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Family business repairs what others toss
February 23, 2009
Much of downtown has been erased and rebuilt over the last 38 years, but quietly and with almost no notice, Cento's Shoes
has remained one of the few constants.
MoreTonic Ball raises money for Second Helpings
November 17, 2008
Tonic Ball — an annual fundraiser for Second Helpings — takes place the Friday before Thanksgiving, featuring 30
local bands
each playing 10-minute themed sets and local artists selling their work.
MoreVIEWPOINT: Sounding out new stadium was painful
September 22, 2008
During the Kenny C h e s n ey / Ke i t h Urban concert on Sept. 13, Lucas Oil Stadium passed its first test as a concert venue.
Not acoustically-the sound ranged from barely acceptable to awful, depending on where you sat-but customer service-wise. Anticipating
some problems, stadium management had set aside a number of seats for people who complained. When I went to the first-floor
ticket window, they replaced my seats in Section 635-upper level, rear of...
MoreSmaller Indiana gives cultural events a boost
September 1, 2008
Smaller Indiana gives cultural events a boost Web site's bloggers share IndyFringe experiences With a mere $11,000 to spend
on marketing, IndyFringe Executive Director Pauline Moffat is always on the lookout for low- or no-cost promotional opportunities.
So when Pat Coyle, founder of online community smallerindiana.com, approached her about a novel arrangement to spread the
word, Moffat jumped at it. The deal was this: The Fringe would give two tickets to each of its festival shows to Smaller Indiana,
which...
MoreSmaller Indiana gives cultural events a boost: Web site's bloggers share IndyFringe experiences
September 1, 2008
With a mere $11,000 to spend on marketing, IndyFringe Executive Director Pauline Moffat is always on the lookout for low-
or no-cost promotional opportunities. So when Pat Coyle, founder of online community smallerindiana.com, approached her about
a novel arrangement to spread the word, Moffat jumped at it. The deal was this: The Fringe would give two tickets to each
of its festival shows to Smaller Indiana, which would hand them over to members who would write blogs about the performances...
MoreIndesign LLC: Engineers designed firm after losing corporate jobs Ownership stake gave workers even more motivation to succeed
December 17, 2007
Eleven years ago, AT&T/Lucent Bell Laboratories announced it was closing its wired consumer product design division in Indianapolis
and consolidating operations in New Jersey. That left about 90 employees here with a choice: Move or find another job. Most
went or joined other companies. But 34 decided to stick together and start their own business here-Indesign LLC. Today, the
high-tech electronic design and development company near Fort Benjamin Harrison is a $6 million-a-year business with 53 employees
and clients that...
MoreNiche firms thrive despite anonymity: Some small businesses don't need storefronts to keep customers coming
November 26, 2007
Whimsical Whisk isn't your neighborhood bakery. Pastry chef Clare Welage never wanted it to be. She started the patisserie
in 2004 with plans to differentiate herself from the competition by making desserts from scratch using all-natural ingredients,
designing items specifically for the customer and-just as important-going without a storefront. "I've always felt that if
you open up a storefront and you have a specialty product, something somewhere gets compromised," Welage said. "Ultimately,
it's the quality of the product or it's...
MorePROFILE: Roundpeg: Narrowing its focus helped Roundpeg find the right hole Networking also makes a difference for marketing firm
November 5, 2007
Roundpeg Narrowing its focus helped Roundpeg find the right hole Networking also makes a difference for marketing firm Lorraine
Ball is a human energy bar who seems to have more ideas than there are minutes in a day. She left her job as vice president
of creative services for Conseco Inc. in early 2002 to start her own business focusing on team building and strategic planning
for large companies-only to discover that in the post-9/11 world, big companies weren't investing...
MoreLeader Corporation of Indiana: Chasing the American dream Couple dives into deep end from the start
October 1, 2007
Couple dives into deep end from the start Tom Foreman had worked for other contractors, but in 1993 he decided the time was
right for him and his wife, Donna, to start their own business. So they founded Leader Corporation of Indiana, which provides
control systems (think temperature controls, security and automation systems) for commercial and institutional customers such
as Lucas Oil Stadium, the Conrad Indianapolis hotel and the Pendleton Correctional Facility. He was 53 at the time. Donna
was...
MoreMcBroom Industrial Services: Relationships critical to business survival Repair service keeps evolving to meet customer need
July 16, 2007
When Hilton McBroom founded McBroom Electric in his parents' garage in the midst of the Depression, he couldn't have envisioned
that the company would exist 75 years later-or what it would be doing. Back then, McBroom repaired anything someone would
pay him to fix. Over the years, the company evolved from repairing washers, dryers and furnace motors (and selling Maytag
products) to fixing electric motors in manufacturing machinery to its current concentration-repairing and remanufacturing
specialty devices used by industrial customers...
