Greenfield professional earns industry honor
James L. Fletcher, D.D.S., recently received an award for serving as the past year’s president of the International Association for Orthodontics.
The award was given at the 2018 Annual IAO meeting in Hawaii.
Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance to host Hackathon
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance will host its second annual hackathon July 20 and 21 at the company’s headquarters, 225 S. East St., Indianapolis, according to a news release. The sprint event empowers participants, comprised largely of employees, to collaborate in solving internal business problems by building technology solutions.
The event will commence on July 20, with several teams breaking off to put their creative coding, hacking and programming skills to work. The 24-hour challenge culminates with teams presenting ideas to a panel of judges to showcase how their “hack” is the best solution. Prizes are awarded to the first and second place winners, the release stated.
“This event provides opportunities for employees to apply or prove their technical skills while working with other creative minds whom they don’t usually work with,” said Jarvis Ka, enterprise architect. “Hosting an event like this really speaks volumes to the type of company we are.”
Nestled in a traditionally conservative industry, Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance has proven to be a company that invests in its many talented, creative and engaged employees who enjoy moving the company forward and investing in their futures here.
Report finds affordable apartments out of reach for many area workers
INDIANAPOLIS — A worker in the Indianapolis metropolitan area needs to earn $13.38 per hour to afford a typical one-bedroom apartment at market rate, according to a new study released Wednesday by affordable housing advocates.
Prosperity Indiana and the National Low Income Housing Coalition released the study, called “Out of Reach: The High Cost of Housing.” Prosperity Indiana was previously known as the Indiana Association for Community Economic Development.
The groups advocate for the government to create more affordable housing solutions for low-income workers.
In Indiana at large, a minimum-wage worker earning $7.25 per hour would need to have 1.7 full-time jobs or work 69 hours per week to afford a typical one-bedroom apartment. The study defined affordability as spending no more than 30 percent of income on housing costs.
In order to afford a two-bedroom apartment at fair-market rent in Indiana, a renter would need to earn $15.56 per hour, the study said. That’s an increase from last year, when they would have had to earn $15.17 per hour
This report was published in the Indianapolis Business Journal.
