May 22, 2013
IBJ Staff and Associated PressThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed adding three sites in Indiana—including one in Indianapolis—to
its highest priority cleanup list for hazardous waste sites.
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May 21, 2013
Associated PressThe Delaware County commissioners on Monday endorsed a resolution supporting environmental and engineering studies for the
proposed Mounds Lake Reservoir.
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May 19, 2013
A central Indiana official says the tough conditions opponents of a planned wind farm are seeking for the project would leave
little room for the proposed power-generating wind turbines.
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May 17, 2013
Associated PressOrganizer and environmentalist Clarke Kahlo told The Herald Bulletin that the group is trying to build public awareness
of the amount of land that would disappear if the reservoir is built.
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May 15, 2013
Associated PressThe operators of Indiana's largest wind farm are proposing changing the nighttime operations of the farm's 300-plus
wind turbines to protect endangered Indiana bats from being killed by the turbines' spinning blades.
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May 14, 2013
Associated PressA weekly report says 30 percent of Indiana's corn crop was planted as of Sunday, up from 8 percent the week before, but still
off the 5-year average of 54 percent.
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May 13, 2013
Associated PressA Chicago-based company is seeking permission from Delaware County officials to build about 30 turbines across 15,000 acres
of agricultural areas northeast of Muncie.
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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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May 8, 2013
Associated PressIndiana's honey bee populations are taking a hit from a mysterious disorder that's devastating bee colonies across
the nation.
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May 7, 2013
Associated PressDelaware County commissioners decided Monday that they won't take immediate action on a moratorium to block a proposed wind
farm.
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May 7, 2013
Associated PressThe federal government's weekly crop report says 8 percent of the Indiana corn crop was planted as of Sunday, well behind
the 82 percent planted by the same time last year.
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May 7, 2013
Mason KingFive of the six Hoosier firms that appear in the 2013 rankings slipped from their positions in last year's list of the largest
U.S. companies.
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May 4, 2013
Dan HumanState officials want to know how an Oklahoma City company managed to set up 30,000 Indiana accounts for a federally subsidized
phone program in less than a year. The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission has launched an investigation into whether TerraCom
LLC is repeating federal violations it allegedly committed in Oklahoma.
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May 1, 2013
Mason KingPlans for the plant, officially announced Wednesday, call for an environmentally friendly facility outside of Martinsville
that could produce 650 megawatts of power. Construction could employ 660 workers.
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May 1, 2013
Associated PressAs of Sunday, farmers in Indiana had planted just 1 percent of the corn crop, compared with the five-year average of 30 percent
by the end of April, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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April 30, 2013
Associated PressIndiana Gasification project manager Mark Lubbers told the Evansville Courier & Press that neither the General
Assembly nor Gov. Mike Pence support the project.
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April 29, 2013
Associated PressAnderson's title, first granted in 1991, appears to have been lost due to issues with paperwork. The status is awarded
by the Arbor Day Foundation and others to recognize cities with viable tree-management plans and programs.
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April 27, 2013
Associated PressIndiana Gasification LLC project manager Mark Lubbers said developers wouldn't have tried to build the plant at Rockport
if the law passed early Saturday morning had been in place.
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April 24, 2013
Associated PressHundreds of residents gathered at Daleville High School on Tuesday night to hear about the proposed Mounds Lake Reservoir,
a 2,100-acre project that could cost as much as $400 million to build.
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April 17, 2013
Associated PressWork to rebuild a defective underground barrier designed to hold back tainted soil and groundwater at the site of a former
auto parts plant should hopefully begin this year, the site's federal manager says.
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April 16, 2013
Associated PressTwo Indiana lawmakers have spent the legislative session watering down opposition to a proposed $2.8 billion coal-gasification
plant that would likely benefit their employers.
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April 11, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinAs citizens of Zionsville, residents of the Royal Run subdivision have had little recourse against the Whitestown-owned water
utility that charges them 78 percent more than its customers to the north.
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April 11, 2013
Mason KingHoosier Energy will invest about $27 million in 83,000-square-foot facility. The city of Bloomington has approved a 10-year
tax abatement for the project.
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April 8, 2013
Bloomberg NewsIndianapolis-based Simon Property Group Inc. is among borrowers funding projects from rooftop solar panels to energy-savings
systems using so-called Pace financing.
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April 6, 2013
Scott OlsonThe city of Indianapolis is poised to pay Citizens Energy Group $6.5 million to buy a key parcel of real estate it’s
targeting as the centerpiece of its ambitious 16 Tech project.
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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?