Indianapolis Business Journal - Juanita Easterling, 39, of Avon, shares a connection with her employees that most bosses don’t.

Easterling, an Indianapolis native who has worked in manufacturing since college, now works for Goodwill of Central & Southern Indiana as the plant manager of Cook Medical’s brand-new $15 million medical manufacturing facility on the northeast side of Indianapolis. Goodwill staffs and manages the facility, which produces medical devices for Cook.

The plant currently has 20 workers, with a waiting list of hopeful employees, and a goal of growing to 100 employees as the facility ramps up.

The plant is at 6190 E. 38th St., at the corner of East 38th Street and Sheridan Avenue—within walking distance of where Easterling lived until her family moved to Detroit when she was 9. That gives her something in common with the plant’s employees, the vast majority of whom live in the low-income neighborhood.

DV Community Investment is proud to have provided $8,000,000in NMTC allocation to this impactful project.

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