The local episode was commssioned by the Pulaski County Economic Development (PCED) Commission, and approved by the county commissioners.
A release date for the program has not been announced, but is expected to be late this year or early next. First, the production materials must undergo the editing process, distilling three full days of taping into about a 20-minute program.
The script was written by writer/producer Marla Madinger Williams of Associated Images. The work crew for the taping last week included Savor Indiana host Kevin Gardner, photography director Gregory Williams of Associated Images, and sound grip Jim Schenke of West Lafayette. Local consultants for the project were PCED director Nathan Origer, and journalist and county historian Karen Fritz, who both attended the taping sessions.
Among the businesses and locations included in the shoot were the Tippecanoe River State Park, Panhandle Pathway, Winamac Town Park, Riverside Rentals, Fort Knox Paintball, Five Loaves Cafe, Prairie Moon, The Patio, Stonewheel Pottery, Jones Dairy Farm, Apple Blossom Honey and Kerstings Cycle Center.
Associated Images works with regional organizations, local economic development commissions, municipal governments, chambers of commerce and convention and visitors bureaus to create the broadcast-ready television programs. Once the half-hour programs have aired, the video materials are made available to the local sponsoring organizations for their own marketing efforts. Earlier this summer writer/producer Marla Madinger Williams and her husband, photography director Gregory Williams, visited Pulaski County to visit the venues under consideration for the local production.
In addition, each Savor Indiana episode has unique extended learning resources available that reflect the Indiana Core Academic Standards and offer high level discussion questions and activities in language arts, science, social studies and mathematics for all grade levels K-12.
To learn more about the Savor Indiana series, and to see previous episodes, visit www.savorindiana.com
Indy Partnership, a business unit of the Indianapolis Chamber, has reported that the stories Savor Indiana highlights "are often inspiring and told in a light-hearted manner. We have been humbled by the response of viewers, teachers and students and amazed by the wide variety of really wonderful people whose creative lives and can-do attitudes make the Hooiser state a terrific place to live and work."
Origer has also reported that the County Council has approved the request for an additional appropriation to fund a Pulaski County episode of ExtraordINary Indiana, produced by the same company, which will highlight unique businesses. Although the featured businesses and programs for that episode have yet to be determined, Origer has provided a draft list to Associated Images, which saw great promise therein.
