While artificial intelligence dominates discourse these days, I keep hearing a growing drumbeat that Gen Z and millennials are tired of constantly scrolling. They increasingly are seeking analog ways to connect, especially when making financial decisions.
Our banking article shares that sentiment as young workers look for advice about life’s big decisions. Bank branches are filling that need with experts who can answer questions, and maybe, provide a little hand-holding.
Risk managers are offering that kind of guidance too. They can help business owners decide what kind of insurance is right for them or point out unnecessary expenses.
Renovations come with lots of risks, but the entrepreneurs we feature in our architecture/design story are willing to bet on places that once were abandoned. A former corn silo now hosts weddings!
Projects like these often call for a little faith in the outcome, a little like business owners who decided there is a better way to wellness. They noticed their patients were tired of prescriptions as the only answer to their pain. Nurse practitioners and other healthcare providers have found functional medicine offers an alternative to traditional office visits — and the waiting room.
Parents also are looking for ways to make life easier, and regional employers are answering the call. They are recognizing that access to daycare affects their bottom lines too, and flexibility means more than unlimited PTO. Despite the paperwork hurdles, one business owner opened a daycare for his employees’ children.
Leaders like Jay Buckmaster of the Crossroads YMCA wants to help families too. He is opening and expanding new locations that offer more than fitness routines.
Lithographic Communications also is expanding. Owner Richard Pietrzak Jr. launched a wide-format printing facility in December. He is confident that print products continue to be the standard.
Werner Graf II is committed to helping children live the virtues of their heroes by learning about them at his Gallery Arcade and Museum in Michigan City. His nonprofit Graf Dairy Hero Foundation also offers grants to help children improve their lives.
Finally, business owner Yolo López DeMarco shares her perspective on parenting, and what mothers really want: understanding. We all could use a little of that!
Enjoy this issue!
Read more stories from the current issue of Northwest Indiana Business Magazine.
Flexibility for working mother
Heroic values on display
One-stop print shop
Power of collaboration
Avoid the unexpected
Childcare challenge
Beyond the prescription pad
New life for dormant buildings
Banks keep branching out
