New U.S. 31 opens in Carmel
The $350 million project included upgrading 13 miles to interstate standards from Interstate 465 to State Road 38 with 49 new bridges and 12 new interchanges through Carmel and Westfield.
The $350 million project included upgrading 13 miles to interstate standards from Interstate 465 to State Road 38 with 49 new bridges and 12 new interchanges through Carmel and Westfield.
Carmel City Council President Rick Sharp said he was under the impression that the city only needed to borrow $2.9 million to fix a budget shortfall, and wasn’t told the actual amount until after the council voted to approve the deal.
The agreement between the council and the Carmel Redevelopment Commission gives the CRC the authority to use $2.9 million in its supplemental reserve fund to make a bond payment for the city.
Carmel is short of revenue this year, prompting the city to look for other ways to pay claims, debt service and payroll for the next couple of weeks.
A budget shortfall at Carmel Utilities has led to a deficit in the city’s general fund—a problem critics of Mayor Jim Brainard have been warning about for months.
After going on paid administrative leave this fall, Carmel City Attorney Doug Haney received a 23 percent raise that will take effect in 2016.
Advertisements for traditionally low-wage jobs in hospitality and retail decorate major thoroughfares in the northern suburbs, offering management positions and higher pay as incentives.
The ex-Party Time Rental warehouse has been an eyesore for years, but Carmel officials finally seem ready to OK a plan to transform the 6.5-acre site.
The city of Carmel, which had been counting on landing a federal grant to help fund a proposed $31.9 million overhaul of the 96th Street and Keystone Avenue intersection, once again was not picked.
The Carmel City Council approved a human rights ordinance with a 4-3 vote Monday night after hearing about two hours of divided public testimony.
A proposal that would ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity is set to go before the full Carmel City Council on Monday.
City Council finance committee chairwoman Luci Snyder kept the ordinance in committee after a hearing last week. Council president Rick Sharp tried to override that decision Monday night and allow the full council to discuss it, but didn’t have enough support.
Carmel’s finance committee met Thursday to discuss the proposed ordinance. After taking several public comments, the committee declined to move the proposal to the full council.
Small breweries are tapping the northern Indianapolis suburbs. Four have opened just this year, essentially doubling Hamilton County’s craft beer market. And that growth is expected to continue.
Standard & Poor’s just reduced the bond rating on the utility’s debt based on concerns about revenue and a low cash balance in the funds.
Indiana Sen. Mike Delph, R-Carmel, says he won't enter the campaign to succeed U.S. Sen. Dan Coats in the 2016 elections.
Mayor Jim Brainard expects the Carmel City Council’s control over any redevelopment commission contract worth more than $25,000 to be removed early next year when several new council members take office.
Presidents of two Carmel-based companies are teaming up to offer co-working space to local startups, particularly those in software and technology.
Commercial projects are starting to stake claims on open land along the Zionsville portion of Michigan Road, catching up with the flurry of mostly retail development that’s already occurred along the Carmel portion of the roadway.
Heartland Food Products Group announced Tuesday that it plans to acquire low-calorie sweetener brand Splenda, creating the need for a major expansion at its Indianapolis-area operations.