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Education & Workforce Development
Ball State offers higher-ed aid to Iraq, Afghanistan
January 7, 2012
Scott OlsonNew program is making progress in volatile countries.
MoreIT upgrade for state dogged by delays
January 7, 2012
Francesca JaroszThe state missed a Dec. 15 deadline to complete a complicated technology overhaul of its unemployment insurance system—the
latest in a series of delays that have added years to the project and led to more than $18 million in cost overruns.
MoreVoucher experience positive for one local high school student
December 30, 2011
Franklin College News BureauDayana Vazquez-Buquer is among 3,919 students from low- to moderate-income Indiana families who qualified for an Indiana Choice
Scholarship this year. She praises the General Assembly for creating the voucher program.
MoreIndiana: Two percent fail job-training drug tests
December 29, 2011
Associated PressIndiana officials say a drug-testing program that started in July for people seeking job training has led to about 2 percent
of applicants failing.
MorePark Tudor land purchase puts stop to housing development
December 20, 2011
Tom HartonThe private school recently bought the 5.7 acres north of its campus that Dr. Bill Nunery, a local ophthalmologist, had planned
to develop into an upscale residential enclave known as Grace Hill.
MoreMind Trust calls for decentralizing IPS district
December 18, 2011
J.K. WallBy gutting its central office, Indianapolis Public Schools could free up $188 million to provide universal preschool, to pay
key teachers more than $100,000 a year and to transform itself into a network of autonomous “opportunity” schools.
MoreWaltons give $1 million to Mind Trust charter incubator
December 16, 2011
J.K. WallThe $1 million grant from the Arkansas-based Walton Family Foundation will fund a team that will open its first charter school
in the 2013-2014 school year as part of what the group hopes will become a network of high-performing charter schools.
MorePulliam trust plans to boost giving for environment
December 15, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinStarting with a $1 million grant to Marian University's EcoLab, the Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust plans to start giving
a greater share of its money to environmental groups.
MoreBall State poll: Half of Hoosiers undecided on right-to-work
December 15, 2011
J.K. WallTwenty-seven percent of Hoosiers support a law allowing employees to join unionized workplaces without being forced to pay
union dues. But 24 percent oppose it and 48 percent are still undecided, according to a new survey.
MoreAdvocates: Vouchers living up to expectations
December 14, 2011
Associated PressNearly 4,000 students who formerly attended public schools are receiving tax money to help pay the cost of private school
under Indiana's school voucher program, which is believed to be the nation's largest, officials say.
MoreTurnaround company wants to launch feeder schools
December 14, 2011
J.K. WallCharter Schools USA, the Florida-based company tapped by the state government to turn around Howe and Manual high schools
in Indianapolis, also wants to launch two charter elementary schools to help feed students into those schools.
MoreLilly Endowment gives $4.9M for teaching fellowships
December 14, 2011
J.K. WallIndianapolis-based Lilly Endowment Inc. is giving another big gift to help fund the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation,
which prepares career changers and college graduates to teach math, science, engineering and technology in rural and urban
schools.
MoreDeveloper plans 26-story tower along canal
December 10, 2011
Cory SchoutenValparaiso-based Investment Property Advisors wants to build an $83 million apartment project for college students on one
of the last available parcels along downtown’s Central Canal.
MorePair hopes to find niche in commercial real estate
December 10, 2011
Scott OlsonFirst project for startup Loftus Robinson Development is a small conversion in Broad Ripple.
MoreSides reach $150,000 deal in school-bullying lawsuit
December 7, 2011
Associated PressA former student at a central Indiana high school has agreed to a $150,000 settlement of her lawsuit claiming school officials
failed to stop bullying by a male classmate.
MoreBall State rejection threatens two Indy charter schools
December 7, 2011
J.K. WallFall Creek and Fountain Square academies could be forced to close in May after Ball State University declined their applications
this week.
MoreIndiana University buys up triple-X domain names
December 5, 2011
Associated PressIndiana University is acquiring 11 Internet domains names using a new suffix meant for pornography sites. Numerous colleges
across the nation are taking similar measures.
MoreIndiana lawmakers want cursive mandatory in schools
December 1, 2011
Associated PressTerre Haute Sen. Tim Skinner and Oldenburg Sen. Jean Leising said they plan to submit bills when lawmakers return to Indianapolis
in 2012 that would require the writing style be taught.
MoreIU law school in Indianapolis gets $24M from McKinney
December 1, 2011
Scott OlsonThe Indiana University School of Law in Indianapolis will be renamed Robert H. McKinney School of Law in honor of the retired
banker and attorney.
MoreIU law school in Indianapolis to make ‘major’ announcement
November 30, 2011
The local legal community is speculating that the announcement involves a large donation and a renaming of the school.
MoreBall State announces moves to stem tuition costs
November 29, 2011
Associated PressBall State University said Tuesday it will offer $500 scholarships to students on track to graduate within four years and
take other steps that could save some students as much as $10,000 over the course of their college careers.
MoreState school chiefs paid more than meets the eye
November 27, 2011
Associated PressIndiana's nearly 300 school superintendents are receiving more compensation than reported in their contracts, with extra payments
for benefits such as health insurance counting toward their overall salaries for pension purposes, a newspaper's investigation
has found.
MoreIU Health is national player in multi-organ transplants
November 26, 2011
Scott OlsonUnusual surgeries bring certain amount of prestige, but not a lot of profit.
MorePurdue courts Silicon Valley partnerships
November 26, 2011
Chris O'MalleyThe office, at NASA Ames Research Center, in Mountain View, Calif., aims to commercialize Purdue-developed technology through
partnerships with private industry.
MoreCentral Indiana district hires law firm to defend bus fee
November 22, 2011
Associated PressThe Franklin Township board voted 3-2 Monday night to fight a parent lawsuit aimed at forcing the district to restore free
school bus service.
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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?