Business View Magazine | April 2019

164 market for replicas - a small company called Fiberglass Freaks. In fact, we’re putting in a Batmobile museum here next year.” “The food industry is pretty big for us,” adds Bill Cuppy, president of Cass County/Lo- gansport Economic Development Organiza- tion. “We have a lot of companies that work off of Tyson, so, their presence here helps other things that come from the pork processing world. We have pet treat suppliers; we have storage facilities; we have transportation com- panies that are here and growing because of Tyson. A lot of our main employers are expand- ing, adding new equipment and people - just over $130 million in the last 16 months. We also have a lot of entrepreneurs in Logansport opening up restaurants and boutiques. So retail and restaurants are growing organically. Things are going well in Logansport.” Kitchell says the city’s philosophy is to try and create the correct environment for future economic growth “instead of chasing smoke- stacks.” There is a major industrial park near the Logansport/Cass County Airport, which was named Airport of the Year in Indiana in 2013. “So the infrastructure is there,” he asserts. “We have shovel-ready sites there with a silver designation for their readiness for immediate development.” In addition, the industrial park is located in a TIF District and new businesses LOGANSPORT, INDIANA