By Anna Skinner
Harrison Painter likes to hand a microphone to those not in the spotlight. The creator of Hamilton County Voice actually doesn’t want to be the voice behind the videos, so he lets local businesses and organizations to do the talking.
“In a nutshell, the mission of Hamilton County Voice is simply to amplify the awesome in the community,” the Noblesville resident said. “We want to do that by spotlighting ordinary people doing extraordinary things. It’s infotainment. I have no desire to be a news website. It’s to create really fun video spotlights of people just doing cool stuff.”
Painter has focused his new business in Westfield for a few months, mostly focusing on Westfield Chamber of Commerce President Jack Russell and upcoming events in the city. He said he hopes to expand to Fishers as well.
The Union, a co-working space in Westfield, is on Painter’s radar, too.
“Westfield’s been amazing, I created a partnership with the Union, and Westfield’s been really open to everything so far,” he said. “Fishers is where we are starting to go into a little bit. Fishers is a cool city because the city itself is only two years old, and they’re very progressive.”
In the future, Painter also wants to feature nonprofits. He plans on creating two videos a month focusing on different aspects of the city, local businesses or interesting happenings.
“I don’t want to be the voice of Hamilton County,” he said. “I want to be able to pass off and hand the voice to the people of Hamilton County. Right now, I’m just it by default, but I’m trying to pass the microphone off and shoot a lot of documentary style.”
For more, visit hamiltoncountyvoice.com.
