Bill Rethlake
Greensburg Daily News, Ind.
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Sep. 17—GREENSBURG — The City of Greensburg hosted two ribbon cutting ceremonies Saturday on N. Broadway Street during an open house at the new homes of both the Greensburg Street Department and Greensburg Fire Department.
Attendees had the opportunity to tour each facility at length before and after ceremonies at 11 a.m. for the Street Department and at 11:45 a.m. for the fire station.
Mayor Joshua Marsh began the ribbon cutting ceremony for the Street Department by saying, “This is a safe work environment, which is a keystone of this entire facility and the largest investment in this department ever made. This team is vital to the operations of our city and I’m proud of the investment the community has made in them.”
For each of the ceremonies, representatives from the various companies involved in the build — Veridus, DLZ, Meyer Najem, and Runnebohm Construction — all spoke briefly, lending their congratulations to fellow team members and the community.
The public was allowed to freely inspect the repair and storage facilities in back, as well the entire front building which includes office, conference and employee amenities that weren’t available at the previous location, which first came into being in the 1950s.
Before the “ribbon cutting” ceremony at Fire Station No. 1, in which the build team offered speeches with similar congratulations and corporate camaraderies, GFD Chief Nate Stoermer conducted a special presentation to Veridus group’s project manager John Bryant, awarding him with a firefighter duty hat and a plaque of memorandum.
A presentation of the flag that flew over the old station on 911 was made to the family of the fire station’s namesake, Larry D. Filler.
For the actual ribbon cutting, Stoermer conducted an uncoupling ceremony involving the build team lined up on either side, holding onto a set of fire hoses, and uncoupling them to symbolize the finish of a project.
“The work is done, the station is now open,” he said.
Contact Bill Rethlake at 812-651-0876 or email bill.rethlake@greensburgdailynews.com
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