May 9, 2013
Associated PressSpring gardeners, lawn manicurists and nursery folk of all varieties on the hunt for cheap fertilizer this planting season
need look no farther than the Greenfield's wastewater treatment facility.
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April 29, 2013
Andrea Muirragui DavisProperty owners southeast of Geist Reservoir are vowing to fight involuntary annexation of a 9-square-mile area by the town
of Fortville, which would add $53.5 million to its property tax base.
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March 13, 2013
Chicago-based Peer Foods Group Inc., a meat producer and distributor, said Wednesday that it plans to create 80 jobs by 2014
as part of a $5.5 million expansion into Hancock County.
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February 16, 2013
Chris O'MalleyUnusual merger of Hancock Telecom and Central Indiana Power is paving the way for network deployment in rural areas.
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January 8, 2013
Associated PressGun enthusiasts are snapping up weapons faster than they can be replenished. And applications for gun permits spiked sharply
toward the end of 2012.
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January 5, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinThe leaders of 18 central Indiana cities and towns have formed a group that intends to address regional concerns, starting
with a proposed $1.3 billion, 10-year mass transit plan.
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December 7, 2012
Associated PressIn August, Greenfield city officials decided to drastically slash funds for Greenfield-Central High School's broadcasting
program. The future of the programs remains in a state of limbo for the 2013-14 school year and beyond.
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November 17, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinChris Baggott has spent the past year and a half raising cattle, pigs and chickens on pasture, rather than conventional feed
grain, and without the use of hormones or antibiotics.
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October 11, 2012
Japan-based Tsuda Industries Co. Ltd. plans to spend $56.2 million to build a facility at Mount Comfort Air Park East, which
should create 116 jobs by 2016, the company said Thursday.
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September 29, 2012
Ellen KobeBilly Werth's passion for flying has landed him two jobs that pay the bills--as commercial pilot with Chautauqua Airlines
and a major in the Air Force Reserves at Grissom Air Reserve Base in Peru. His third job is just for fun. Since 2006, Werth
has owned an acrobatic flying company called Grayout Aerosports.
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July 5, 2012
Greenfield-based Irving Materials Inc.'s purchase of Rock Industries in Peru brings its total number of mining operations
in Indiana to 18. Rock Industries operates quarries in Peru and Plymouth.
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June 26, 2012
The New Jersey-based pharmaceutical research company is seeking state and local incentives as part of the expansion, which
would include a new laboratory, set to be finished in 2016. Covance already employs 565 workers at the site.
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May 12, 2012
Hayleigh ColomboNearly two years after federal agents raided furniture maker University Loft Co.’s Hancock County plant, the once-fast-growing
firm is seeing business bounce back.
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May 4, 2012
Mason King
Scott and Debbie Bennett sank their savings into purchasing Greenwood's
Yokohama, which had a past peppered with disappointed patrons.
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August 13, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinHabitat for Humanity affiliates are getting into the business of rehabbing homes, capitalizing on the availability of foreclosed
homes.
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April 2, 2011
IBJ Staff1,805-acre facility on the east side now will be known as the Indianapolis Regional Airport.
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March 19, 2011
Fortville manufacturer plans $3.3 million expansion
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March 2, 2011
IBJ StaffFortville-based Genesis Plastics Welding plans to invest over $3.3 million to expand its existing production facility east
of Indianapolis, adding as many as 54 new employees by 2014.
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February 12, 2011
IBJ StaffThe merged Hancock Telecom and Central Indiana Power have become NineStar Connect.
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January 26, 2011
IBJ StaffCaterpillar Logistics Inc. plans to permanently lay off 84 employees from a facility in Greenfield, where it handles distribution
services for Irwin Industrial Tools.
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November 3, 2010
Scott OlsonConsolidation of Central Indiana Power and Hancock Telecom will become official on Jan. 1. It took a change in state law to
allow the merger to proceed.
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October 26, 2010
Tom HartonThe Hancock County community is drawing interest because of recent hiring in the area and a strong population of seniors.
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October 1, 2010
Andrea Muirragui DavisConnecticut-based Stanley Black & Decker Inc. plans to combine two of its manufacturing operations at a new facility in
Greenfield, transferring about 100 workers from Shelbyville and adding as many as 80 jobs in the next two years.
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September 23, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlinNew York-based Ener1 didn't disclose how it will use the funds coming from Ener1 Group Inc., a company led by Russian
industrialist Boris Zingarevich.
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September 18, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlinThree separate colleges will hold classes in Hancock County—if a business-led education alliance can finance the space.
The Hancock Community Education Alliance has lined up a vacant retail building on State Road 9 in hopes that Ball State, Purdue
and Vincennes universities can offer classes next spring.
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Doug Henning!
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The basic idea of nice apartments with parking and retail is a good one, but this design seems overwhelmingly big/tall for Broad Ripple. The size could be disguised a bit with lots of big trees/landscaping, but the complex is too massive to blend in easily. That section of canal between College and Westfield will also need to be upgraded on both sides. Nice apartments facing onto a nice promenade with shade trees/plantings could bring together the canal towpath/Monon recreation, the outdoor seating at existing restaurants, and this project into something that upgrades the whole area. A plan for the whole stretch makes more sense than facing nice new housing onto what looks like a ditch. Is there a plan? Does the public have input? Who pays? The apartment idea seems to be reasonable, but Whole Foods is not a good idea for appropriate retail. Besides the store being physically too big, there are already Fresh Market at 54xCollege and Whole Foods in Nora for fancy groceries. Good Earth and Kroger are within walking distance of the Shell site. There are at least 7 grocery stores within a safe bike ride. Whole Foods would add nothing but traffic congestion. This design is on the right track, but there needs to be more work done to ensure that it blends in with and enhances the existing community. A project that large will set a tone for that whole part of town. It could be a real asset, but only if done right.
I did not move to Zionsville to live in Carmel. This and the subsequent developments to follow will ensure a vanilla uniformity of strip malls and apartment buildings as we seek to bring our town down to the least common denominator. We were warned before recent elections that pro-development council members would make sure their friends (landowners and developers) would be able to make their millions off of the exploitation of Zionsville. Why in God's name would we sell out the best preserved small town in the State of Indiana?