MoreWright Development LLC: Providing the missing piece Development company aims to recreate neighborhoods
April 23, 2007
Driving around the Holy Cross area just east of Lockerbie, the CEO of Wright Development LLC points out several properties
her company has bought and refurbished-starting with 1209 and 1210 E. Vermont St.-as well as the many rehabs in the works.
"Our goal is to re-create neighborhoods and make them viable, thriving, desirable places to live," she said. "That's usually
left to the city, the not-for-profits and the [community development corporations]. We feel like there's been a component
missing." The...
MoreManagement's traffic cop: Administrative assistants play numerous roles, gain more respect
April 9, 2007
As a girl, Lori Drzal dreamed of becoming a spy, a policewoman-something where she'd be helping others. Her father had different
ideas. "Become a secretary," he told her. "You'll always have a job." "Today," she said, "I think, 'Why did he tell me that?'
But ... I've always had a job. I've always grown in my jobs, and I've always been challenged." Drzal, 48, executive assistant
to Steak n Shake President and CEO Peter Dunn for the past four years,...
MoreWORTH SEEING COWBOYS & INDIANS Eiteljorg showcases famous artists' not-so-famous work:
March 19, 2007
WORTH SEEING COWBOYS & INDIANS Eiteljorg showcases famous artists' not-so-famous work Cowboys and Indians aren't what come
to mind when the world thinks of Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol, two great American pop artists better known for comicbook
imagery and Campbell's Soup cans. And that's what makes "Roy Lichtenstein: American Indian Encounters" and "Andy Warhol's
Cowboys & Indians" so fascinating and surprising. The artists' exhibits, presented under the common title "Pop! Goes the West,"
run through April 15 at the...
MorePROFILE: Home Safe Homes Inc.: Locking up the local market New dad built a business around keeping kids safe
March 12, 2007
Home Safe Homes Inc. Locking up the local market New dad built a business around keeping kids safe Kent McCool went looking
for childproofing products just before his daughter was born in 2001. He didn't like what he found. After making several trips
to various stores, buying products that didn't work properly or he didn't end up needing, he saw a business opportunity. "I
saw that there were lots of other childproofing companies across the country, but there was nobody...
MoreEVERYBODY'S DOING IT: BICYCLING: When spring is sprung, it's time to let it ride
March 12, 2007
EVERYBODY'S DOING IT BICYCLING When spring is sprung, it's time to let it ride After months stuck indoors, at least 100 bicyclists-and
maybe more-will hit the road March 18 for the Central Indiana B i cy c l i n g Association's St. Patrick's Day Ride, the organization's
spring season kickoff. "It gets the cobwebs off; it's usually the first nice day of the season and everybody's excited to
get on their bikes again," new CIBA President Nancy Tibbett said...
MoreMaking the connection: Lobbyists represent diverse client base in navigating complicated legislative maze
November 13, 2006
Indiana's wineries faced potential ruin in early 2006. The U.S. Supreme Court had handed down a decision requiring states
to treat in-state and out-ofstate wineries the same. That meant if Indiana wineries were allowed to continue to ship directly
to Indiana consumers, out-of-state wineries would be entitled to the same access. Or the state could ban all direct shipments
of wine to Hoosier consumers. That's exactly what wholesalers wanted. But that would have spelled disaster for Hoosier wineries.
The wineries...
MoreSMALL BUSINESS PROFILE WTH: Firm mapping out its own success Owner shifts focus from old-school engineering to GIS
April 24, 2006
SMALL BUSINESS PROFILE WTH Firm mapping out its own success Owner shifts focus from old-school engineering to GIS Rex Jones
wants to show off his company's work, so the lights go down, a computer comes on and a map of Starke County appears on a screen.
The map is a maze of green lines representing county and local roads, red for state/interstate highways, blue for water. Jones
zooms in further, picking a random street in the rural county. Up pops...
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Laura-the festivals and tastings are free. What does is strengthen the sense of community with activities. What are those empty lots doing for the Village? it's sad you can't see the good that this progress can do for the area. No one is requiring anyone to shop there. I guess you'd rather see a Dollar store move in or no, we'd rather see the property stand empty b/c change is out of the question.
Read down to the part about Brizzi. Someone needs to subpoena his "purchases" of Red RockPictures and Cellstar and his corresponding bank records, I mean c'mon, I'd like to see his alcohol usage records, too. http://diana-vice.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Wonder if my neighborhood can advertise our "retention" pond and act like it is a beach too?
a new record at the '11 salebration until they realized that it was a futile effort to get their crapwagon moter and crapwagon car up speed. And then they just quietly slunk off into the night and never spoke of it again. Nothing to see here folks.
millions for putting a company's bumper sticker on one of its Lolas. But you gotta take what you can get.