Roots & Graffiti

Listen to Roots & Graffiti, a podcast about the real, raw Jasper County, Indiana. Topics to be discussed range from project announcements to conversations about rural issues. 

Join hosts Stephen Eastridge from the Jasper County Economic Development Organization & Brienne Hooker from the Jasper Newton Foundation while they talk through major projects in 2022 and what to look forward to in 2023.  Listen to the full conversation here in this episode. 

Roots & Graffiti 

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Listen to Roots & Graffiti, a podcast about the real, raw Jasper County, Indiana. Topics to be discussed range from project announcements to conversations about rural issues. 

Join hosts Stephen Eastridge from the Jasper County Economic Development Organization & Brienne Hooker from the Jasper Newton Foundation while they talk with Carlos Vasquez from Franciscan Health Rensselaer.  Together they discuss projects and partnerships with Franciscan and healthcare and services available to the community. 

Franciscan is investing $28M into the critical access hospital facilities in Rensselaer.  Read more HERE!

Listen to the full conversation here in this episode. 

Roots & Graffiti 

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Franciscan Health Rensselaer

https://www.franciscanhealth.org/

https://www.franciscanhealth.org/find-a-location/view-all-locations?q=Rensselaer

Listen to Roots & Graffiti, a podcast about the real, raw Jasper County, Indiana. Topics to be discussed range from project announcements to conversations about rural issues. 

Join hosts Stephen Eastridge from the Jasper County Economic Development Organization & Brienne Hooker from the Jasper Newton Foundation while they talk with Lana Zimmer about the importance of local food in our communities. Together they discuss the local farming, agriculture and the benefits of local food in your community.

Listen to the full conversation here in this episode. 

Roots & Graffiti 

Email: [email protected]

Listen to Roots & Graffiti, a podcast about the real, raw Jasper County, Indiana. Topics to be discussed range from project announcements to conversations about rural issues. 

Join hosts Stephen Eastridge from the Jasper County Economic Development Organization & Brienne Hooker from the Jasper Newton Foundation while they talk with Nelson and Diedra  about Project Ribeye coming to Jasper County, more specifically in the DeMotte area of the county. Together they discuss the need for more quality meat processing plants so that you can love where you live and where your food comes from. 

Project Ribeye plans to process around 100 beef cattle and 15-20 hogs per week. The project will create approximately 30 new jobs in Jasper County and plan to invest $10MM to construct their processing facility. 

For more information about the project, contact [email protected]

Listen to the full conversation here in this episode. 

Roots & Graffiti 

Email: [email protected]

Listen to Roots & Graffiti, a podcast about the real, raw Jasper County, Indiana. Topics to be discussed range from project announcements to conversations about rural issues. 

Join hosts Stephen Eastridge from the Jasper County Economic Development Organization & Brienne Hooker from the Jasper Newton Foundation while they talk with Diva Rish from the DeMotte Chamber of Commerce about The Touch of Dutch Festival from the planning perspective, history and recap of this year’s event. Topics also discussed are volunteers after COVID, updates from the Chamber and ways the community can come together. 

Listen to the full conversation here in this episode.

Roots & Graffiti 

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Listen to Roots & Graffiti, a podcast about the real, raw Jasper County, Indiana. Topics to be discussed range from project announcements to conversations about rural issues. 

Join hosts Stephen Eastridge from the Jasper County Economic Development Organization & Brienne Hooker from the Jasper Newton Foundation while they talk with John Cripe about updates in Remington as of early summer 2022. John discusses grants that have been awarded, projects that are happening in Remington and upcoming events. 

Listen to the full conversation here in this episode. 

Roots & Graffiti 

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Listen to Roots & Graffiti, a podcast about the real, raw Jasper County, Indiana. Topics to be discussed range from project announcements to conversations about rural issues. 

Join hosts Stephen Eastridge from the Jasper County Economic Development Organization & Brienne Hooker from the Jasper Newton Foundation while they talk with Ken Culp about volunteerism in your community. Ken dives into generational differences when it comes to volunteering and how volunteering looks a little different after the pandemic. 

Listen to the full conversation here in this episode. 

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Ken Culp, III, Ph.D.
Principal Volunteerism Specialist
Adjunct Associate Professor
Dept. of Family Sciences
University of Kentucky
212 Scovell Hall
Lexington, KY 40546-0064
859.227.7506
[email protected] 

Volunteer Solutions
Consultant for Volunteer Administration
1065 Durham Lane
Nicholasville, KY 40356
 859.227.7506
www.kenculp.net

Listen to Roots & Graffiti, a podcast about the real, raw Jasper County, Indiana. Topics to be discussed range from project announcements to conversations about rural issues. 

Join hosts Stephen Eastridge from the Jasper County Economic Development Organization & Brienne Hooker from the Jasper Newton Foundation while they talk with David Terrell about community development. Listen to the full conversation here in this episode. 

JCEDO and JNF will pattern in 2023 to bring David Terrell and his Indiana Community Development Course to our local elected officials and community leaders in March.  Look for more opportunities to learn about community development from both organizations.

Look for an invitation to a luncheon on October 26th, 2022 at Embers - check social media or email us for more information to sign up and learn!

Roots & Graffiti 

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Listen to Roots & Graffiti, a podcast about the real, raw Jasper County, Indiana. 

Topics to be discussed range from project announcements to conversations about rural issues. Join hosts Stephen Eastridge from the Jasper County Economic Development Organization & Brienne Hooker from the Jasper Newton Foundation while they talk with Adam Alson & Megan Inskeep about why early childhood education is important & a necessity in Jasper County.  

Appleseed Childhood Education - Rensselaer, Indiana 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/appleseedchildhoodeducation

Website: https://www.appleseedchildhoodeducation.org/

Email: [email protected]

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Join Stephen & Brienne as they talk with Dan & Julie Perkins with Perkins Good Earth farm. They are a local CSA farm, growing vegetables right here in Jasper County. They are currently trying to meet their goal of 200 individuals in their community receiving their home grown vegetables. Perkins Good Earth farm also has a thriving community of partnerships for other goods from local farmers. Join the conversation and learn about the great things growing in our community. 

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 Perkins Good Earth Farm

Website: https://perkinsgoodearthfarm.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PerkinsGoodEarthFarm/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/perkinsgoodearthfarm/

Roots & Graffiti 

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