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BizVoice/Indiana Chamber – May/June 2016
2 President’s Message
5 In Pictures
6 Guest Column – Non-compete agreements
7 Tweet Street
96 Found Elsewhere – County population changes
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COVER STORY:
Best Places to Work in Indiana
Leading the way for the 100 companies being recognized in the
11th annual program are top-ranked Luther Consulting;
Mainstreet; Katz, Sapper & Miller; and Microsoft Corporation.
Additional feature stories below and at right. Full coverage in a
58-page special section.
Legislative Analysis
• A closer look at four key areas from the 2016 General
Assembly session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
• Vote scores: Did your legislators support the pro-economy,
pro-jobs agenda? 12
INDIANA VISION 2025: ATTRACTIVE BUSINESS CLIMATE
Working to Create the Best Possible Indiana
• Environmental and energy expert Vince Griffin shares career
perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
• Hancock County places strong focus on healthy community
initiative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
• Tax talk: Department of Revenue upgrades; combined
reporting; online sales tax collections 26
BEST PLACES TO WORK IN INDIANA
• Winning companies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
• Leading the way at No. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
• Small company profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
• Medium company profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
• Large company profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
• Major company profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
• Employer summary, employee benchmark reports 86
Additional index of company stories, columns and quotes on Page 31
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Corporate Social Responsibility
Our year-long series continues with a look at benefit corporations.
What are they? Who is jumping on board? What are their goals?
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County Focus: Elkhart
• Hard work, sense of community cited as area strengths . . . 90
• Member Spotlight: Harman International 92
• Getting to Know: Goshen College 94
• By the Numbers: Population, education and jobs 95
FEATURE STORIES
FURTHERMORE
DEPARTMENTS
CONTENTS
Winner of 78 national, state awards since 1999
Indiana’s Leading Statewide Business Magazine
INDIANA VISION 2025: ATTRACTIVE BUSINESS CLIMATE
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Commercial Courts on the Way
No one – except, as the joke goes, maybe the lawyers – wins
when complex business cases linger in the legal system. A
thoroughly-developed pilot project is set to improve outcomes.
BEST PLACES TO WORK IN INDIANA
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No. 11 Turns Into No. 1
Katz, Sapper & Miller is one of just two organizations to be
recognized in all 11 years of the program. Find out what takes
the CPA firm to a top ranking for 2016.
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Passion and Balance
Four marketing and communications firms place strong
emphasis on “play” to complement work that is sometimes
stressful. And they seem to have a lot of fun at both.
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Power of the People
Employees lead the way as architecture and engineering firms
experience continued success. Find out how they design winning
workplace environments.
On the cover:
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BizVoice
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by Mark Chamberlain, Lakeside Wealth Management, No. 10 on the
Best Places to Work small companies list for 2016.