CROWN POINT

Local company wins second APEX award

The APEX 2008 Awards for Publication Excellence recognized Building Indiana News at its 20th Annual Awards program. It's the second time that Building Indiana News, located in Crown Point, has been honored at the annual, international competition, which recognizes writers, editors, publications staff and business and nonprofit communicators.

The awards recognize excellence in graphic design, editorial content, and the success of the entry in achieving overall communications effectiveness. The magazine began publishing in 2005.

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Indiana has high-impact firms: study

"High-impact" firms create Indiana's new jobs and growth, according to a study recently released by the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration. Distributed across all industries, high-impact firms account for almost all employment and revenue growth in the national economy, the study concludes.

Of the 376,604 such firms identified by researchers nationwide, 6,777 are located in Indiana. That number represents 2.2 percent of Indiana's firms.

The study, "High-Impact Firms: Gazelles Revisited," defines high-impact firms as those whose sales have at least doubled in a four-year period and that have an employment "growth quantifier" (the firm's absolute change in employment multiplied by the percent change) of two or more. The study notes that such firms are found across all industries and in all geographic regions. It ranks regions, states, metropolitan statistical areas, and counties by their percentage of high-impact firms.

For more information, a complete copy of the report and rankings of high-impact firms by region, state, MSA, and county, visit the Office of Advocacy Web site at www.sba.gov/advo.

GARTY

Ivy Tech to offer OSHA training

Ivy Tech Community College Northwest and Safework Indiana will offer quality Occupational Safety Health Administration training Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 11 through 20, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Gary campus, 1440 E. 35th Ave. The 30-hour course is described as perfect for managers who need knowledge of OSHA regulations. For more information, call (219) 981-1111.