NEW PALESTINE — A business offering skin care, slimming and other services has moved to a new location with a new name.
Tamera Sweet, formerly of ReVive U Med Spa Body & Health at 47 W. Main St. in New Palestine, has reopened as SPA 52 at 35 E. Main St. Her services include facials; skin care; slimming using an ultrasonic cavitation machine; and teeth whitening.
Treatments and consultations are by appointment only. The spa can be reached at 317-796-4577. More information along with a link to schedule appointments is on the SPA 52 by Tamera Sweet Facebook page.
County OKs tax break for expansion
HANCOCK COUNTY — The Hancock County Council approved a tax abatement for an architectural sheet metal shop’s planned expansion.
Applied Fabricators intends to add 18,000 square feet onto its 10,000-square foot facility at 7185 W. County Road 200N, where it specializes in fabricating metal for exteriors of buildings.
The expansion, which is estimated to cost about $1 million, is needed to make room for more equipment, personnel and product. County council members unanimously approved a property tax abatement on the addition earlier this month upon introduction and will hold a vote to confirm it at a future meeting.
Applied Fabricators’ expansion is estimated to create five full-time jobs in the next three to four years with salaries exceeding $256,000. The company currently employs 14 full-time and two part-time with salaries exceeding $850,000.
Seller’s real estate market continues
HANCOCK COUNTY — Residential real estate remained an active seller’s market in May, with prices continuing to increase fueled by declining inventory, according to an area real estate firm.
Monthly statistics from F.C. Tucker Company for May 2021 revealed a 15.3% increase in home sale prices in Hancock County, with an average sale price of $265,331, compared to this time last year. Available housing inventory continued to decrease, down 59.5%, and the number of homes sold in Hancock County increased 11% compared to May 2020.
