About Warrick County, IN

The 2009 Evansville Living Idea Home will be open for tours Saturday through Sept. 20. Tours will be held from 11 a.m. to7 p.m. daily.

The 8,300-square-foot showcase home is located at 5844 Cypress Pointe Drive, in The Estates at Victoria.

The home was built by Messinger Construction and features work from area designers, builders and craftsmen.

Tickets are $10 per person and can be purchased at any Schnucks location or online at www.evansvilleliving.com.

All proceeds will benefit the Tri-State Food Bank, Warrick County Community Foundation and other local charities.

- John Lucas

Source: http://www.courierpress.com/news/2009/sep/07/no-headline---07a03evansvilleliving-brf/

BOONVILLE, Ind. - The Warrick County Industrial Park outside the county seat was underutilized for years with several properties idle.

No more.

"We've filled all but one of the sites, and we've got three people coming to look at that remaining space," Larry Taylor, the director of the Economic Development Department, said Monday.

"We're starting to see the results of the county's investments in infrastructure."

Prime Foods, a company that processes egg products and salad bar supplies, "has been up and running on about eight acres for some time now," Taylor noted.

Troyer Foods, a food distribution company, purchased a lot in the industrial park as did American Cold Storage, a frozen foods distributorship.

"All of a sudden, there's a lot of activity," Taylor said. "For years, Warrick was one of the fasting growing residential counties in the state. Now businesses are moving in to service those new residents."

Taylor credits better roads for the improved economic climate.

"It used to be that Morgan Avenue in Evansville to Boonville was pretty much a twisting two-lane road. Now there's a four-lane highway completed past Chandler with construction going on toward Boonville. It's much easier now for trucks to get where they want to go."

Taylor anticipates a late summer opening of Brentwood Meadows, an addiction and mental health facility near Castle High School.

"From what I've been told, it's a rehab center in the mold of a Betty Ford Clinic. They'll hire something like 50 employees and those will be very good jobs."

Taylor said the facility represents an investment of about $4 million.

Source: http://www.courierpress.com/news/2009/aug/11/warrick-industrial-park-sees-growth/

The Newburgh Wine, Art & Jazz festival will take place this weekend. This event is gaining in popularity and attendance is increasing every year. Many activities have been scheduled and will be open to the public on Saturday May 16^th from 11.00AM until 6.00PM and Sunday from noon until 6.00PM.

Entrance tickets are $ 10.00. Advance tickets are available by calling Historic Newburgh Inc. at (812) 853-2815, or they can be bought at the gate the day of the event.

Want to attend all three events? A three-day pass is $55.

Attendees are asked to park at Newburgh Elementary School, 306 State St., and the Newburgh trolley will take them down to the Old Lock and Dam Building.

Source: www.CourierPress.com

http://www.courierpress.com/news/2009/may/12/newburgh-festival-jazzes-up-its-name/