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Secret known as Noblesville is getting out | IndyStar.com Secret known as Noblesville is getting out When SMC Corp. moves here, our city will be known around the world Beyond Central Indiana -- sometimes beyond just Hamilton County -- Noblesville is one of those best-kept secrets that people share with each other by word of mouth. The quaint shops downtown. The farmers' market. The summer Street Dance. The well-kept Old Town residences. The old Sheriff's Residence. The good schools. The large, newer houses. Morse Lake and the White River. The Hoosier hospitality, Noblesville style. A better job awaits We could go on and on. But as Noblesville area residents, you already Vice President, Operations know all about these things and how they define Noblesville. If we tried Louisville Water Co US-IN-Indianapolis to list everything that makes Noblesville special, we would run out of room on this page. And besides, we would just be preaching to the choir. Inside Sales Central Restaurant Products Tony Hurst makes head covers for But there was a new development last week that is going to put US-IN-Indianapolis a pneumatic cylinder Thursday at Noblesville "on the map," to borrow that phrase, for a different reason. DRIVER the current SMC Corp. facility in Indianapolis. SMC will build its new When Japanese-owned SMC Corp. opens its new, expanded North US-IN-Indianapolis headquarters in Noblesville and create 275 new jobs starting in American headquarters in Noblesville two years from now, the city's RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT 2009. - Sam Riche / The Star employment base will increase substantially -- especially its PARADISE BAKERY & CAFE manufacturing jobs. US-IN-Indianapolis ACCOUNTANT, BOOKKEEPER We have seen hundreds of retail jobs arrive as franchise stores, by the dozens, have opened along Ind. 37, but industry has been slower in coming around. Last week's news will change the employment mix in a big way. US-IN-Indianapolis After it is operational, SMC will eclipse King Systems as Noblesville's largest private employer with 500 jobs Post a Resume transferring from the firm's current operations on Indianapolis' far eastside -- as well as 275 new ones that will be Post a Job filled once "new-hiring" signs are posted throughout Hamilton County and the northern tier of Central Indiana. See more jobs at CareerBuilder.com With incentives from the city worth about $15 million plus roughly $5 million more in assistance from the state, SMC will invest $45 million of its own to build and equip a 825,000-square-foot complex on 95 acres along Cumberland Road just north of 146th Street. Ultimately, SMC sees expanding the Noblesville facility to 1.4 million square feet. If 1.4 million square feet sounds big, it is. SMC at that size would be slightly larger than Castleton Square Mall and about 40 percent larger than the new shopping mall Simon is building at I-69's Exit 10, also in Noblesville. SMC's announcement is a major step for the city's burgeoning corporate campus, planned for a 3,600-acre first phase and a 950-acre second phase north of 146th Street between Ind. 37 and I-69. With SMC in the fold, Noblesville assistant economic development director Ben Bontrager estimated that 30 to 40 percent of the city's corporate campus is under development. http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007709050334 (1 of 2) [9/5/2007 12:06:50 PM] Secret known as Noblesville is getting out | IndyStar.com Dreyer & Reinbold Infiniti Among others, SMC will join Perkins Specialized Transportation, local life- sciences company Helmer and metals- Great Lease Offers on the All New 2007 Infiniti FX35, G35x trading company Intrametco, which plan to open later this year or in the early part of 2008. AWD and M35x AWD. Only at Dreyer & Reinbold Infiniti The "secret" about Noblesville will indeed be getting out. Tom Wood Subaru Visit Tom Wood Subaru at 96th Street and Keystone Avenue If you want an industrial job, there will be far more of them a year or two from now. From entry-level factory jobs for Online Specials on New and Pre-Owned Subaru vehicles. to high-paying technical or life-sciences jobs, Noblesville will have a much richer, and more diverse employment Dreyer & Reinbold BMW VW base than what currently exists. Great Deals at Dreyer & Reinbold Greenwood on New and Pre- Owned Certified BMW, Infiniti or Volkswagen. Click for Details! Mayor John Ditslear, other elected officials and city department heads have used good judgment in crafting a long-term plan and wise financial investment to provide necessary infrastructure to take Noblesville's vision for View all Top Car Deals prosperity and turn it into reality. A robust corporate campus will make Noblesville a more-rounded community, attractive to a future work force that will be needed to fill these new jobs and less dependent on residential property taxes to fund the city's needs and obligations. "When you consider Indiana has lost more than 100,000 industrial jobs over the past few years, I think we have to be as aggressive as we can at creating as many jobs as possible," Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman said during Thursday's SMC announcement, sharing the stage -- it was actually a tent -- with Noblesville city officials and the president of SMC's North American operations. Hence, the incentives to bring SMC to Noblesville. This week, Skillman's boss -- Gov. Mitch Daniels -- heads back to Japan for his third trade mission since taking office in 2005 to invite even more Japanese companies to discover what SMC already has. Daniels' 67-member trade team leaves Friday in efforts to add to the 220 Japanese firms that already do business in Indiana. SMC, with 12,000 worldwide employees and customers in 49 countries, is a big deal in Indiana -- and an especially big deal in Noblesville. It now means that people from around the world will hear about and know about Noblesville, a city that used to be our secret but is no longer just that. http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007709050334 (2 of 2) [9/5/2007 12:06:50 PM].