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DEARBORN COUNTY
Gaming and industry give Dearborn County a stable economic outlook, reports David Poole, director of economic development for the Dearborn County Chamber of Commerce.
Gaming dominates the local economy, with 2,400 employees at the Argosy Casino and Hotel, which opened five years ago. Since then, revenues to the city of Lawrenceburg have topped $192 million, in development agreement cash and gambling tax revenues.
"We've built levies to take land out of the flood plain for a destination retail area. And our newest levy project is a $36 million undertaking," Poole says. "None of this could have been done without gaming funding."
In industry news, construction of the 29-acre Burger Ziegler Industrial Park near Interstate 74 in Harrison Township is under way. The park received a $100,000 infrastructure grant from the Indiana Department of Commerce to help with waterline costs.
Expansions include an $8.5 million new building for Northbend Pattern Works in the new industrial park. The company makes patterns for the auto industry, currently employing 28 with plans to increase to 40.
In Greendale, 60 new employees bring total employment to 150 at the Pri-Pak private-label packaging plant following its $6 million retrofit. The company bottles for more than 25 different companies.
In Lawrenceburg, tool-and-die maker Ashley Ward expects to start construction this spring on a $4 million facility that will employ about 40 within two years.
A sale of the 600-employee Joseph E. Seagram...
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