Honda has earned the title of America’s “2007 Greenest Automaker” from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) for the fourth consecutive time.
When Honda officials said they were delighted by the response the company’s call for applicants returned, they may have been understating things a bit.
That theory was borne out recently as Honda received a multitude of online applications for the first-ever positions at the Greensburg facility.
In what promises to be the first of several momentous occasions, Honda announced it will be hosting a limited ground breaking ceremony on March 19.
Honda announced it will begin hiring for a limited number of positions for the new $550 million auto plant it is constructing near Greensburg.
Honda will run a series of employment advertisements beginning this week in the Greensburg Daily News.
It’s been easy to get caught up in Honda hysteria lately with all of the happenings in Decatur County. There’s a buzz around this area which hasn’t been felt in some time.
Greetings from Narita, Japan! After a long but very comfortable flight, we arrived at Narita Airport almost on time, about 6:30 p.m. Narita time and 5:30 a.m. Greensburg time.
While most local residents were just getting up, if they slept in, and sipping their first cup of coffee, a group of 23 people from Southeastern Indiana were boarding a plane to Japan.
The employees may have been whistling while they worked but probably can’t hear it over the loud hum of heavy machinery at the Honda site.
“There were many reasons why Honda selected Indiana for our new plant – transportation, infrastructure, land and other business decisions,” Shane McCoy, a 17-year Honda employee who will be responsible for support services at the Greensburg factory, told 320 attendees of the Ripley County Chamber of Commerce annual dinner Sept. 14.
There’s one word in Southeastern Indiana that has the same star power as a Cher, Fabio or even Madonna. One mention of the H-word brings people to attention.
There’s little doubt a lot of behind the scenes work is being done by Honda representatives and their contractors as the auto manufacturer gets ready to take up residence in Greensburg.
On Wednesday, 11 mayors were asking not what they could do for Honda but what Honda could do for them.
The Honda plant is harvesting some negative feedback in its initial construction stage and the Decatur County Commissioners received the first seeds of it at their Monday meeting.
Economic development officials in Indiana and Ohio who competed for a $550 million auto assembly plant that Honda Motor Co. announced in June would be built in southeastern Indiana are now engaged in another battle.
Officials touch base on how the city of Lawrenceburg’s $10 million grant will be spent.
More than 100 people crowded into the YES Cinema Conference Center this week to hear a report on the economic impact of Honda on Bartholomew County.
days are flying by for Mayor Frank Manus but that doesn’t mean he’s in his backyard sipping lemonade. He said he’s been hard at work at City Hall and has no idea where the week went.
With the community in mind, the newly-formed Redevelopment Commission and City Tax Increment Finance Board meetings were held Thursday.
It may seem a bit odd that, with a 32-page Honda section in today’s newspaper, I chose to write about the county’s soon-to-be newest resident anyway. It really isn’t.
How do you explain to somebody, whose never been there, what walking on the moon feels like?
Water pipes, electrical lines and other utilities on the site Honda Motor Co. plans to build a $550 million auto assembly plant are being designed to handle at least 3,500 workers, a local planner says.
They will never make a movie about the 1954 Muncie Central Bearcats’ basketball team. As good as the team was, they will never be stars of the silver screen.
With the new facility for Honda looming in the future, the Decatur County Area Plan Commission (APC) set out at their Wednesday meeting to prepare for the expected commercial and residential boom that will follow with it.
We certainly live in an amazing age. With computer technology and Internet access, hometown news is never more than a click away.
Forget Lola. Decatur County is changing the words to a the tune - “Whatever Honda wants, Honda gets” - and that’s how it went at the Monday meeting of the Decatur County Commissioners.
The Greensburg Daily News Volunteer of the Week then is YOU, the people of Greensburg and Decatur County who did your part in showing Honda that this was the right choice for their new location.
Though Honda and Greensburg have been paired for less than a week, already changes are starting to occur.
With all of the hoopla created by Honda’s announcement, the employees at Custom Conveyor don’t want people to forget about them.
Now that the word is out and Greensburg has been selected as the new home of Honda, the Greensburg Board of Works set out to make sure things were in order for the beginning of construction.
This past week has probably been the biggest of Mayor Frank Manus’ political career. Truth is, he’s loving every minute of it even if the Honda news hasn’t quite completely sunk in yet.
Area business groups voice their support and praise for Honda.
Kids of all ages, rejoice! Honda is coming to town.
Alright, maybe it doesn’t warrant a ticker-tape parade by representatives from the Lollypop Guild, but the youth of the community should still be excited.
Editor’s note: Thank you to the Greensburg/Decatur County Chamber of Commerce for helping to do interviews for this story.
Yes, locally, emotions were high about the announcement of Honda choosing Decatur County as its new home and the prospect that brings. However, for one Bloomington family, Honda is and always has been more than just a brand name.
At some point in our lives everyone has that experience which makes a great story to tell. Mine came this week.
It’s a sign of the times. Well, they all are.
The joy was unanimous as local leaders reacted to Honda’s move to build a $550 million plant in Greensburg that will employ 2,000 people.
News of Honda’s official announcement Wednesday that its newest plant will be located in Decatur County met with favorable reaction among Rush County civic leaders.
Even though it’s not in Anderson, the new Honda Motor Co. plant announced in Greensburg on Wednesday could have a positive economic ripple effect through the area, including Anderson.
Lawrenceburg Mayor Bill Cunningham reminds Hoosiers not to go badmouthing casinos.
As the saying in business goes, it’s all about location, location, location. And the deciding factor behind Honda choosing a site in Greensburg, Ind., instead of Fithian was location.
