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Pictured: (top, left) The First United Methodist Church of Charlestown at 423 Main Cross Street; (bottom, left) a beautiful stained glasw window from the First United Methodist Church of Charlestown; (top, right) The garden at the Historic Charlestown Mall; (bottom, right) A memorial in Jennings Park in downtown Charlestown. May/June 2017 • 14
daughter. “Her daughter’s 18 years old. She has cancer, and it was her last chemo treatment,” Miller said. “So they came in, booked a room, and we actually upgraded them to the suite.” The Cobblestone team then put an Easter basket in the room, full of “fun things” specifically for the daughter. “And they left us the sweetest note out there,” Miller said, pointing towards the front desk. “We meet a lot of neat people. We really do.” Other members of Charlestown’s business community also enjoy creating comradery and companionship. In 2007, Shawn Vest, a former employee of Rich O’s Public House (also known as Sportstime Pizza) in New Albany, opened the Charlestown Pizza Company with his wife, Tajana Johann. Vest, an 18-year resident of Charlestown and connoisseur of craft beers and high-quality pizzas, said there has been a dramatically positive change in the town within the past seven of his 10 entrepreneurial years. “We get more corporate customers. We get people on their lunch breaks now.” Vest also attributes the restaurant’s success to lower operating costs than those found in larger cities like Louisville. But another key factor is his and his team’s interactions with customers. “It’s definitely more community-oriented where we’ve known most of our customers, seven, eight, nine, 10 years,” he said, smiling. “It’s like Norm from ‘Cheers.’” Vest added that Charlestown is “a really nice place to live now, and I think it’s getting better. When we first moved here, there wasn’t a lot of excitement about this part of Clark County at all. Whereas now, it seems like most of the excitement in Clark County is east of 265.” • For historical information about Charlestown, visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlestown,_Indiana. The Charlestown Pizza Company, 850 Main Street Information on the INAAP can be found at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Army_Ammunition_Plant. Additional information on the INAAP is at charlestown-in.com/history For more on River Ridge Commerce Center’s top employers, visit riverridgecc.com/siteselection/major-employers May/June 2017 • 15
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