Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 December 2005 — Page 2

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THE INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2005

LYNX LINKS BUSINESS AND CAPITAL

MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESSES BLOOM IN MARION COUNTY

The Metropolitan Indianapolis Board of REALTORS® congratulates the LYNX Capital Corporation for advancing minority business growth throughout Marion County. REALTORS® have devoted a $27,000 investment to the LYNX Capital Corporation, a management fund dedicated to providing needed capital to minority-owned firms. The result: true economic development in action, fueling business expansion and job creation.

Mozel Sanders Thanksgiving Dinner

Left to right: Leslie Gaither, Cullen Simpson, Quaeina Davis and Lauona Drepee bag up dinners to be delivered. Thousands of needy people and families were fed on Thanksgiving thanks to the event.

Created in 1991, LYNX Fund has received $4.7 million in investment income from 17 local corporations. In turn, $6.8 million of growth capital has been provided to 51 local minority owned companies, including Freight Masters Systems Inc., Bertram Electric and Quest Environmental and Safety Products Inc. Quest Environmental and Safety Products, Inc. is a perfect example of quality jobs created through capital infusion. With help from the LYNX Fund, Sam Yadav, a Quest employee, was able to purchase the company in 1997. A subsequent LYNX investment in 2000 allowed him to expand from 10 employees to 25. And in 2002, Eli Lilly and Company honored Quest with a worldwide supplier award.

The REALTOR® investment of $27,000 will help fuel future growth of the fund and spur business expansion and job creation in Marion and surrounding counties. Kudos to the LYNX Capital Corporation, for working tirelessly to ensure a healthy, diverse business model for Marion County.

For more information, go to www.mibor.com/marioncounty. MIBOR. SOLD ON BETTER BUSINESS.

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The LYNX Fund nurtures development of minority-owned businesses like Corbitt & Sons Construction Co., Inc.

Purdue professors and students are using molecular genetics to cut the growing time of Indiana hardwoods by as much as a decade. And the result is more Floosier hardwoods for Indiana manufacturers, 56,000 Indiana jobs and sustainable Indiana forests for generations to come.

That is good news for an Indiana industry worth more than $5 billion each year. Purdue foresters are more than Boilermakers. They're treemakers, jobmakers and businessmakers. And they're helping Indiana's economy grow.

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Mozel Sanders' son Roosevelt accepts a $15,000 check from 0iana Cos PV P re P ares a meal to be served *

Butler University was one of the many sites where Thanksgiving dinners were prepared. Pictured is Butler's President Bobby Fong (left).

(Left to right) Radio One's General Manager Chuck Williams, radio talk show host Amos Brown, and State Sen. Glenn Howard were among hundreds who volunteered on Thanksgiving day during the 33rd Annual Mozel Sanders Thanksgiving Dinner. (Photos/C. Guynn)

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