Pulaski County featured in second television program

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Published: Saturday, 08 February 2014 12:37

A second television program featuring Pulaski County, ExtraordINary Indiana, has now been released for broadcast around the state on various local PBS stations, reports Nathan Origer, executive director of the Pulaski County Economic Development Commission.

The five-segment show can be seen at the ExtraordINary Indiana website here; or now also on YouTube, here.

ExtraordINary Indiana: Pulaski County includes segments which feature Braun Corporation in Winamac, and Adaptasoft and FRATCO in Francesville. The program is hosted by Laura Sheets.

The local episode was commssioned last year by the Pulaski County Economic Development (PCED) Commission, and approved by the county commissioners.

The script was written by writer/producer Marla Madinger Williams of Associated Images of Indianapolis, the same company that also produces Savor Indiana. Pulaski County was also recently featured in a Savor Indiana episode which was released for broadcast last month. To see that six-segment episode, visit here.

ExtraordINary Indiana is designed to complement Savor Indiana by telling the stories of the featured community’s "indomitable" businesses and entrepreneurs, the producers explain. The primary audience is PBS television viewers throughout the state of Indiana, with major emphasis on the Chicago market, broadcasting to 3.4 million Chicago and suburban TV households.

The goal, according to Associated Images, is to place communities and area businesses directly before decision makers.

Associated Images works with regional organizations, local economic development commissions, municipal governments, chambers of commerce and convention and visitors bureaus to create the broadcast-ready television programs. Once the half-hour programs have aired, the video materials are made available to the local sponsoring organizations for their own marketing efforts. Earlier last summer company owners Marla Williams and her husband, videographer Gregory Williams, visited Pulaski County to visit the venues under consideration for the local production.

To learn more about the ExtraordINary Indiana series, visit http://extraordinaryindiana.com/

To learn more about the Savor Indiana series, and to see previous episodes featuring other countes, visit www.savorindiana.com