Nancy Radcliff, CEO. Primary care and OB patients who will be affected by the announced closing of the Ascension Dunn Hospital in Bedford now have the option to continue medical care locally.
Location addresses will be posted on https://sichc.org.
Joining the Southern Indiana Community group in the new Bedford and Mitchell offices will be Carrie Browne, MD (Bedford); Tricia Spoonmore, Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) (Bedford); Kristi Nissley, FNP (Mitchell); Amanda Bowman, FNP (Bedford); and Lori Day, FNP (Bedford). Other established Southern Indiana Community Health physicians and FNPs will also help staff the new offices.
Details of the new OB services include: Lawrence County providers from the Southern Indiana Community Health Care will offer local prenatal care for pregnant mothers. The women patients will then have the options to continue with a Southern Indiana Community Health Care provider and deliver their baby at the nearby IU Health hospital in Paoli, or they have an option to be transferred to an IU Health Bloomington or a Schneck provider in Seymour (or elsewhere) for delivery there, explained Yolanda Yoder, MD, Chief Medical Officer at Southern Indiana Community Health.