Daily Archives: March 23, 2010

Down Economy Slows Population Movement, Growth

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The economic slump of 2008 and 2009 appears to have dampened population movement in many parts of Indiana, according to a new report from Indiana University’s Indiana Business Research Center.

This trend is most noticeable in central Indiana where, according to 2009 population estimates released today by the Census Bureau, Hamilton, Marion and Hendricks counties registered the largest population increases among Indiana counties. However, the growth in Hamilton and Hendricks counties was well below their annual averages during this decade.

Hamilton County added 8,350 residents in 2009 compared to an average annual increase of 10,700 between 2000 and 2008. Hendricks County grew by an average of 4,060 people annually over this same period compared to 2,780 residents in 2009.
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William Lowe Named New IU Northwest Chancellor

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Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie has chosen William Lowe as the new chancellor of the IU Northwest campus, subject to the approval of the IU Board of Trustees. Lowe has been serving as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, Minn.

Lowe has been at Metropolitan State University since 2003 and is also a professor of history. In addition to serving in his current position, he served as interim president of the university from 2007-08. From 1997-2003, he was vice president for academic affairs at The College of Saint Rose in Albany, N.Y.
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Fred Tucker Retires

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After 33 years of growing the F.C. Tucker Company into the state’s largest, Indiana-based residential real estate firm, Fred C. Tucker, III, president of F.C. Tucker Company, is retiring and selling his ownership interest to his longtime business partner and friend of many years, H. James Litten, president of F.C. Tucker Company Residential Real Estate Services.

Fred Tucker is officially retiring effective April 1, 2010, when Jim Litten will become president of the F.C. Tucker Company and assume responsibility for managing both Tucker’s Residential Real Estate Services and Tucker’s family of eight additional businesses (Home-Link Services, Title Services, L.L.C., Tucker Associates, Inc. (franchising), Tucker Insurance Agency, Tucker Mortgage L.L.C., Tucker Referrals, Inc., Tucker/Schrader Auction Company, L.P., and Tucker School of Real Estate (licensing)) and two strategic alliances (HMS Home Warranty and The Bryant Company (residential leasing and management)).
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Notes: Student Loan Reform Threatens 700 Jobs at Muncie Call Center

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Student loan program reforms passed as part of health care reform legislation could cost Muncie 700 jobs depending on how things shake out.

The reforms passed Sunday night as part of the health-care reform package could prompt student lender Sallie Mae — which employs 700 people at a Muncie call center — to cut a quarter of its workforce or close its Muncie office outright. The student lender has estimated it could cut its 8,600-member workforce by as many as 2,500 and reduce its locations nationally from 25 to a half dozen.

The Supreme Court again rejected a request from Michigan to close locks in Chicago to prevent Asian carp from getting into the Great Lakes.

Keith Pitcher is retiring after 13 years as head of the Madison County Chamber of Commerce.

Fort Wayne will close a high school and an elementary school and lay off 138 teachers, administrators and other personnel.

The Indy Star nutshells health care reform.

A new four-screen cinema will open in April in La Porte.

The executive director of the Evansville Convention & Visitors Bureau is leaving for a new post in Iowa.