AGAPE to Locate in Union Building in downtown Anderson
Area: LocalCities: AndersonPeople: Kris Ockomon, Jeff RogersTags: City of Anderson, Anderon Economic Development DepartmentTopics: Government, BusinessTypes: News
ANDERSON, IN - Mayor Kris Ockomon announced today the addition of a new business to Anderson’s local economy. The company, AGAPE, LLC, is a start up company that will immediately employ 75 people in the call center industry and intends to grow to 400 employees within one year.
Managing partner Jeff Rogers spoke of AGAPE’s site selection process, “AGAPE searched throughout the Midwest for a location to base our operations. We chose Anderson because of the positive business climate; Anderson has the combination we most needed, a large and capable workforce and the ready accessibility of fiber optic infrastructure.”
The Mayor’s office, Economic Development Department, and Anderson Municipal Light and Power have worked with AGAPE since February to assist in selection of their Anderson location. The City offered the extension of fiber optics to the new location at a cost of three thousand dollars. Linda Dawson, Executive Director of Economic and Community Development for the City of Anderson, commented, “In respect to return on investment, the City’s financial investment in this project will be recovered in the first minutes of AGAPE’s presence in Anderson.”
AGAPE has chosen to locate in downtown’s historic Union Building, a Sullivanesque, terra cotta building constructed in 1902. The building was purchased by Albert Golukhov in 2006. Golukhov has invested two million dollars in renovations since that time. Jeanne Clarkson, property manager for the Union Building, stated, “The Union Building is under-going a multimillion dollar renovation, creating over 30,000 SF of additional Class A office space with the latest in state of the art amenities and services available to current and potential tenants. We are marketing locally, nationally and internationally for new businesses to relocate to Anderson.”
“The fact that AGAPE chose not just to locate in Anderson, but in downtown Anderson, is great news for our citizens, and our other downtown businesses. Adding 75 new downtown workers—growing to 400 new downtown workers within a year—will have an overwhelmingly positive impact for retail and commercial businesses and even downtown events,” added Mayor Kris Ockomon.
Positions will pay an average of $10 per hour. AGAPE plans to begin hiring immediately. If interested in employment with AGAPE, please direct an email to Apply@AGAPEcomUSA.com or check www.AGAPEIndiana.com after May 15.
Source: City of Anderson Press Release
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GREAT NEWS for the downtown
GREAT NEWS for the downtown bussiness,, More downtown workers,, more side bussiness pop up. Places to eat, barber shops, card stores ect.
I bet if they could have
I bet if they could have gotten them in there a year and a half ago...Morano's might still be open, and I might still have a job there.
It's a positive thing for
It's a positive thing for the city of Anderson as far as getting more jobs here. But here is my question... How many call centers does this town/area need? It's obvious after talking to several people about that type of job that this town/area doesn't have the right people to fill these positions. Not saying anything bad about the people, it's just that these people don't like to put up with crap they get over the phone and some of the incentives that the companies bring aren't enough sometimes to keep the worker there.
I have worked in a few call centers myself. Actually I start work in one in 2 weeks. I can handle the BS and rudeness from callers unlike some. This town needs more manufacturing type jobs. Heck it was built on those types of jobs. As an example now you have Die Makers answering cute little catalog questions. On top of that you have people that live here that spent their entire life working in the manufacturing industry and that is all they know.
I used to work for the state and handled a lot of the Guide and Delphi UI claims and I saw 60 year old men trying to use a computer for the first time just to get their UI money. Now these same people have to get a job in town where 99% of the job is done on a computer.
Some of you know that I'm a computer freak and you can usually find me in front of mine. So it's not like I don't know where the workforce technology is headed. Here's another quick example. I went for my interview yesterday and passed the tests with ease (remember I'm a comp freak lol). But I saw an older lady there for an interview and it took her 3 times as long to take the same tests and she didn't even pass the typing skills test.
Maybe I'm wrong in seeing it like this. I don't know.Just my 2 cents on the subject.. I think I ranted on too much.
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