February/March 2025

Evansville Business

Just a Sensible, Ordinary Man

Just before Christmas, seemingly like everyone else, I was running errands too numerous to count. I remembered I had a phone call I needed to make. So, I pulled over in a subdivision to look up the number. Job completed,

From Blueprints to Buildings

Nearly three years in, Victoria Woods โ€” Indianaโ€™s first new town in 20 years โ€” is steadily growing. When the Warrick County municipality was featured in the October/November 2023 issue, about a dozen people lived there. Since sales began in

Changes in the Air

Long known as Tri-State Aero, the air travel service facility adjacent to Evansville Regional Airport has more than a new name. With a glass-lined exterior and spacious inside loaded with amenities, the United Companies Air Center is open for business.

Fueling Up

A well-oiled machine since its founding in 2002, Heritage Petroleum has more than doubled its workforce over the last nine years and shows no signs of slowing down. The company and its three subsidiaries โ€“ Heritage Distribution, WOC, and Legacy

In the News

NEW HIRES/PROMOTIONS Sarah Morgason has joined Tucker Publishing Group as a senior graphic designer. The native of Cincinnati, Ohio, and University of Cincinnati graduate previously worked as a graphic designer for Shoe Carnival in Evansville, and she completed internships with

A Spot of Color

Colorful, high-performance products imagined and engineered at Red Spot Paint and Varnish Companyโ€™s Evansville headquarters are embedded in all types of vehicles, from rugged Ford trucks to sleek Corvettes. The success story started in 1903, when Red Spot opened as

Building Evansville

Promise Fulfilled

Six years in the making, the Promise Home meets a critical housing need. The ECHO Housing project on Read Street opened July 16. CEO Savannah Wood and COO Erik Tilkemeier oversaw the development of the two-story building with 27 one-bedroom

Back Talk

Amy Mangold

Education: Bachelor of Science in business, University of Evansville; masterโ€™s coursework in communications, University of Southern Indiana; certificate in fundraising management, Indiana University School of Philanthropy; certificate in nonprofit executive management, IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs Hometown: Hatfield,

Business Front

Wild Ambitions

On any given day, Sam Bradley could treat a craneโ€™s joint injury with laser therapy, perform an ostrich ultrasound, or check up on a baby porcupine. It may sound far-fetched, but for Bradley, a veterinarian at Mesker Park Zoo &

The Person Who Asks โ€œWhy?โ€

To say Jennifer Evans is in her element at the Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science may be an understatement. The 1993 Central High School alumnaโ€™s new job as the museumโ€™s John W. Streetman Executive Director quenches her lifelong

Bingo with a Heart

Shannon Libbert-Miller and Cindy Barnhill are all about the idea of paying it forward. After serving in various charitable channels over the years, the duo, who are in title work and mortgage lending, respectively, saw a need for fundraising and

Battling Blight

Mayor Stephanie Terry says the removal of vacant, dilapidated properties is a key part of her administrationโ€™s approach to improving Evansville neighborhoods, and sheโ€™s asking for help in identifying what structures need razed the most. Terryโ€™s โ€œFight Blightโ€ initiative has

Homegrown Health Care

In Mount Vernon, Indiana, biopharmaceutical manufacturer AstraZeneca has a reach extending far outside the Tri-State. One of AstraZenecaโ€™s 28 plants worldwide, the Mount Vernon site is the companyโ€™s largest in the U.S. that makes medicinal tablets โ€” about 5.8 billion