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Kim and Todd Saxton: Go for the gold! But maybe not every time.
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Q&A: What you need to know about the CDC’s new mask guidance
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Carmel distiller turns hand sanitizer pivot into a community fundraising platform
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Lebanon considering creating $13.7M in trails, green space for business park
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Local senior-living complex more than doubles assisted-living units in $5M expansion
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Wedding photographer takes plunge with new event venue for nuptials in Whitestown
The Sixpence will feature an existing farmhouse and garage as lodging and hospitality spaces for brides and grooms, as well as a custom-built barn for ceremonies.
Greenfield-based Leo’s opening in Noblesville
Siblings Stephanie White-Longworth and Keith White launched the hybrid grocery, convenience store, restaurant and fuel station concept in July 2019.
European medical firm enters U.S. via Noblesville
Luxembourg-based B Medical Systems is investing over $1 million this year to launch its first U.S.-based sales office and warehouse in Noblesville. The medical refrigerator and freezer manufacturer expects to create 15 to 20 new jobs there by 2021.
EdgeRock planning 157-acre project north of Grand Park
The developer wants to rezone farmland along 191st Street to allow for commercial buildings, single-family neighborhoods, town houses, a church, a park and several sports facilities.
School of Rock coming to Zionsville this fall
Zionsville parents convinced the local owner of the Carmel and Fishers School of Rock franchises to open the new school, which is offering lessons ahead of its October grand opening.
Industrious to open co-working space in Carmel’s Holland & Playfair building
The New York-based firm says its first Indianapolis outpost, located on downtown’s Mass Ave, has exceeded its expectations.
West Fork Whiskey plans $10M Westfield attraction
The agritourism facility would bring a restaurant and cocktail lounge, event center, speakeasy, and whiskey production and aging space to the corner of Horton Road and East 191st Street by the end of next summer.
Edify Labs relocates to Fishers, promises new jobs
Edify Labs, a software firm with offices in California and Indiana, moved from Carmel into the penthouse of The Ellipse building in downtown Fishers earlier this month. The move makes room for 150 new jobs.
Noblesville OKs rate hike to finish 15-year wastewater project
The city is taking on $25 million in sewer projects, including a series of new lines that will satisfy a long-term control plan required by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management.
Ohio-based Epcon Communities proposes age-restricted Courtyards of Carmel
Plans for the 169-home neighborhood come on the heels of a similar plan for the same site that won city approval over the objections of neighbors but never broke ground.
Contentious Carmel projects to get further review
Carmel-based Estridge Development’s proposed 15 town houses and Ohio-based Republic Development’s mixed-use neighborhood will each have to return to the city council’s land use committee.
Zionsville’s newest park open for virtual tours
Construction of the $3.4 million Overley-Worman Park, a former 47-acre quarry near Eagle Creek and Zionsville Road, is scheduled to start later this year. It will bring mountain-biking trails and other recreation opportunities to Zionsville by early 2022.
Zionsville boosts VanTrust’s $98 million warehouse project
The Kansas City, Missouri-based developer was granted tax abatement for a second phase of its 160-acre Hub I-65 warehouse and distribution project, the first phase of which is nearly finished.
Rum Runner Party Boats launching in Cicero
The Fort Wayne-based company is partnering with the Boathouse Kitchen & Swan Dive on Morse Lake to offer short excursions for groups of 12 to 16 people beginning later this month.
Lebanon box-manufacturing plant ready to produce line of faux sports fans
London-based DS Smith has designed a line of recyclable cardboard cutouts to fill stadium seats during the COVID-19 pandemic. The company is now looking to professional and amateur sports teams as potential buyers.
Carmel-based Round Room moving headquarters to former Roche building in Fishers
Round Room, a holding company for wireless retailers, plans to relocate from Carmel to Fishers by early next year. The move to the 190,000-square-foot building will give the company room to grow.
Hamilton County Democrats enter five candidates in this year’s election
The candidates will face a slate of almost exclusively Republican primary winners this November in their bids for county treasurer, auditor, surveyor, county commissioner and county council.
Fishers issues $2.5 million bond for firehouse
The city approved issuing the tax-neutral bond to keep cash on hand in case there are unanticipated. pandemic-related expenses ahead.