With all the vast farmland in Vermilion County, it’s difficult to believe there aren’t plenty of prime spots for economic development.
Approaching $9 billion with the new plant near Greensburg, Honda’s North American capital investment has deep roots that extend far beyond the manufacturing plants.
Honda’s commitment to its customer runs much deeper than just the products it builds. With a focus on the environment and the communities in which it operates, Honda talks about of being a company society wants to exist.
Honda continues to expand the number of models and components it builds in North America by investing in flexible and efficient manufacturing operations.
Honda was in Greensburg to make an announcement as to whether they had chosen Decatur County for its newest auto-assembly plant. But, before the first word was spoken, the outcome was a forgone conclusion. The answer was yes and more than 400 people were on hand to hear it.
His day was already full. He’d just announced a $550 million project for the area, entertained 400 people with his speech and sat down for lunch with the Governor.
Honda told Indiana to start its engines Wednesday morning, but the green flag wasn’t waved until later that night.
U.S. Congressman Mike Pence today hailed Honda Motor Company's decision to build a $550 million assembly plant in Greensburg, Indiana. The plant will employ approximately 2,000 people.
Like the day Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, the pivotal words uttered by Honda Motor Company President, Koichi Kondo at Wednesday’s international press conference will be an integral part of a day most local residents will remember forever.
Today Congressman Mike Sodrel (R-IN) made the following statement on Honda Motor Co., Ltd.'s plan to build a $550 million automotive manufacturing facility in Greensburg, IN.
Your efforts to bring the new Honda facility to your community speaks volumes as to the outstanding leadership which is in place throughout the County.
Honda unveiled new banners Tuesday and, to the extreme pleasure of area residents, they have Greensburg’s famous courthouse tree emblazoned on them. Honda made its official announcement, selecting Decatur County as its new home, exclusively to the Greensburg Daily News.
The Decatur County Board of Zoning Appeals and the Area Plan Commission will meet at 7 and 8 p.m., tonight at the Greensburg Learning Center for consecutive meetings with Honda’s representatives from Baker and Daniels.
The Greensburg Community Learning Center
422 E. Central Ave.
A corporation like Honda doesn’t become a major international success without making some solid decisions along the way.
It’s official - Greensburg is the home of Honda Motor Company’s newest North American facility and those who fill the elected seats at the courthouse and City Hall could not be happier.
Speculation of an imminent decision by Honda spread like wildfire in the media world Tuesday, sending hordes of reporters rushing for their cameras and vans.
Approaching $9 billion with the new plant near Greensburg, Honda’s North American capital investment has deep roots that extend far beyond the manufacturing plants.
The Greensburg Daily News shares in the feeling of pure excitement at the announcement Honda will be joining our community.
This is the last in a series of three articles the Daily news will run exploring how each possible Honda location feels it stands in landing the auto manufacturer.
Mayor Frank Manus said he’s been extremely busy this week but residents may not be able to see the results of his endeavors at first glance.
No matter what your job is, without exception, you spend your day dealing in some commodity. If you’re a restaurateur its food, a banker deals in money, a broker in stocks and at newspapers - you guessed it - we deal in information.
There’s one thing for sure about the possible Honda Plant coming to Decatur County: Everyone has an opinion on it one way or another.
“World famous” as the Tower Tree may be, it’s not often it brings national news reporters to town. The Honda name, however, apparently has a bit more drawing power than the aspen.
If there was still any doubt in your mind that we are living in a global economy, then last month proved it completely.
Whether Honda decides to locate in Decatur County or not, we have to take the long view about the fate of the American economy and jobs.
The passion which has driven many local residents to court Honda into coming to Decatur County has been evident.
Regardless of their decision, Honda’s interest in our community has rallied our residents around common issues, themes, projects and needs.
More than 300 local red-clad citizens poured onto the courthouse lawn and braved 90-plus degree temperatures Wednesday to show the Japanese auto maker just how important its presence would be in Greensburg.
It should be no surprise that residents of our state and, in particular, Southeastern Indiana are enthusiastic about the prospect of Honda locating here.
At 4 p.m. on Friday, before the big Memorial Day weekend, Mayor Frank Manus was still in his office answering calls.
If there has been one innovation every newspaper person notes as the biggest change in the industry recently, the answer would unanimously be the Internet.
Uncle Sam may "Want you" but telling Honda executives Decatur County "wants them” to come here may be the wrong approach.
When Gov. Mitch Daniels revealed the mystery company as Honda Motor Company, Mayor Frank Manus’ week became a little pre-occupied.
“I didn’t get a whole lot done but I sure was busy,” he said.
This week a lot of sounds emanated from Decatur County when it was announced Honda was the company possibly looking to locate to the area.
First off, we at the newspaper are as excited about the potential windfall Decatur County may reap should Honda decide to make a home locally.
The meetings were deemed anti-climactic but the message was received with open arms.
Less than 24-hours after the news broke that Honda Motor Company of America was the corporate suitor to this area, representatives from their lawyers Baker and Daniels were in the city catching officials up with information.
There is an old saying that loose lips sink ships, but in the case of a corporate suitor to Decatur County, that slip of the tongue may soon build cars.
The news of the mysterious corporation’s name spread like wildfire. First reported in a Tokyo newspaper, it was quickly picked up by the media, and by noon Tuesday Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels received a reluctant go-ahead to announce the company’s name - Honda.
Japanese media sources broke the news Tuesday thwarting plans by Honda Motors to keep their identity secret until a deal was completed.
