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Kirby Risk Electric Company -James Risk III

All in the Family

This year marks the 95th anniversary of Kirby Risk Corporation, founded in 1926 when J. Kirby Risk borrowed $500 from his father and joined Otto Keiffer to open the Keiffer-Risk Battery Company in a small, abandoned blacksmith shop in Lafayette. Keiffer left the company within the year and was replaced by George Tweedie. The company became Risk-Tweedie Electric Service, and Risk was able to repay his father that $500 loan.

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Kirby Risk Electric Company -James Risk III

All in the Family

This year marks the 95th anniversary of Kirby Risk Corporation, founded in 1926 when J. Kirby Risk borrowed $500 from his father and joined Otto Keiffer to open the Keiffer-Risk Battery Company in a small, abandoned blacksmith shop in Lafayette. Keiffer left the company within the year and was replaced by George Tweedie. The company became Risk-Tweedie Electric Service, and Risk was able to repay his father that $500 loan.

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Innovation Story

Driving Force: Subaru of Indiana Automotive

SIA is woven into the community’s fabric, churning out cars, jobs, customers and community service at a time when some automobile manufacturers are struggling to keep the lights on.

The Lafayette plant is Subaru’s only manufacturing facility outside of Asia and currently employs more than 6,000 associates, of which more than 5,000 work in production. When the plant opened in 1989, associates built the Subaru Legacy and Isuzu Pick-up. In the years that followed, SIA continued to produce Subaru models in addition to other vehicles, including the Isuzu Rodeo, Honda Passport and Toyota Camry.

Since June 2016, the plant has exclusively produced Subaru vehicles. Current cars rolling off the assembly line here are the Ascent, Impreza, Legacy and Outback models for North America.

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Greater advantages
Indiana: A state that works

real property tax abatements

personal property tax abatements

job training grants

Fastest Growing City in Indiana

First for Quality of Government in Indiana

First In Infrastructure upgrades in the U.S.

Greater Lafayette is a community connected to the world. Central Indiana is known as the Crossroads of America for good reason. You can easily access major cross country interstates, passenger rail, freight railroads and other major highways, and airports.

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We have immediate space available for your business. If you want to start from scratch, we have certified shovel-ready sites you can begin building on immediately. Whether you are new to our community, scaling your existing business, or just getting started, we have move-in ready spaces. Be it a warehouse, industrial, Class A office, wet lab, business incubator, or lower-cost coworking space, we will help you find the right location for your business.

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MatchBOX coworking studio

MatchBOX is a place to work for those who don't have places to work. Think of a coffee shop mashed up with an office park in a historic garage. It's a room full of desks with all the amenities you need to get work done.
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CONVERGENCE

Convergence at Discovery Park District is private industry’s front door to Purdue. Available for occupancy, plant your company flag just steps from Purdue’s renowned research centers. Have direct proximity to accomplished faculty members and Indiana’s brightest undergraduate and graduate students.
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