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Greenfield, Indiana (November 1, 2017)  Pride Investment Partners is proud to announce the signing of a long term lease with Greenfield Wings, LLC, a Buffalo Wild Wings franchise, which will be opening a new location in Greenfield, Indiana.  The restaurant will be in the new Melody Plaza Shopping Center located at the corner of Melody Lane and Muskegon.   Melody Plaza will be a 14,000 Square Foot facility with additional retail tenant spaces available for lease.   Ground preparation will begin in the fourth quarter of 2017 with the building being completed in the second quarter of 2018.  Buffalo Wild Wings of Greenfield is anticipating opening in the summer of 2018.

Keith White, Partner and Vice President of Pride Investment Partners, “We are excited to bring a new restaurant offering to Greenfield, Indiana.  Buffalo Wild Wings has a long history of success and we look forward to partnering with them in our new Melody Plaza Shopping Center.”

Participating Partners Background:

Stephanie White-Longworth and Keith White, previous owners of GasAmerica Services, Inc., lead Pride Investment Partners, LLC.  Since 2012, Pride Investment Partners has operated out of Greenfield with a variety of investments, including hotels, mixed use developments, retail centers and student housing.

Buffalo Wild Wings was founded in 1982 by Jim Disbrow and Scott Lowery, business partners living in Columbus, Ohio, who were driven by hunger and were unable to find their favorite Buffalo, New York-style chicken wings. The pair took matters into their own hands, creating their own signature wing sauce and opened the first Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant on the campus of The Ohio State University. In 1994, CEO Sally Smith came on board to put in place the necessary infrastructure needed to further grow the concept. Smith has since grown the brand to more than 1,230 restaurants.

Greenfield, Indiana – (August 21, 2017)  The Hancock County Community Foundation (HCCF) recently awarded ten grants from the White Family Foundation Fund, a component fund of HCCF, totaling $24,930.  The following organizations received funding:

The White Family Foundation Fund is a donor-advised fund of the HCCF. Donor-advised Funds allow donors to simplify and consolidate all their charitable giving and provides the family the opportunity to make grant recommendations from their fund to HCCF in order to address community needs. HCCF assures the charitable qualifications of recommended grantees and handles all the administration details.  The White Family support initiatives that enhance the desire to live, work, and play in the communities they have provided business services as a way to give back.  They consider applicants through thoughtful conversation as a multi-generational family.

Stephanie White-Longworth and Keith White, previous owners of GasAmerica Services, Inc., lead the family’s philanthropic efforts.  They now own Pride Investment Partners, LLC (formerly  K&S Holdings, LLC) which is operating under a new corporate brand reflecting the company’s growth in real estate and private equity investments. Since 2012, Pride Investment Partners has operated out of Greenfield with a variety of investments throughout Indiana and Ohio, including investments in retail – such as hotels, strip centers and retail stores – and in residential and commercial real estate.

HCCF, the family’s charitable administrator, provides philanthropic leadership by encouraging giving, learning, community pride and civic engagement. Working with caring individuals, families, and organizations to create or grow existing permanent endowment funds is critical to the HCCF’s mission.  These funds generate income that is distributed in the form of grants and scholarships to enrich and enhance life in Hancock County, as well as support the donor’s favorite charitable causes, both at home and afar forever.  HCCF has granted over $13 million since its inception in 1992.