Business

By: Elizabeth Allenbaugh— Muncie, IN— 2016 was a year of substantial success for Muncie Aviation Company, an aircraft sales and service company that will celebrate its 85th anniversary this year. Overall, the company grossed more than $77 million in 2016 in aircraft sales, maintenance, fuel services, avionics, and parts sales. The Muncie Aviation facilities were expanded when construction was completed in 2016 on a new $1 million, multi-level hanger that houses aircraft detailing services and the Muncie Aviation employee fitness center. Muncie Aviation also earned the special distinction of leading dealers worldwide in 2016 sales of new TBM aircraft, a…

By: Traci Lutton— MUNCIE, IND —Joined by local elected officials and business leaders today, AT&T and the Muncie-Delaware County Economic Development Alliance announced that four Delaware County business parks– three in Muncie and one in Yorktown – have been certified as being AT&T Fiber Ready.  This marks the first time in Indiana that four Fiber Ready locations have been announced at once, and the facilities are the first designations for the county. Listen to the press conference below, recorded by: Steve Lindell The following locations are now AT&T Fiber Ready: Airpark Industrial Park              …

By: Steve “Brownie” Brown, On Air Personality on WERK-FM— Sometime during the first week of June last year, Mr. J Chapman, CEO of Woof Boom Radio, asked me if I would share some of my experiences in radio on the Woof Boom Radio blog. I told him I would be honored…and I meant it. I have often said that the first day I walked into WLBC as an employee, I fell in complete love with broadcasting; and now, some 50 years later, I feel exactly the same way. Put me in a studio. Give me a microphone…and I am HOME. The fact…

By: Matt Kantz— MUNCIE, IND – DD DANNAR, LLC, (DANNAR) is pleased to announce the addition of Shannon Henry, an experienced manufacturing leader who recently joined the DANNAR team and has been named Program Manager of the Mobile Power Station® (MPS). She joined DANNAR in September 2016. Shannon’s primary responsibility is the day-to-day management of operations and manufacturing deliverables for the MPS production life cycle, helping to drive planning and management of project milestones, dependencies and risk management. Shannon has been in the manufacturing sector for nearly 15 years and holds a Master’s of Business Administration degree from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. She was…

MUNCIE, IN – The City of Muncie and the Muncie Sanitary District were recognized for its GreenLine Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Station by the Greater Indiana Clean Cities Coalition at the 14th Annual Indiana Legislator’s Luncheon. The luncheon was held on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017 in Indianapolis, Ind. At the event, Muncie Sanitary District was awarded the 2017 Natural Gas Award, recognizing GreenLine as East Central Indiana’s first municipally-owned CNG station. The award was accepted by Mayor Dennis Tyler—who saw the potential of the Muncie Sanitary District Board of Directors’ vision to create GreenLine—on behalf of the City of Muncie….

Muncie, IN—David Gregory joined MutualBank’s Mortgage Lending team in the fall of 2016, but isn’t new to the mortgage industry. He’s invested more than 30 years into helping clients fulfill their dream of home ownership. By this experience and exposure, David is well versed and can assist in any of these areas on behalf of his client: home purchases, refinances, home equity lines and loans, construction and lot loans. Whether a simple or complex mortgage, David works diligently to identify the right solution to a client’s needs—all the while, providing consistent feedback throughout the transaction process. Meet David at the…

By: Christy Ragle— The East Central Indiana Small Business Development Center (ISBDC) will present two workshops at the Innovation Connector (1208 W. White River Blvd. in Muncie) during the month of January. Sign up for these workshops by contacting Judy Porter at (765) 282-9950 or jporter@isbdc.org. “Can Customers Find Your Website?” will be from 9 to 11 a.m. on Tuesday, January 10. Angela Barbosa, Marketing Director for Solutions4ebiz, will share 10 ways to help businesses connect with customers using local search. Barbosa’s experience crosses numerous business industries and includes writing, graphic design, strategy, and planning. This workshop is free and a…

By: Matt Kantz— Muncie, IN – DD DANNAR, LLC, (DANNAR) is pleased to announce Muncie Sanitary District as a new owner of the Mobile Power Station® (MPS), the revolutionary electric work vehicle and energy platform that provides emergency power for disaster response and multi-function utility for daily maintenance. The Mobile Power Station® was manufactured and assembled in Muncie, Indiana, and is equipped with a high-performance electric drivetrain capable of pulling over 700,000 pounds and requires nearly zero maintenance. The MPS is powered exclusively by two highcapacity, lithium-ion battery packs with 48 kWh of on-board energy. Muncie Sanitary District’s MPS is equipped…

By: Mike Rhodes— Economic development activity in Delaware County topped Muncie Journal’s most viewed stories list for 2016. The announcement of an upcoming Fresh Thyme Farmers Market on McGalliard topped the list with over 12,300 story views in 24 hours—a pretty good showing for a hyper-local publication that only covers content from Delaware County. You’ll find the rest of our most viewed stories below. You can click on any story headline to review the initial story and the date it was published. Here’s our top 10 list for 2016, as of 5:30am, December 29th. Scroll down to see the rest of the list….