In the worst recession since the Great Depression, it must be difficult to broker business expansions. But
IEDI’s making no excuses for the city’s job creation and retention figures. In fact, it’s touting them.
Indiana’s lofty unemployment rate not only is taking a toll on the jobless but also the recruiters that help them find
work, leading to the demise of several local employment agencies.
The Metropolitan Development Commission this afternoon approved two requests for property tax abatement, including one for
a mammoth development known as World Connect at AmeriPlex.
Japanese culture will be on display at the Indiana State Fair next year. Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels announced today, while
traveling on a economic development mission in Japan, that the Asian country will be featured in its own exhibit at the fair
for the first time in 2010.
The mammoth facility near Indianapolis International Airport now employs as many people as it did when United Airlines abandoned it
six years ago, but its new tenants are contending with struggles of their own.
With job growth surging in Warsaw’s orthopedic cluster, the life sciences development group BioCrossroads Inc. set out to…
Indiana officials say it will take longer to resolve the state’s bankrupt unemployment insurance fund’s funding troubles
than projected when a law designed to start fixing the system was enacted in April.
Don’t expect the contingent traveling with Gov. Mitch Daniels on his 10-day trade mission to China and Japan to return to
Indiana with a major commitment from an Asian company.
Indy Partnership CEO Ron Gifford is traveling with Gov. Mitch Daniels and a delegation of Hoosier business and community
leaders on a trip to Asia through Sept. 16. Gifford is blogging about his experiences as he works to bring
new jobs and investment to the economic development group’s 10-county Indianapolis region. Bookmark this
page and check back for updates.
Chicago-based LKQ Corp., a supplier of replacement and aftermarket automotive parts, will establish a distribution center
in Plainfield with plans to create up to 30 jobs by 2011, the company announced this morning.
The so-called Shelbyville site Harley-Davidson is considering for a new assembly plant actually isn’t in Shelbyville,
but rather in an unincorporated portion of Shelby County near the Marion County line.
New jobless claims fell slightly last week while the number of people receiving unemployment benefits rose, a sign the job
market’s recovery will be long and bumpy.
Indianapolis-based information technology consultant Apparatus Inc. plans to expand its local operations and create up to
130 jobs by 2012, the company announced this morning.
Central Indiana’s chances for landing a Harley-Davidson motorcycle plant have been improved by the elimination of Kansas
City from the list of potential sites.
The Indianapolis plant of Rexnord Industries LLC is promising to create 43 jobs and retain hundreds more if the city grants
a five-year tax abatement.
Indiana Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman plans to announce the first awards of $164 million in federal stimulus money to build low-
and moderate-income housing across the state.
Indianapolis-based University Loft Co. expects to add 30 full-time jobs at its Greenfield manufacturing facility thanks to
a federal pact with the U.S. Marine Corps. The company recently was awarded a multi-million-dollar contract to supply metal
furniture for the Marine Corps’ Camp Lejeune base in North Carolina.
Three music events with direct visitor spending estimated at $28 million that were hosted at Lucas Oil Stadium offer proof,
city officials said, that the expense of the retractable roof and other features of the $720 million facility are paying off.
Despite recent investment by Major Health Partners, Shelbyville’s technology park is about as far from meeting state
standards as it was two years ago.
Two Indianapolis Colts pre-season games in the August heat have done little to cool down the questions surrounding climate
control at Lucas Oil Stadium.
