One reason is that big companies are focused on staying on course—maintaining the successes and strengths that made them big in the first place. And if you’re always on course, there’s little room for innovation.
The Noblesville City Council approved vehicle excise and wheel taxes Tuesday to generate $1.8 million in annual revenue starting next year. The money is slated to pay for a portion of the city’s estimated $113 million Pleasant Street extension project.
South Bend-based Holladay Properties is asking the city of Westfield to grant it a tax abatement to offset the costs of developing three speculative buildings in NorthPoint Industrial Park.
Matt Baggott, the son of ExactTarget and ClusterTruck co-founder Chris Baggott, has wanted to run his own business as long as he can remember. Last year, the 21-year-old and two co-founders launched a promising tech company, and now it’s ready to take flight.
Statewide completion rates for college financial aid applications fell 6% compared with last year, even after the deadline was extended from April 15 to May 15.
Developer Flaherty & Collins Properties was approved for up to $7.3 million in industrial recovery tax credits for its plans to build 238 apartments, a parking garage and retail space at the site, but the project has seen little progress since 2018.
Three pilot programs planned for this year are more than just robo-taxi and delivery-bot science experiments. They’re dry runs for the real thing—possibly coming soon.
The funding is part of an overall $1.9 trillion bill that could send as much as $5.87 billion to the state, including roughly $237 million to Indianapolis and another $187 million to Marion County.
Carmel-based Old Town Cos. is planning $80 million of residential and commercial development in Westfield’s downtown surrounding the city’s forthcoming Grand Junction Plaza. Updated plans include doubling Union Square and adding new townhouses.
House Bill 207, authored by Republican Sen. Blake Doriot of Goshen, would change how cities and counties with wheel and vehicle excise taxes in place are required to spend Motor Vehicle Highway funds for the next two years.
Toledo-based Republic Development Corp. and Carmel-based J.C. Hart Co. plan to build a 219-unit apartment complex, a 295-space parking garage and 5,295 square feet of first-floor retail in Noblesville’s downtown, on the east bank of the White River.
The state’s lead economic development agency announced Thursday that it secured 282 business relocation or expansion deals in 2020 that are expected to result as many as 31,300 new jobs.
Forty years ago, Hamilton County’s suburbs were viewed as little more than northern extensions of Indianapolis. Today, they are destinations all their own.
Elanco Animal Health Inc.’s announcement Friday that it will move its headquarters to Indianapolis came as a surprise to many business leaders in Greenfield. While disappointed, they say they are hopeful the move won’t be a significant blow to the city’s economy.
Cook has partnered with Goodwill of Central & Southern Indiana and several other community organizations to build the manufacturing facility, which is expected to employ 100 employees on the northeast side of Indianapolis.
