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Greg Ballard
Mayoral foes see different paths to boost business
September 3, 2011
Francesca JaroszBoth candidates for Indianapolis mayor are touting a host of ways to improve the city's business climate. Incumbent Greg Ballard
champions improving the city's amenities. Challenger Melina Kennedy focuses on recruiting entrepreneurs to the city.
MoreSheriff's department concerned about budget crunch
August 30, 2011
Francesca JaroszOfficials from the Marion County Sheriff’s Department say they are concerned that a $10 million gap in this year’s
budget will hurt their ability to pay critical bills.
MoreCity plans to put $80M from utility sale into new fund
August 10, 2011
Scott OlsonThe money would be used as a safeguard to help Indianapolis maintain its AAA credit ratings. But Democrat mayoral challenger
Melina Kennedy is criticizing the move.
MoreMayoral foe: Utilities sale money should fund 'human capital'
July 22, 2011
Francesca JaroszDemocratic mayoral candidate Melina Kennedy unveiled a proposal Friday to set aside $150 million in proceeds from the sale
of the city's water and sewer utilities to fund early education, crime prevention and job training.
MoreShrinking revenue puts Ballard in hot seat
July 2, 2011
Francesca JaroszA drop in local income-tax revenue could put Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard between a familiar political rock and hard place
as he faces re-election. Next year’s budgets must be approved in October, when Ballard’s race with Democratic
challenger Melina Kennedy will be in the home stretch.
MoreDid Mayor Ballard jump gun on charter closure?
June 24, 2011
J.K. WallAn Indianapolis charter school marked for closure by Mayor Greg Ballard posted huge gains in ISTEP scores this year, and school
leaders plan to ask Ballard to reconsider his decision.
MoreCity's ambitious tech-corridor plan no sure thing
June 18, 2011
Francesca JaroszIndianapolis leaders are hoping a new plan launched by Mayor Greg Ballard’s administration to transform the area northwest
of downtown into a high-tech job and life-sciences research magnet will turn the long-discussed idea into a reality.
MoreCity leaders look to 16th Street as future tech hub
June 16, 2011
Francesca JaroszOfficials on Thursday shared details of a long-term plan to redevelop an industrial stretch northwest of downtown with the
goal of attracting hundreds of residents and dozens of high-tech companies to the area.
MoreCritics: City's effort to help ex-offenders ineffective
June 11, 2011
Francesca JaroszThree years after Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard launched a city office designed to help ex-offenders avoid a repeat prison
visit, some of those original supporters say the city’s Office of Re-Entry Initiatives not only has fallen short of
that goal but has accomplished little else.
MoreChallenger in Indianapolis mayoral race releases sustainability plan
June 11, 2011
IBJ StaffAmong Melina Kennedy’s priorities is educating residents and businesses about recycling and making it more convenient.
MoreBallard to ask for control of IPS schools facing state takeover
June 8, 2011
Francesca Jarosz, J.K. WallBut Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard also reiterated his opposition to mayoral control over all of IPS, which some local leaders
have pushed for recently. He called that idea “premature.”
MoreIndianapolis mayor challengers among primary hopefuls
May 2, 2011
Associated PressDemocrats will choose their candidate Tuesday to run against Indianapolis Republican Mayor Greg Ballard, while voters statewide
pick nominees for city offices.
MoreMayor's charter schools director to leave
April 8, 2011
J.K. WallKarega Rausch will become the Indianapolis director of Stand for Children, an Oregon-based not-for-profit that pushes education
reform through grass-roots organizing and legislative lobbying.
MoreJob-creation claims are hot potato
March 26, 2011
Francesca JaroszThe city’s decade-record number of job commitments in 2010 could be the most frequently discussed figure in the run-up
to this fall’s mayoral election, but the number of commitments is difficult to verify.
MoreCity to close Fountain Square charter school
March 18, 2011
J.K. WallThe decision to close Fountain Square Academy, announced Friday morning at a press conference, marks the first time Mayor
Greg Ballard has chosen to shut down a charter school.
MoreRide along on a bike commute from Carmel to downtown Indy
March 5, 2011
Gabrielle Poshadlo
IBJ reporter Gabrielle Poshadlo follows Don Jarrels on his daily jaunt downtown. Bonus video: A
look inside Eli Lilly and Co.'s bike-to-work program.
City seeks replacement for GM plant
February 24, 2011
Francesca JaroszIndianapolis will spend $115,000 on a study to explore redevelopment opportunities for the 102-acre GM Stamping Plant property
west of downtown that will close this summer.
MoreBallard says jobs, neighborhoods critical
February 24, 2011
Francesca JaroszCreating a climate that allows businesses to thrive and improving Indianapolis’ neighborhoods will be critical to the
city’s future success. That was the message Mayor Greg Ballard conveyed Thursday night in his fourth-annual State of
the City speech, delivered at the Indianapolis Artsgarden downtown.
MoreBallard: City must build 'attractive urban environment'
February 24, 2011
Francesca JaroszThe theme of Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard's fourth-annual State of the City address will include putting “the needs
of the next decade ahead of the next day, next year or next election,” according to excerpts released Wednesday.
MoreUniversal curbside recycling program looks iffy
January 15, 2011
Francesca JaroszFinding a way to cover the cost of expanding the program with revenue from sales of recycled goods such as aluminum, plastic
and glass has proved tough, even as commodities prices rise with the improving economy.
MoreBallard to raise millions through utility, meter deals
December 24, 2010
Francesca JaroszIn the spring, Mayor Greg Ballard introduced a plan to sell the city’s water and sewer utilities to Citizens Energy
Group, the public charitable trust that owns Citizens Gas. About six months later, he rolled out a deal to lease the city’s
parking meters to a private operator.
MoreTouted Build America Bonds may not be available for utility deal
December 4, 2010
Chris O'MalleyCitizens Energy previously said not using the bonds would add about $100 million to the cost of the deal over 30 years.
MoreMayor's communications strategist leaving city post
October 29, 2010
Francesca JaroszRobert Vane, Ballard’s deputy chief of staff and communications director, plans to start his own firm specializing in crisis
and strategic communications. His last day with the city is Nov. 5.
MoreIndianapolis-area experts see bright spots amid ongoing real estate weakness
October 23, 2010
Health care shows signs of life, and multi-family buildings continue to hold their own, experts said during a recent IBJ
Power Breakfast.
MoreIndianapolis wins state "Green Community of the Year" award
October 16, 2010
IBJ StaffMayor Greg Ballard has unveiled a number of green initiatives, ranging from widespread use of hybrid vehicles to making the
City-County Building more energy-efficient.
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My favorite magician is Mickey in Fantasia.
I ate at a Steak n Shake a couple of weeks ago and was amused to see a poster of him (and a lineup of employees) just inside the entrance. You don't see that at other chains -- OK maybe Dave the Wendy's guy, but that was when he was also in their TV ads.
Well he wasn't a magician in the latest movie, but up in Fort Wayne he was featured on Happy the Hobo when I was a kid and I LOVED THE SHOW!
Shake Shack>Steak n' Shake
I really enjoyed the Hollywood Bar and Film works, they had good food and decent prices I understand that parking was one of the reasons for its closing. If other major events were going downtown parking was expensive if not impossible. Hope the new cinema bar will have parking.