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An area long considered one of the most promising sites in the state for economic development is finally getting traction. A year ago, the budding WestGate @ Crane Technology Park barely had opened its first building. Now the park, which is next to the secretive Naval Surface Warfare Center at Crane in southwestern Indiana, anticipates […]
One of the world’s largest health care suppliers plans to open a distribution center and warehouse in Plainfield. Pennsylvania-based Siemens Healthcare USA is taking a big chunk of a 500,000-square-foot building at 2150 Stanley Road, company spokesman Lance Longwell said. Longwell confirmed the deal but declined to disclose specifics, saying an announcement of the number […]
A former used-appliance store in Fountain Square has a whole new look after a $300,000 renovation. The property at 1315 Shelby St. now has four…
Apparently NBC’s Andrea Kremer didn’t get the memo. At least she didn’t get the one from Lucas Oil Products Inc. founder Forrest Lucas. During a sideline segment during last night’s Indianapolis Colts-Chicago Bears…
Just about every young, college-educated Midwesterner has given up hope and moved to the South or West, right?
A story that appeared in IBJ over the weekend suggests otherwise.
The Indianapolis area leads nearly all other large Midwestern cities…
From the looks of the crowd at Penrod on Saturday, every single one of you spent time this weekend at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. So what did you think of this year’s fair?
And/or did you get out and sample…
The sluggish economy has prompted several companies to close plants or lay off workers in the state in recent days. They include: -Jasper-based Kimball International Inc. said it will close its furniture factory in Borden and move the operation to its Salem plant, also in southern Indiana, according to the Evansville Courier & Press. Capacity […]
Just a few miles north of Lucas Oil Stadium, where the Colts are to meet the Chicago Bears in their NFL opener, another new football field was seeing its first official action over the weekend. And yes, there is a direct link between the two, as well as the same sense of profound satisfaction that this new field, like LOS, will make a positive and long-lasting difference in our community. Tabernacle Presbyterian Church’s youth sports ministry-our own little Miracle on…
Off the streets and on the payroll Make a hire that helps the city Crime fighters unite! If you’re a business owner and don’t think that call to action applies to you, think again. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police aren’t the only ones who have a role to play in public safety. Employers can do their part to fight crime by supporting a new city initiative to find jobs for ex-offenders. As reporter Scott Olson detailed in last week’s IBJ, local…
These are tough times for chambers of commerce. It’s always been difficult to show dues-paying members they’re getting a return on their investment. And now online social networking sites such as LinkedIn and Facebook are rapidly encroaching on chamber business. But chambers won’t cede their turf without a fight. That’s why D.J. Muller, 42, has been able to build a fast-growing company replicating locally what the Internet giants do best. His Avon-based IT firm WebLink International Inc. provides management software…
Regional economic development experts say cities must woo talented people while they’re young–in
their 20s or early 30s–because, after that age, people tend to hunker down. The Indianapolis area apparently appeals to at
least two key groups of young people–particularly those already married, according to a new study by researchers at IUPUI.
On Sept. 28, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed Executive Order 11246. In so doing, he advanced a revolutionary cause by stating clearly that, “It is the policy of the government of the United States to provide equal opportunity in federal employment for all qualified persons, to prohibit discrimination in employment because of race, creed, color or national origin, and to promote the full realization of equal employment opportunity through a positive, continuing program in each executive department and agency.” The…
Gibson Insurance Group is the latest benefits broker to get more serious about wellness. The South Bend-based firm, which has an office in Indianapolis, has hired a dedicated wellness director to help its clients refine and assess their wellness programs for workers. Nicole Fallowfield, the former vice president of sales for Principal Wellness Co. in Indianapolis, will work out of Gibson’s downtown Indianapolis office but serve Gibson’s clients throughout Indiana. By hiring Fallowfield, Gibson joins a budding trend among brokers…
These days, many Indianapolis arts organizations barely know where their next dollar will come from. But an innovative
fund-raising model that’s found success in other cities might provide that sorely needed cash. In Cincinnati,
a venerable not-for-profit called the United Arts Fund, founded in 1927, stages an annual workplace campaign,
then doles out the bountiful proceeds to local arts organizations.
Residential real estate brokers are an optimistic bunch, finding plenty of room for hope even when the outlook is grim.
But lately, many of them are downright giddy, and for good reason: Evidence is mounting that a new $7,500
government incentive for first-time homeowners is starting to push buyers off the sidelines.
When thieves made off with a piece of construction equipment from a west-side job site last month, they were in for a surprise. Little did they know that it contained a GPS tracking device developed by Earthwave Technologies in Broad Ripple. The system traced the skid-steer loader’s exact route to a rural Bedford residence, enabling police to recover it within days of the heist. “I called the sheriff’s department down there and, sure enough, it was right in the barn,”…
After a year or so of writing this column, I’ve learned at least two things. First, if you write about taxes or environmental policy, you are going to be busy reading angry e-mails. Second, almost none of those angry e-mails are from folks who have actually i n c o nve n i e n c e d themselves to perform research on tax or environmental policy. Even though I know these two things, I cannot resist writing about environmental…
The Wellness Community of Central Indiana was established in 1995 as a not-for-profit organization to provide free support, education and hope to individuals and families affected by cancer. At The Wellness Community, cancer patients can share experiences and lend one another encouragement informally or through programs facilitated by professional counselors. The Wellness Community also provides a haven to grieve together in those instances when cancer is the ultimate victor. Today, the folks at The Wellness Community are grieving over a…
Years ago, I wrote an article about Sheila Suess Kennedy, an Indianapolis author who’d written a book called “What’s a Nice Republican Girl Like Me Doing in the ACLU?” I didn’t know Sheila. I didn’t know much about the American Civil Liberties Union, either. So I stopped by her office (she directed the organization’s Indiana chapter back then) for an education. Sheila, now a faculty member at the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IUPUI, explained to…
Attorney pay at top-tier firms is like compensation for executives of public companies. Amid hand-wringing, the numbers keep going up and up. The reasons are understandable. Law firm managers feel pressure to raise compensation to attract and retain the best attorneys-and to keep up with what other firms are doling out. The people running those competing firms feel the same pressures, accelerating the upward spiral. Hence, top attorneys in Indianapolis in the most complex practice areas now have hourly rates…
