Several people expressed hope that a common goal of maintaining and improving downtown will tamp down any partisan differences between the board’s city- and state-appointed members.
The Hogsett administration is currently under scrutiny after three former female employees made harassment accusations against former Chief of Staff Thomas Cook, who served as Hogsett’s close adviser for years despite concerns raised about his behavior.
A City-County Council committee on Monday voted in favor of removing Indianapolis Animal Care Services from the oversight the larger Department of Business and Neighborhood Services.
The bonds could be used to help fund a list of downtown projects, including improvements to Georgia Street and multiple downtown underpass projects.
The Democratic-controlled City-County Council allowed the immediate introduction of a measure that would potentially let a committee investigate Democratic Mayor Joe Hogsett’s response to three women’s sexual harassment allegations against Hogsett’s former top aide, Thomas Cook.
The City-County Council also approved measures Monday that would require owners of Airbnb and VRBO rentals and dogs not spayed or neutered to register with the city.
The taxing district is expected to generate about $4.65 million a year for downtown-focused efforts in Indianapolis, along with funding the operating costs of the low-barrier homeless shelter planned on the southeast side of downtown.
Mayor Joe Hogsett’s staff stressed, however, that federal American Rescue Plan Act funds are running dry and union contracts are currently being renegotiated—two factors that constrain spending.
Reagan Park could soon benefit from an economic development tool that would capture the tax dollars from new developments to benefit existing residents and potentially help them stay in their homes.
The City-County Council is expected on Monday night to approve a sweeping measure that has the ambitious goal of eliminating pedestrian fatalities by 2035.
Most of the council’s Democratic caucus issued a joint statement Friday morning committing to city human resources reforms in light of sexual harassment allegations against a former top aide to Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett.
The annual count is required for communities to receive funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which helps fund local homelessness prevention efforts.
Jesse Brown, a first-term Democrat, said Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett should resign over his handling of sexual harassment claims against former top aide Thomas Cook.
Owners of Broad Ripple bars and other businesses have a message for people who are avoiding the area: The lengthy reconstruction project on Broad Ripple Avenue is over and new public safety measures are in place. Please come back.
Of the $2.1 billion in taxes expected to be generated through the district from 2025 to 2056, about $1.7 billion would come from state income and sales and use taxes, the report says.
For the JW Marriott, the fee would be nearly $348,000 a year. For Salesforce Tower, the cost is about $251,000.
After years of neighborhood strife, the administration of Mayor Joe Hogsett last year began demolishing portions of the cluster of 258 housing units and is in the process of relocating other Towne & Terrace residents.
News of a possible development at the site has been long-awaited by Irvington residents. But those involved said the potential project is in very early stages and will require a giant fundraising effort.
Indiana delegates to the Democratic National Convention voted unanimously Monday evening to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris as the party’s presidential nominee.
The 1.2-mile procession took a total of two hours, in which Holy leaders waved, smiled, and said “God bless you” to thick crowds gathered along curbs on Maryland and Meridian streets.
