EDITORIAL: Collaboration made Regional Cities a winner
We hope the Regional Cities program persuades communities across the state to collaborate with their neighbors rather than work against them.
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Tough decisions pay off for ISO
On Dec. 7, the ISO reported its third straight budget surplus, thanks to a rise in ticket sales and steady fundraising. All parties involved—from the ISO’s new management team to the musicians, who took steep pay cuts in the interest of securing the organization’s long-term future—deserve kudos for how far they’ve come.
EDITORIAL: Residential litmus test impedes diversity
Noblesville’s decision to begin analyzing the ratio of tax revenue to city expenses on housing-development proposals further strangles financial diversity in affluent Hamilton County.
EDITORIAL: South-side project good for region
The patience of Greenwood officials to find the best use for the high-profile intersection at Interstate 65 and County Line Road shows an economic-development mind-set that’s bringing renewed prosperity to the county.
EDITORIAL: New mayor must draw residents
The shiny new apartment buildings rising in the Mile Square belie the reality that suburbanization is continuing to take a heavy toll on Marion County.
EDITORIAL: Governor must back full LGBT rights
Had Pence never pushed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, it’s likely he could have won support for some kind of law like one passed in Utah.
EDITORIAL: Circle Centre needs bolder vision
Every little bit helps, but a larger-scale investment is needed to redevelop parts of the mall and reposition the overall property for long-term success.
EDITORIAL: Big-box tax appeals take heavy toll
As national retail giants seek to dramatically shrink the local property taxes they pay, they put at risk the budgets of schools, libraries and other local units of government that already struggle to make ends meet.
EDITORIAL: Let BlueIndy prove itself
That won’t be a panacea. Users must have a driver’s license and a credit card—two things often absent in low-income homes—to access the program. But BlueIndy creates one more option in a city with too few.
EDITORIAL: Activists are mixed blessing
Even small-fry public companies like Ameriana Bancorp and Noble Roman's Inc. have caught the attention of investment firms that specialize in stirring the pot in hopes of scoring a quick profit.
EDITORIAL: Mass Ave site needs big thinking
Developers need a vision that is anchored in terms like: Local. Independent. High-quality products. Interesting. Supportive. Small. Dense. Creative.
Key role for Schellinger
Democrat Jim Schellinger’s appointment to head the state’s job-creating agency creates a bipartisan opportunity for a renewed and necessary push for higher quality jobs, not just a higher quantity of jobs.
EDITORIAL: May Anthem’s tribe increase
Headquarters house a company’s best and brightest, including executives with authority to make final decisions. The corner office is more likely than an outpost to back a risky or expensive project to improve a city.
EDITORIAL: Everyone wins in hotel venture
What could benefit human-services agencies and their clients more than to bring those clients into the goods-and-services-producing, wage-paying work force?
EDITORIAL: Anthem must keep city in focus
The executive suite and boardroom of today’s Anthem do not have the deep Hoosier roots that were present in Frick’s day. But we hope they respect that legacy and are equally reticent to bargain away a headquarters.
EDITORIAL: Design is key for Pulliam Square
In the case of Pulliam Square, Indianapolis must be extraordinarily vigilant. The city’s own design guidelines call for special scrutiny of buildings that face the five-block stretch of parks and memorials.
EDITORIAL: Big Car’s plan for Garfield Park is inspiring
The organization's bold plan would turn several vacant homes into artist residences and transform two commercial buildings into exhibition spaces, a radio station and an artist-curated record store.
EDITORIAL: Innovation happens in diverse places
The city has a chance to once again become known for innovation. But only if it can avoid serious missteps like the one we saw earlier this year with the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
EDITORIAL: No incentives for Indianapolis Power & Light project
That’s the message city officials seem to be sending of late, and it’s a troubling trend for a county tax base that struggles to fund basic services.
EDITORIAL: Politicians shouldn’t misread huge victories
It would be easy for some of the leading politicians in the wealthy northern suburbs to interpret their handy wins in the May 5 primary elections as resounding mandates to take on more debt in the interest of spurring additional private development.