Children’s Museum attendance hits another record
The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis set an attendance record in 2011 with 1.27 million visitors, topping the high mark it set the previous year by 9.4 percent.
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State’s job-creation agency claims record year
The Indiana Economic Development Corp. announced Friday that it secured job commitments from a record 219 companies in 2011, an increase from 200 companies in 2010.
NFP of NOTE: Little Red Door Cancer Agency
Little Red Door Cancer Agency strives to make the most of life and the least of cancer.
Sales of Colts license plates wanes
The number of people ordering the specialty tags declined after the team started losing.
NCAA rule change quashes high school basketball event
The event, scheduled for Butler’s Hinkle Fieldhouse, ran afoul of a new rule prohibiting events organized by outside promoters.
Design firms buy building on East Market Street
The one-story structure will serve as a studio and headquarters for Axis Architecture + Interiors and Rundell Ernstberger Associates LLC.
Bosma Enterprises begins providing services for seniors
The organization that provides work for the blind is offering in-home vision assessments and a call-in entertainment line for the elderly.
PNC’s Stitle to chair Central Indiana Business Hall of Fame event
The event honors men and women who epitomize success in the business world.
Herron students’ work to accent Dow headquarters
The school said the work, involving seven students, at Dow AgroSciences represents its largest cross-discipline installation to-date.
EDITORIAL: Legislators have lengthy to-do list for short session
Lawmakers should be able to find common ground with Daniels as the governor looks to put his final signature on eight years in office.
Get ready for a week unlike any Indianapolis has seen
Prepare to have fun. The festivities begin soon.
Marketing firm plans downtown expansion, move
Indianapolis-based marketing firm TrendyMinds plans to more than double its staff in the next two years, adding up to 20 jobs as it moves into a former labor union hall downtown.
Northern Indiana RV maker to add up to 250 jobs
The company plans to invest $3.9 million to buy land and construct a 93,000-square-foot facility adjacent to its existing 45-acre campus in the town of Topeka.
FedEx wins reversal of jury’s $66M award to ATA
FedEx Corp. has won an appeal that overturns a $66 million verdict in favor of defunct Indianapolis airline ATA Airlines Inc.
Top 2011 news and newsmakers
The economy may be stuck in the doldrums, but government and the private sector are continuing to make huge investments aimed at strengthening the region's future. Check out IBJ‘s complete year-in-review coverage, including a photo gallery, reader poll and A&E recap.
Police called to control rowdy shoe shoppers
Local police were called to two Indianapolis malls to control crowds waiting to purchase the newest generation of Air Jordan basketball shoe. Similar incidents have been reported nationwide.
Indictment: Durham looted Fair Finance
Indianapolis financier Tim Durham was indicted on wire and securities fraud charges in March—the culmination of a federal probe that began in 2009.
State’s economy still stuck in neutral
The year started with a sense that slowly—not fast enough for anyone’s liking—but steadily, Indiana’s economy was coming back. But then a spike in gas prices and the never-ending sovereign debt crisis in Europe created a summer of setbacks.