MAY 24-30, 2024
The Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County will break ground this summer on a multiyear, $170 million facilities improvement plan. Taylor Wooten reports that work includes investment in multiple health care providers in a campus along 38th Street the city’s east side. Also in this issue, Mickey Shuey digs into the designs of pro soccer stadiums in nearby cities to get a handle on what a new stadium in Indy would offer. And Dave Lindquist explores the popularity of music group tribute acts for bands such as ABBA, Queen and The Beatles, which are popping up with greater frequency on calendars for some local venues.
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City faces challenges, new considerations in effort for MLS
Although the possibility of a Major League Soccer stadium in Indianapolis is still up in the air, city officials are considering design possibilities for their preferred site, on the east side of downtown.
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Marion County health care agencies plan east-side investments
This summer, the Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County will break ground on a multiyear, $170 million facilities improvement plan—the largest investment in the agency’s structures in decades—beginning with a new public health lab.
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Tribute acts are more prevalent than ever on the concert calendar
The singers and bands who replicate performances of chart-topping artists encounter cheers or sneers as a polarizing segment of the music industry, but they’re having no problem finding work.
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Cooking oil recycler cleans up at IMS, Gainbridge
Filta Environmental Kitchen Solutions filters customers’ used cooking oil for reuse. It also cleans customers’ fryers and carts off used cooking oil to be recycled into biodiesel fuel.
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Mark Montieth: Am I blessed or what?’
“Blessing” is a word he uses to describe his experiences with this place and this race since he arrived at the speedway in 1965—not to mention the rest of his career.
Read MoreIndiana 250: Daniel Elsener
Daniel Elsener has been president of Marian University for 20 years. He has helped quadruple the university’s enrollment and expand and create a variety of undergraduate and graduate programs, including the launch of Indiana’s second medical school more than a decade ago and Marian’s engineering program last fall. He’s also responsible for launching a football […]
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Made in Indiana: Guitar straps by Tremolo Hand Built
Singer-songwriter Cara Jean Wahlers launched her Tremolo Hand Built business by making guitar straps in 2019.
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Round-the-clock pickleball facility planned at former Marsh store in Fishers
Three local tech entrepreneurs are working with an Indianapolis-based developer to open a round-the-clock pickleball facility at the last undeveloped former Marsh Supermarkets store in Fishers.
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Meijer plans to build 75,000-square-foot grocery store on east side of Fishers
Plans submitted to the city call for a medium-format Meijer Grocery and a gas station to be constructed on the north side of the roundabout at Cyntheanne Road and Southeastern Parkway.
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Drugmaker Novartis to expand nuclear medicine factory near airport, creating 55 jobs
Novartis Manufacturing LLC told a committee of the City-County Council on Monday evening that it plans to spend up to $125 million to construct and equip a 79,000-square-foot-building for radiopharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution on the city’s west side.
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UIndy creates ‘stackable’ MBA to help students already in the workplace
“I look at it like a la carte kind of learning, where you choose what you need,” said Karl Knapp, dean of the UIndy School of Business. “They can come in, get the knowledge they need to advance their careers, get something they can put on their LinkedIn and their resume, and they don’t have to commit to the whole MBA.”
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Butler University to start four-year nursing program in 2025
The Indiana Board of Nursing has accredited the university to accept 48 students a year, meaning the program will have nearly 200 students when it is fully enrolled across four years.
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Editorial: Business leaders need to recognize workforce development takes time
Fully implementing an apprenticeship model won’t take just a few years, said an expert who spoke at IBJ’s inaugural Education Power Breakfast. It could take a decade. And reaping strong results will take much longer.
Read MoreLesley Weidenbener: We could all use a bit of Haliburton’s attitude
I’ve had fun watching this group of Pacers play basketball. Their attitudes, drive and spirit are infectious. That appears to be thanks in large part to Haliburton, who seems to inject energy and positivity into everyone around him.
Read MoreDavid Pierce: How to further elevate sports as Indy’s ‘front porch’
We must continue to capitalize on our strengths, and once we have visitors here, work to facilitate a connection for them to our community’s broader culture and identity that they won’t soon forget.
Read MoreGail Boudreaux and Kevin Love: Changing mental health mindset requires full court press
We need to normalize asking for help and make finding care easier for people seeking it. That means not only connecting people with the right care provider but also matching expertise to the cultural lens through which a person is looking.
Read MorePeter Dunn: Your financial adviser is changing firms. What now?
I think sometimes people forget that business relationships are still relationships.
Read MoreKristen Cooper: Deep buyer insights help attract, maintain customers
“Buyer insights” are the keys to sustaining and expanding the customer base.
Read MoreCecil Bohanon and John Horowitz: Devil is in the details with ceasefire results
Ceasefires are tools groups use to improve their economic and political positions.
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Stout’s Shoes, Japanese steakhouse among businesses planning openings at Carmel development
In addition to a shoe store, steakhouse, med spa and brewery taproom, The Signature will have eight owner-occupied condominiums, 295 luxury apartments and a 374-space public parking garage.
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Calumet Specialty Products a step closer to tax break for HQ move to Stutz
The City-County Council’s Metropolitan and Economic Development Committee advanced a tax-abatement proposal Monday that would save Calumet about $129,440 over a four-year term. In return, Calumet has committed to retaining 190 jobs.
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KSM accounting firm announces Cincinnati acquisition plans
Once the acquisition closes, Cassady Schiller will become Katz, Sapper & Miller’s largest office outside of its Indianapolis headquarters.
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Software firm Tenon to use $8M investment round to fund expansion
Indianapolis-based Tenon Software Inc. plans to use the new funding to grow its staff, accelerate product development and boost marketing.
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