Statement: Marion County business leaders in support of Mayor Hogsett’s stay-at-home extension
May 6, 2020 Statement from Marion County Business Leaders: As leaders of Central Indiana business, community and healthcare organizations, we support the difficult decision by Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett to extend until May 15 Marion County’s stay-at-home order in response to COVID-19. Putting public health first, utilizing data-driven approaches, and acting upon guidance from local public health officials, necessitates a different response in densely populated Marion County than in the majority of the rest of the state. Our community’s frontline healthcare heroes have performed inspirationally and admirably in meeting the pandemic challenge. Still, Marion County, with 14% of the state’s population, has seen nearly one-third of all Indiana COVID-19 cases, and suffered nearly one-third of all statewide COVID-19 deaths, with an incidence rate continuing for new cases at nearly three-times the rate elsewhere in the state. And though County patient [...]
CICP, key stakeholders develop safe return to work playbook for manufacturing, logistics, warehouse sectors
INDIANAPOLIS (April 30, 2020) – Today, Safe Return to Work for Indiana’s Manufacturing, Logistics, and Warehousing Sectors: Keeping our Hoosier workers safe so they can restart the state was released to share best practices of Indiana companies and others around the world in this unprecedented time. It identifies recommendations and best practices from public health experts and organizations, as well as other officials, to assist Hoosier employers both in continuing to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic and in restarting operations. The edition distributed today is focused on the manufacturing, logistics and warehousing organizations, and includes two primary sections: Key Decisions to Consider Prior to Restarting Your Workplace: Describes for employers the four key principles they will need to consider as they seek to re-open their operations following the COVID-19 shelter-in-place order and temporary closures. Key Components of a Safe Return to [...]
CICP Closes Office; Employees to Work from Home
INDIANAPOLIS (March 16, 2020) - Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP) does not have any confirmed cases of COVID-19, but in an abundance of caution we have decided to take additional measures to ensure our risk remains low and to respond to community calls for social distancing that can help block additional spread of the virus. CICP has closed its offices but is continuing operations, as employees work from home. When making these difficult decisions, we continue to take into consideration guidelines from the Indiana State Department of Health and the Centers for Disease Control, along with recommendations from the City of Indianapolis, the State of Indiana, and our stakeholders. As always, the health and safety of our employees and their families are our top priorities. CICP and our initiatives AgriNovus Indiana, Ascend Indiana, BioCrossroads, Conexus Indiana, Energy Systems Network, and [...]
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership elects new Executive Committee members
INDIANAPOLIS (Jan. 13, 2020) – The Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP), which brings together the chief executives of Central Indiana’s prominent corporations, foundations and universities to advance the region’s prosperity and growth, has elected new executive committee members for 2020. Connie Bond Stuart, PNC regional president of Central and Southern Indiana, now serves as chair, and Bryan Mills, president and CEO of Community Health Network, will continue to serve as vice chair. The CICP Executive Committee for 2020 is: Chair – Connie Bond Stuart, regional president, Central and Southern Indiana, PNC Vice Chair – Bryan Mills, president and CEO, Community Health Network Secretary – Steve Ferguson, chairman, Cook Group Treasurer – Jeff Smulyan, chairman and CEO, Emmis Communications At-Large – Gail Boudreaux, president and CEO, Anthem At-Large – Jeff Harrison, president and CEO, Citizens Energy Group At-Large – Mark Hill, [...]
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership celebrates 20 years of impact in Central Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS (September 4, 2019) – The Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP) was formed in 1999 and today, 20 years later, it is celebrating the many milestones that have been achieved by strategically bringing together the chief executives of Central Indiana’s prominent corporations, private foundations and universities to positively impact the economy, workforce and quality of life in Central Indiana. In the 1980s and 1990s, one significant growth strategy in Indianapolis was the promotion of the city as an amateur athletics center. The move of the NCAA headquarters to Indianapolis in 1999 was a major outcome of this strategy and a huge win for the region. After this accomplishment was achieved, a task force of community leaders was convened by the Corporate Community Council to determine how to build on this success by enhancing and broadening the region’s community and economic [...]
Podcast: Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP) and the Power of a Guiding Force
CICP is celebrating its 20th Anniversary. To kick-off the celebration, CICP and its initiatives (Ascend Indiana, AgriNovus Indiana, BioCrossroads, Conexus Indiana, Energy Systems Network and TechPoint) are participating in a six-week podcast mini-series through CICP's agbioscience initiative AgriNovus Indiana. Listeners will hear about innovation/technology convergence, economic development, talent attraction and more. All shared priorities among CICP initiatives and what makes AgriNovus and its work to support the agbioscience sector (a sector entirely focused on interaction and collaboration) so successful. CICP President and CEO David L. Johnson starts the conversation with his episode “Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP) and the Power of a Guiding Force”, which is now live. Here are some links where you can tune-in and subscribe: Apple: https://apple.co/2LwGDiV Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2LQOmUP Stitcher: http://bit.ly/2Mcj92F Google Play: http://bit.ly/AgBioSciGP Youtube: http://bit.ly/AgriNovusYT (will be up later today) Podcast Site: http://bit.ly/2RR1wDA The podcasts are [...]
