Johnson County company wins award
Milwaukee Tool was winner of the Indiana Gold and Silver Shovel Award, recognized for its achievements in attracting investment projects that will create new jobs in the community.
To be considered for the award, states provided area development with information about their top 10 job-creation and investment projects.
Foundation celebrates awards, honors
The Johnson County Community Foundation celebrated its 30-year milestone by honoring the following and awarding $90,000 in grants to area organizations:
- The original group of founders were honored;
- Sandy Daniels, the first president and CEO was honored for her commitment to the Foundation;
- Jeff Goben, retired banker and founder of Heartland Community Bank was presented the Foundation’s Community Spirit Award;
- The three Johnson County Lilly Endowment scholars were honored Tatum Hacker of Center Grove High School; Lillian Lacy of Franklin Community High School and Naman Satsangi of Columbus East High School will receive full-tuition scholarships;
- Gateway Services/Access Johnson County, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Johnson County and Great Harvest Food Pantry were each presented $30,000 grants made possible by the Foundation Board of Directors and Lilly Endowment Inc.
The Johnson County Community Foundation is a nonprofit public charity established in 1991 to serve donors, award grants and provide leadership to improve the county.
Local woman joins Indiana Dairy team
The American Dairy Association of Indiana appointed Heather Tallman to its team as Innovation Partnerships Manager.
Tallman joins the dairy association after five years with the Indiana State Department of Agriculture’s Indiana Grown program. She lives in Franklin with her husband and two sons.
The American Dairy Association is a not-for-profit promotion, communication and nutrition education organization funded by and serving the Hoosier state’s 750 dairy farm families.
