Riley & Sons acquires Sayre’s
McCORDSVILLE — Riley & Sons Collision has purchased Sayre’s Collision in McCordsville and will be expanding its east-central Indiana family of shops.
The company is remodeling and re-branding the shop to the Riley & Sons Collision name and looks forward to opening soon.
Riley & Sons also has locations in Greenfield, Pendleton, Anderson and New Castle.
Real estate office opens in new location
GREENFIELD — The F.C. Tucker Company, Inc. recently opened its new 3,100-square foot office this week at 928 N. State Street.
It’s a homecoming of sorts, as the newly renovated facility is two doors down from where Roy Wilson’s family real estate agency was first founded in 1972. Wilson is now one of the eight agents in the new location. The current owner, who is leasing to F.C. Tucker, purchased the property in February 2019. Tucker partnered with the owner to fully renovate the space with an expanded second story, a new interior and new front entrance.
The office can accommodate at least 15 F.C. Tucker real estate agents. It features private offices and open office space as well as a full kitchen and large conference room for buyer and seller meetings.
Unemployment rate drops
HANCOCK COUNTY — The county’s preliminary unemployment rate was 3% for April, down from 3.5% the month before.
It’s been gradually decreasing since spiking to 13.2% in April 2020 at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
On a list ranking all 92 Indiana counties’ preliminary April 2021 unemployment rates from highest to lowest, Hancock County tied with several others at 65th. Adams County had the lowest rate, at 2.1%, while Lake County topped the list, with 7.6%
Indiana’s preliminary unemployment rate for April did not change from 3.9% in March, far below the nearly 17% it saw for April 2020.
The nation’s preliminary April rate was 6.1%, up from March’s 6% and down from April 2020’s nearly 15%.
Recovery grants available for hospitality, entertainment
INDIANAPOLIS — A new grant program is available to support Hoosier hotels, entertainment venues and promoters by reimbursing certain expenses incurred during and related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Indiana Hospitality & Entertainment Grant program makes available $30 million in federal funding to accelerate the speed of recovery for these businesses that have been significantly impacted over the last year and largely excluded from other government assistance programs.
The application, along with additional details and instruction, is available at backontrack.in.gov.
