Co-Alliance Celebrates Opening of New Indianapolis Headquarters

Indiana-based agriculture and vitality cooperative Co-Alliance celebrated the opening of its new company headquarters in Indianapolis with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open home occasion on Friday.

Co-Alliance’s company headquarters is now positioned at 770 North Excessive Faculty Street in Indianapolis. The brand new location is 10 miles east of its earlier headquarters in Avon and is immediately off I-465 on the tenth Road exit.

The corporate says its new facility will higher accommodate their rising staff and is extra centrally positioned in its present footprint.

Co-Alliance supplies providers in agronomy, propane, fuels, grain, seed, hog manufacturing and feed. The corporate additionally providers greater than five-million agriculture acres throughout Indiana, Ohio & Michigan.

“After I take into consideration the coop, I take into consideration household,” mentioned Kevin Nonetheless, President and CEO of Co-Alliance, who additionally spoke in regards to the progress of the farmer-owned cooperative and the power of agriculture in Indiana.

“This transfer signifies greater than a change in location. It’s a image of progress of our farmer-owned cooperative, the power of agriculture in Indiana and the evolution of how we are going to do enterprise to suit a altering business. This location will provide us higher entry to expertise, proximity to the middle of our footprint and the flexibility to raised serve our greater than eleven thousand owner-members,” mentioned Nonetheless.

“The cooperative spirit is alive and nicely at Co-Alliance,” mentioned Bruce Kettler, Director of the Indiana State Division of Agriculture, who spoke on the ribbon-cutting ceremony in regards to the worth of Co-Alliance to Indiana agriculture. “Via innovation, management and the continued enhancement of sustainable agricultural practices, Co-Alliance will information Indiana’s farm households in direction of one other century of success.”

“To us, it’s all about service,” mentioned Tim Burke, farmer from Monticello, Indiana and Chairman of the Co-Alliance Board. He mentioned that the importance of this transfer is about service to rural communities.

“How we deal with our neighbors, how we discover options in a altering panorama, how we reply to hardships and setbacks. From the youngest baby to our most senior neighbor, Co-Alliance seeks to make a optimistic affect on each member of the communities we serve,” mentioned Burke.

Co-Alliance Cooperative has greater than 160 areas and employs over 1,000 folks. The co-op is owned by greater than 11,200 farmer-owners, 8,100 of that are from Indiana.

As a part of its service to the neighborhood, Co-Alliance has additionally reinvested greater than $500,000 again into the communities they serve by 4-H, FFA, meals safety applications and farm and vitality security coaching.

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