GRANT COUNTY SIGNIFICANT MILESTONES OF THE LAST 41 MONTHS

May 14, 2007

April, 2007
• Arbor Homes announced 227 lot single family housing project.

February, 2007
• Indiana Corrugated expands their Marion operations and relocating Corporate Headquarters to Marion.

January, 2007
• IBM, Phoenix Technologies and ACS select Marion for a 200 person corporate service center.

December, 2006
• American Woodmark announces a $15,000,000 modernization and expansion project.

December, 2006
• EPOCO selects Marion for a new carbon dioxide manufacturing plant creating 40 jobs.

October, 2006
• Results Marion announces a 100 person corporate support service center.

September, 2006
• Franklin Electric announces a $1,000,000 building expansion creating 28 jobs.

July, 2006
• STAR Financial Bank announces a $4,500,000 new downtown bank building.

July, 2006
• Packaging Corp announces a $1,000,000 modernization project.

January, 2006
• Indiana Wesleyan University announce a $40,000,000 new building project, including a new graphic arts building.

January, 2006
• Matthews Feed and Grain announces a $2,000,000 expansion.

November, 2005
• JSG Processing, spent line processing plant, creating 150 jobs.

October, 2005
• DANA announces $14 million modernization project, creating 23 new jobs.

May, 2005
• Winterfield, Paper Plates & Bowls Manufacturing, “Made It Marion” for their manufacturing facility as well as their headquarters, creating 40 new jobs.

May, 2005
• Dollar General “Made It Marion” investing $70,000,000 in a distribution center, bringing 500 new jobs.

January, 2005
• Central Indiana Ethanol “Made It Marion” with a $58,000,000 new investment, creating 40 new jobs.

January, 2005
• Two call centers “Made It Marion”: Preferred Community Services and Titan Recovery created 250 new jobs.

January, 2005
• Wal-Mart Chose Gas City as the site for a $60,000,000 distribution center, bringing 850 new jobs.

October, 2004
• Weaver Popcorn announced a Multi-Million dollar expansion in Van Buren.

October, 2004
• Double “H” Manufacturing announced a $7,000,000 expansion resulting in 20 new jobs.

August, 2004
• Indiana Wesleyan University broke ground on a new $8,000,000 adult and professional studies building as part of the IWU expansion plan that will not only double enrollment but add 300 new jobs.

August, 2004
• General Motors-Marion Metal Fabrication announced $134,000,000 new investment.

March, 2004
• Thomson Multimedia announced the closing of their 1800 employee picture tube manufacturing facility.

January, 2004
• Marion and Grant County became first Indiana community to repeal the Inventory Tax.