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Catalyst Pitch Competition Announces 2024 Winners - $20,000 of Prizes Awarded
Columbus, IN – June 16, 2024 – Catalyst Columbus announces its 2024 winners of the Catalyst Pitch Competition, held at the Columbus Learning Center on June 15. The event, designed to foster regional entrepreneurship, saw impressive pitches from 20 innovative startups and awarded $20,000 in prize money to various Bartholomew and Jackson County entrepreneurs. The first-place prize of $7,500 was awarded to two exceptional businesses: CayPops Bakery, founded by recent Columbus North High School graduate Caylyn
Duke Energy lineworkers advance to International Lineman’s Rodeo
Six lineworkers from Hamilton County will compete in Kansas Fifteen Duke Energy lineworkers from the Midwest will compete this fall in the International Lineman’s Rodeo after advancing from the Duke Energy Midwest Lineman’s Rodeo in Plainfield, Ind., over the weekend. Lineman’s rodeos showcase the job-related skills that line technicians rely on daily to restore power – often under extreme conditions such as high wind, heavy rain, freezing cold and sweltering heat. Lineman compete to score highly in