Civil Municipal Magazine Aug 2023

92 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 4, ISSUE 8 We recently spoke with Dale Strong, president of the Fayette County Commissioners, and Dan Parker, president and chief executive officer of the Fayette County Industrial Development Corporation. They told us how Connersville, known for clean water and low crime, is named for early settler John Conner, who established a trading post in the area some 220 years ago, and how the county is named for the Marquis de Lafayette (la Fayette, en français, hence the spelling of the county’s name). They also talked about the area’s economic movers and shakers, including the Connersville- based Stant Corporation, a recognized world leader in the design and manufacturing of vapor-management, fuel-delivery and thermal management systems, and Howden Roots, also located in Connersville, a noted manufacturer of rotary-positive displacement blowers and centrifugal compressors. The Roots brothers were famed for their creation of a type of air turbine. FAYET TE COUNT Y, IND. Comcast brings everyone closer to the moments that matter.