Profit from real estate deals helping Spartz fund congressional campaign
A campaign disclosure form and other public records show that Spartz and her husband, Jason Spartz, have largely made their money buying, selling, leasing and farming land.
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A campaign disclosure form and other public records show that Spartz and her husband, Jason Spartz, have largely made their money buying, selling, leasing and farming land.
Three years after first putting a pole in the ground near U.S. 31, GEFT Outdoor is able to finish building a 50-foot-tall digital billboard on Dean Road in Westfield and proceed with a trial to determine damages caused by the city’s unconstitutional sign ordinance.
Special legislation passed in 2019 that caps Carmel’s income tax revenue growth at 2.5% per year for three years, with any excess transferred to Fishers, was triggered in the first year it could apply.
State economic development officials have pledged more than $8 million in tax credits if Aptiv can meet its hiring goals, but neither they nor the firm will share other details about the project.
Lebanon’s campaign for new, mixed-use development downtown is off to a slow start.
Learn what you can before you cast your ballot—and don’t stop with the federal races. The future of our communities and our state depends on it.
Democrats’ increased participation and slight gains in recent Hamilton County elections may be part of a long-term strategy, but local party officials don’t think that will result in many county-level victories on Nov. 3.
The Hamilton County treasurer’s race has been steeped in controversy, including drama that surrounding prevailing Republican candidate Susan Byer’s firing from the county office two years ago.
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.
Carmel is the latest Indiana community seeking to use its waterways as a means to offer businesses cheap and plentiful liquor licenses.
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.
Forty years ago, Hamilton County’s suburbs were viewed as little more than northern extensions of Indianapolis. Today, they are destinations all their own.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 first development in the park ends a years-long dry spell and leads several other projects.
The massive facility, which would employ hundreds of people, would be built on a 100-acre site adjacent to Interstate 74.