Operational adjustments by one local business could make a significant impact on all of downtown Columbus, Ind., in the immediate future.
If you ask just about any downtown store owner what the biggest hurdle in returning to “normal” has been, most will point to the same issue: The lack of Cummins employees on the streets every day.
Cummins employs about 8,000 people in the area and has several offices downtown, including its corporate headquarters, which can accommodate around 1,000 workers.
Since the onset of the pandemic in March of 2020, most all Cummins employees have worked from home; leading to a monumental shift in the amount of foot traffic the city sees on a regular basis.
Thankfully, as of Monday, some of those employees are no longer working remotely, as Cummins has launched a pilot program to bring a group of downtown employees back to the workplace.
Cummins didn’t disclose how many employees are participating, but said that 1,500 received invitations. If all goes well, the program will be expanded rather than ended.
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