2/27/2006
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Jo Lynn Garing, [317] 327-3690
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Mayor, IPIC to release central Indiana job growth information tomorrow
INDIANAPOLIS - Mayor Bart Peterson and the Indianapolis Private Industry Council Inc. tomorrow will release studies on four industries - advanced manufacturing; automotive and motor sports; life sciences; and logistics - that are expected to grow and add tens of thousands of jobs in central Indiana over the next few years.
As the "go to" source for workforce development in central Indiana, IPIC commissioned researchers to conduct labor market studies of four of the region’s most important and promising industries. The studies focus on the nine-county central Indiana region: Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Madison, Marion, Morgan and Shelby counties. The life science study also looks at the industry’s future in the entire state.
The studies outline the status of the industries; provide projections for job growth; raise awareness of obstacles to maximizing workforce growth; and make recommendations on how the region can capitalize on its strength in those industries.
Mayor Peterson will be joined by Joanne Joyce, IPIC’s president and chief executive officer, and Andy Cothel, an IPIC board member who is vice president of operations and site manager for the applied science business of Roche Diagnostics in Indianapolis. After the news conference, the principal authors of each study will be available to answer reporters’ questions about the findings.
WHEN: 10:45 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28
WHAT: News conference to issue four labor market studies. Reporters will be provided copies of the studies, which also will be available at www.ipic.org/LMI after the news conference.
WHERE: Wishard Memorial Hospital, Trauma Conference Room. Reporters and photographers are asked to please meet Wishard’s public relations staff in the Main Lobby (by the Gift Shop) of the hospital. You will be escorted to the news conference site. Media vans/trucks may park on the circle in front of the hospital.
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