New owners scheduled to take over 8 Miller Health Care facilities in Indiana
Miller’s Health Systems Inc, an operator of senior care facilities, based in Warsaw, IN, is beginning the process to terminate its operating leases at 8 Indiana locations. Approximately 700 employees are in jeopardy of losing their jobs, although it is believed that the new owners are looking to keep as many of these workers as possible. The new owners will take over the operations July 1, 2023.
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Community Invited to Celebrate Aurora Almanac Art Installation at Bloomington Trades District Garage
The City of Bloomington invites community members on Friday, May 13, from 7:30-9:30pm to Twilight at the Trades, an event celebrating the Aurora Almanac art installation at the Trades District Garage. Guests are invited to see the artwork up close, enjoy empanadas from Maíz Comida Colombiana, and experience music and performance.
Ritmos Calientes, a DJ duo featuring Nandi Marocco and Aurora artist Esteban Garcia Bravo, will play, and Windfall Dance will perform a piece inspired by the Aurora Almanac art installation. Deputy Mayor Don Griffin, Assistant Director for the Arts Holly Warren, and artist Esteban Garcia Bravo will offer remarks in advance of Windfall Dance’s 9pm performance.
The Trades District Garage is located just south of West Tenth Street in Bloomington, between the Showers City Hall building and the B-Line Trail, just east of North Rogers Street. The event will take place near the south entrance of the garage.
Monroe County Sheriff’s Office announces recent “Wanted Wednesday”: feature is now in custody
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Creative Entrepreneurs to Complete Entrepreneurship, Community Engagement Workshop
The Indiana Arts Commission announced 34 Hoosier creative entrepreneurs will participate in the annual On-Ramp Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator. On-Ramp is a national award-winning program designed to educate artists and creative professionals in ten key areas of entrepreneurship and finance and to provide ongoing mentorship and development of arts-based small businesses.
Over the course of three days, participants will follow a curriculum designed and led by Elaine Grogan Luttrull of Minerva Financial Arts. The programming will take place in Noblesville, Indiana, with Noblesville-based Nickel Plate Arts serving as cohost for On-Ramp. Nickel Plate Arts is also a Regional Arts Partner of the Indiana Arts Commission.
Participating creative entrepreneurs include:
| Aja Essex (Bloomington) | Katie Lee (Mishawaka) |
| Austin Day (Indianapolis) | Kierra Ready (Indianapolis) |
| Bandy Russell (Morgantown) | Lavinia Hale (Greencastle) |
| Beatriz Vasquez (Indianapolis) | Leanne McGiveron (West Lafayette) |
| Cecily Terhune (Carmel) | Leslie Noel Jr. (Fort Wayne) |
| Celeste Lengerich (Fort Wayne) | Lyndy Bazile (Fort Wayne) |
| Charles Gillespie (Bloomington) | Marcie Couet (Franklin) |
| Christopher Box (Indianapolis) | Margaret Beeler (Michigan City) |
| Cynthia Frank (Anderson) | Matt Scutchfield (Plymouth) |
| Daniel Swartz (Poneto) | Michael Shannon (Indianapolis) |
| Emily Bennett (Terre Haute) | Ngozi Rogers (Fort Wayne) |
| Emily Franks (Indianapolis) | Norah Amstutz (South Bend) |
| Erica Coffing (Rochester) | Tammeron Jonesfrancis (Muncie) |
| Hilary Cannon Anderson (Bloomington) | Tania Wineglass (Indianapolis) |
| Joanne Roeder (Carmel) | Timothy Stephenson (Indianapolis) |
| Jonathan Southern (Indianapolis) | Tracy Burns (Connersville) |
| Kathaleen L Wessel (Anderson) | Victoria Williams Steen (Indianapolis) |
At the conclusion of the three-day training, the entrepreneurs will submit proposals for a $2,000 fellowship to directly apply course lessons to their creative career and small business development. Proposals will be reviewed by a panel of mentor creative entrepreneurs who will provide feedback based upon their individual and collective expertise.
Learn more about the On-Ramp Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator.
This Week in Hoosier History
1884 – Paris C. Dunning died in Bloomington. He had served as the ninth Governor of Indiana (1848-1849.) He had also been an Indiana House member, Indiana Senator, Senate President Pro Tempore, and Lieutenant Governor. He is the only person in state history to have served in all of these offices. As governor, he led the Indiana General Assembly in passing a resolution sent to Congress which opposed the expansion of slavery across the United States.
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