2023 Newsmaker: Finkam wins Carmel mayoral election to succeed Brainard
Sue Finkam, a three-term member of the Carmel City Council, will succeed Republican Mayor Jim Brainard, who reshaped the Hamilton County city over his seven terms in office.
Daniel Bradley
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2023 Year in Review: Cities look to attract smaller-scale events at new arenas
While central Indiana has its share of large arenas and stadiums, the region has long been short on venues for events that draw only a few thousand spectators.
Fishers surveying residents about trash collection preferences
Fishers is trying to learn if residents want the city to contract with a single trash-collection company or continue to let residents and homeowners’ associations choose who collects waste in their neighborhoods.
Carmel to see flurry of completed real estate projects in 2024
Multiple new developments in Carmel are set to open in the coming months, adding to the city’s lineup of real estate projects that combine residential, business and retail spaces.
Arena, city hall among Fishers projects expected to be completed in 2024
The city will have new places to stay overnight and watch a hockey game. Fishers city government will move into a new home, and so will an Italy-based manufacturer.
Jim Brainard looks back on 28 years as Carmel mayor
Brainard, 69, announced in September 2022 that he would not seek an eighth term. Sue Finkam, a Republican member of the Carmel City Council, will succeed him on Jan. 1.
Carmel completes set of jazz musician sculptures for $430,000
The lifelike sculptures by the late New Jersey-based artist J. Seward Johnson will be arranged on a concrete platform on the west side of the Palladium performing arts center.
Carmel parks board says city is improperly diverting funding
A dispute between unlikely parties is playing out in Hamilton County Superior Court over how Carmel should fund parks and other public greenspaces.
Center for the Performing Arts again seeking a naming rights partner
A company’s name could be added to—or change—the name of the arts center, which encompasses the Palladium, The Tarkington and The Studio Theater
Westfield strikes 40-year, $300M deal for partnership to manage Grand Park Sports Campus
Under the partnership that includes Keystone Group and Indy Eleven, future plans for Grand Park include a mix of restaurants, hotels, public spaces, a mixed-use complex with residential, office and retail spaces, and a state-of-the-art sports facility.
Carmel City Council passes 35% water rate hike, 20% sewer rate increase
City officials said the hikes were necessary to pay restructured debt on the consolidation of Carmel’s water services and for future expansions of sewer lines.
Outgoing Zionsville mayor issues 5 vetoes, but town council overrides 2 of them
Mayor Emily Styron objected to the council’s plans for spending money made available through the American Rescue Plan Act.
Boone County looks to control growth in rural areas
Boone County is looking to control its destiny as the Indiana Economic Development Corp. plans the 9,000-acre LEAP Research and Innovation District northwest of Lebanon.
Nordstrom Rack store planned at Noblesville’s Hamilton Town Center
Nordstrom Rack is the off-price retail division of Nordstrom, and carries merchandise from Nordstrom stores and Nordstrom.com at discounted prices.
Carmel unveils ‘Flower District’ on city’s west side
The triangular Flower District is bordered by Pennsylvania, Old Meridian and Main streets and extend east to Guilford Road.
New Whitestown leaders prepare for next phase of town growth
With less than a month to go before they take office Jan. 1, the five members of Whitestown’s next town council—three new councilors and two who will start their first full terms—are preparing to get to work in Indiana’s fastest-growing community.
Ground broken for planned YMCA near Grand Park in Westfield
Westfield officials and leaders with the YMCA of Greater Indianapolis on Wednesday held a ceremonial groundbreaking and shared new information about the design and amenities for the planned new facility near Grand Park Sports Campus.
Carmel Center Apartments complex sells for nearly $82M
The sale of Carmel Center Apartments from Louisville-based NTS Development Co. to Dayton, Ohio-based The Connor Group closed at a significantly higher price than what NTS paid for the property in 2015.
Kroger seeks to expand store at busy intersection in Noblesville
The plan calls for expanding the 75,000-square-foot Kroger store by 50,000 square feet, constructing 75,000 square feet of additional retail space, and adding a Kroger fuel station and retail buildings along 146th Street.
Great American Songbook Foundation planning museum north of Palladium
The organization has entered into a preliminary agreement with the city of Carmel to locate the museum on 3.7 acres at the northeast corner of City Center Drive and 3rd Avenue Southwest.