Bank makes promotions
GREENFIELD — Union Savings and Loan has promoted several key personnel. Amanda Back, Derrick Mathews, Amy Hammons and Tim Carsey have all been promoted in senior management of the locally owned bank.
Back has been promoted to executive vice president, Mathews has been promoted to chief financial officer and senior trust officer, and Hammons and Carsey have been promoted to chief lending officer.
Hancock County mattress maker opens store in Noblesville
NOBLESVILLE — Comfort Option, which manufactures mattresses at 7213 W. 200N in Hancock County, plans to relocate its downtown Indianapolis store to an expanded retail space in Hamilton Town Center.
The company plans to open its new store Friday adjacent to Cunningham Group’s Stone Creek restaurant at 13904 Town Center Blvd., Noblesville, according to a news release.
Comfort Option’s 2019 revenue outpaced 2018 by 65%, the release says. The company opened its first storefront in Circle Centre Mall in 2019.
Administrative professionals conference coming up
GREENFIELD — Registration is open for Greenfield Area Chamber of Commerce’s Administrative Professionals Conference.
The conference is 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 10 at Hancock County Public Library, 900 W. McKenzie Road, Greenfield. Registration is $35, which includes lunch. Register at greenfieldcc.org under the News & Events tab.
The featured speaker is Michelle Parise, who has more than 15 years of experience as an administrative professional. She built an administrative team at Pinterest and now focuses on helping companies build, develop and support their administrative professional teams, as well as coaching admins one on one.
For more information, call 317-477-4188.
Statewide building permits up
INDIANA — There were more building permits across the state in January 2020 than in January 2019, according to the Indiana Builders Association.
The U.S. Census Bureau recently released statewide totals for building permits issued in January 2020, showing 1,116 single-family permits were pulled for the month, an IBA news release said. That is a 31% increase from January 2019. This number is down 12% from December 2019, when 1,266 permits were pulled.
IBA CEO Rick Wajda said in the release that this year’s temperate winter compared to last year’s leaves the association optimistic for a strong 2020.
