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December 2024/January 2025

Evansville Business

Leading Score

The ever-expanding arena of youth and collegiate sports is kicking the Tri-State’s economic engine into overdrive. How much impact do such events have here? Numbers tell the story — in 2023, sports tourism generated more than $19 million for the

In The News: December 2024/January 2025

 FEATURED NEWS  Carol McClintock, an Evansville real estate agent and namesake of F.C. Tucker Emge’s Team McClintock, received the first Deaconess Foundation Legacy Award for her efforts and support on behalf of the foundation’s Nursing Scholarship Program.  NEW HIRES/PROMOTIONS  Steven

On the Line

Ryan Ward spends many of his workdays dozens of feet above the ground, inside a bucket hoisted by the steel arm of a heavy truck. On an early November morning, the Henderson, Kentucky, native and his CenterPoint Energy teammates worked

“So Many Voice Jokes”

Some of you know that since June of this year, I have been very sick and unable to be out publicly other than for the more than 100 medical appointments my wife and I have been to. I can never

Back Talk

Chris Cooke

Education: graduate, William Henry Harrison High School and Wabash College; graduate, the International Cemetery, Cremation, and Funeral Association University, 2013 Resume: Superintendent of Evansville City Cemeteries (2008-24); town manager, Newburgh, Indiana (2024-present) Family: Wife Liesl Disch; rescue dogs Walter, Honey,

Business Front

A Fresh New Space

Searching for a new place to call home, attorneys at Jackson Kelly PLLC's Evansville office looked at a dusty, unoccupied middle floor in a Downtown tower and started to dream. Long used for storage and little else, the Fifth Third Center’s

Mustachios Galore

Although Zingari Man fine men’s grooming products are handcrafted locally, they are distributed globally, tapping into a growing international men’s care movement. “When we launched in the fall of 2018, we were quickly discovered by shave hobbyists,” says Heather Melton,

A Century of Care

Roughly 100 people live in the Evansville Protestant Home on Washington Avenue, apropos for a business celebrating 100 years. To get a sense of the accomplishment, consider that an early back-and-white aerial photo of the site shows a vast grassy

A Talent Retention Tool

It’s named for a former Indiana governor from Evansville — Robert Orr, who was in office 1981-89. But the Orr Fellowship program, created in 2001 to help new college graduates prepare for leadership roles in the workplace, always has been

For the Love of Words

For Katie Rice, the seed of creating and publishing was planted during fifth grade at West Elementary School in Mount Vernon, Indiana, when she was on the West Warrior Newsletter team. “I remember gathering information from teachers and fellow students

2024’s Top Five

Economic development news, personality profiles, and “slice of life” stories captured Evansville Business readers’ attention in 2024. These stories received the most traction on our website, starting with... 1. Work in Progress: On the EDGE of Change, June/July 2024 The

‘It’s Part of Who I Am’

Diane Clements-Boyd thought her calling was in Los Angeles, California. Instead, returning to her Midwestern hometown has led to a fulfilling, 20-year career as executive director of the Evansville-Vanderburgh County Human Relations Commission. The Benjamin Bosse High School graduate wanted

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Building Trust

A new Indiana law is impacting the relationship between real estate agents and those looking to buy a home. Effective July 1, House Bill 1068 requires a conversation and written agreement between the homebuyer and agent before any properties may