Hendricks County Business Leader hcbusinessleader.com • December 2019 1 Where Hendricks County Business Comes First December 2019 | Issue 0173 hcbusinessleader.com CHAMPION CHEVROLET OF AVON is the Hendricks County Business Leader’s 2019 Tim Roberts of Champion Chevrolet of Avon believes a thriving community is key to success Business of the Year MONEY MATTERS THE PERSONAL TOUCH So what’s with all Your stances this bullishness all and your of a sudden? Dow 30000 soon? business Jeff Binkley Scott Flood PAGE 4 PAGE 8 Finally, local VoIP and internet service for your Hendricks County business that’s user-friendly and priced right. Contact us for a FREE on-site overview. TELTECINC.COM • (317) 390-8585 2 December 2019 • hcbusinessleader.com Hendricks County Business Leader OPINION QUOTE OF THE MONTH CARTOON OUR VIEW Shop the county for the holidays “Christmas is a It’s that time of year again, when season not only of there is a little kid in all of us and gift giving seems to control our behavior. rejoicing but Here is a friendly reminder that there are numerous retail outlets of reflection.” that are locally owned in Hendricks — Winston Churchill County that offer great gifts at rea- sonable prices. Support those busi- nesses. They are owned – in most cases – by local people who employ local people. On page 12 of this issue of the Business Leader, the folks at the Hendricks County Economic De- velopment Partnership report that according to “Hoosiers by the Numbers” the county’s retail sector Humor: Eschew obfuscation; espouse elucidation is our industry leader for the num- By Gus Pearcy ber of small businesses. As the re- Street Street. the department. port states: “Hendricks County’s It seems like every city and town Thing names are important to de- Christmas has several traditions small-business and entrepreneur- in America has a Main Street. A ma- scribe what a thing is or does. Brand that seem appropriately named. We ial environment are essential to our jor thoroughfare from whence every names aside, things should be accu- call it a Christmas tree because that’s local economy as they drive growth other major street intersects. That rately named. Some think they can what it is. Eggnog is pretty self-ex- in the county and reinvest back seems reasonable. Dull, perhaps, but “game” the system to “obfuscate” -- planatory, too. Yet, we get creative and into the community.” understandable. confuse or make unclear -- the reality. call Santa Claus, Kris Kringle, because Reinvest is the key word. These Commercial developers are tasked Take for instance, a small town in it rhymes with jingle, right? We don’t are businesses that support the with naming things like communi- Boone County. This town, to not be call him “legacy elf.” schools, the local Cub Scouts, ties and the streets within. Some are named, has been growing quickly but Did you know that mistletoe is a the youth sports programs, etc. good at it. Take for instance Stratford most of the new development is south parasitic plant? But when you say mis- They care deeply about Hendricks of Avon. Every street in there is named of the original town. When the town tletoe, everyone understands what you County and the communities they for a Shakespearian character or even talks about the historic part of town, mean. You are communicating. they call it the “legacy core.” This is in- Yet no one intends to rename call work and home. You get the Shakespeare Drive. stead of old town. OK, I get the inher- Christmas “Gift Exchange Day” be- idea. Support them. The developers played off of the ent negative vibes of old town, but leg- cause that’s what it really is. Consider We fondly remember a great English city associated with the play- acy core sounds like something from a what you are communicating before men’s clothing store in the coun- wright which was Avon. Clever. Greek fraternity. you start naming things. ty that went out of business a few Some developers seem to give up. Brownsburg changed the name of Merry Christmas and elucidate! years ago. It was a great place to Like there is a Parkway Drive in Zi- the planning department to devel- shop for clothes – and the owner onsville. The naming committee just opment services. Most people know was fun to visit, always in a great seemed to give up. Gus Pearcy is a contributing what a planning department does, but columnist to the Hendricks mood and ready to help you. He “Ah, let’s name this street after a development services is vague and County Business Leader. He may be didn’t care if you came in to buy a synonym for street,” the committee needs clarification. It “obfuscates” the reached at (317) 403-6485 or gus@ pair of socks or a new suit. chair must have said. icontimes.com clear communication of the point of He was also a hot stop for those Soon, I’ll be covering a gas leak on seeking donations and he was always very gracious in giving back. Prob- lem was, many of those who came to Hendricks County The Hendricks County Business Leader is him seeking a donation never made published by Grow Local Media LLC. Content Business Leader published alongside this icon is sponsored by any purchases at his store. 5252 E. Main St., one of our valued advertisers. Sponsored content You understand the point. Avon, IN 46123 is produced or commissioned by advertisers We make no apology for sug- PHONE: (317) 451-4088 working in tandem with Grow Local Media’s sales representatives. 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They ing to 20000.” This was mid-sum- gardless of fact and evidence. So mer when the Dow was hovering impeachment is a done deal. (But do it all, problem solving, set up, training around 18000. This was also when I also thought Mrs. Clinton was conventional wisdom very much going to win in 2016, right up un- and keeping our Dental practice relevant thought Hillary Clinton was go- til she didn’t so what do I know?) ing to be our next president. At Impeachment with no conviction and productive over the years.” the time, I thought, “Sure. Dow in the Senate, but then they’ll find - Indianapolis Endodontics PC 20000 is likely but not for at least something else to hate Mr. Trump a few years down the road. Maybe for…. around 2020 as President Clinton’s What really needs to happen is 1st and likely last presidential term for Speaker Pelosi to allow a House “We have been working with Tel Tec for would be winding down. I didn’t vote on the US-Mexico-Canada almost 10 years, and they have always think the economy and stock mar- (USMCA) trade agreement. This ket would respond any differently would likely pass. The senate would been easy to contact and available to to a Clinton (Hillary) presidency almost immediately approve it and then it did to an Obama presiden- President Trump would sign it into answer all of our questions. They have cy… anemic economic growth re- law shortly thereafter. Do some sulting in anemic stock market research and you’ll find that the made great suggestions regarding growth. Then Trump was elected, USMCA deal is far more impor- information technology, especially upsetting many, many apple carts tant and impactful than the China from DC to the corner of Wall and trade agreement. The USMCA is our phones. They have updated our Broad. twice the volume of trade and im- I was wrong and my client was pacts five-times the exports. equipment in the past, and we are very, very right. The Dow broke The other thing that could push currently working with them again 20000 on January 25, 2017, a lit- us to 30000 may come from our tle over six months after my cli- European cousins across the At- regarding another update.” ent predicted it.