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LEADING QUESTIONS: Community guru preps new HQ
November 16, 2012
Mason King
How did the leader of one of Indy's top neighborhood development groups help save part of the City Market? How did
he help spark the Super Bowl legacy project? Any advice for home rehabs? Bill Taft has answers.
City balks at Jack in the Box plans for Meridian Street site
November 12, 2011
Urban design guidelines prohibit new drive-throughs along Meridian or Pennsylvania streets in the downtown vicinity.
MoreGeorgia Street reconstruction project starts underground
October 9, 2010
IBJ StaffWork is under way on the $12.5 million transformation of a three-block stretch between Pennsylvania Street and Capitol Avenue
into a pedestrian-friendly corridor.
MoreCultural Trail to hire first executive director
October 2, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlinA new not-for-profit organization will try to raise more than $700,000 a year for the trail’s ongoing maintenance, and
it will market the trail as a tourism and economic-development engine.
MoreCity meets deadline to get federal money for housing projects
September 25, 2010
IBJ StaffThe $29 million will be used to acquire and demolish or rehabilitate foreclosed and abandoned homes.
MoreReopening set for Moscow covered bridge
September 23, 2010
IBJ Staff and Associated PressOrganizers are planning a weekend ceremony to dedicate a rebuilt covered bridge in central Indiana that was destroyed by a
tornado more than two years ago.
MoreGIGERICH: Happiness is factor in location choices
April 17, 2010
Larry GigerichState-by-state comparisons ranking residents' satisfaction levels are gaining traction in economic development circles. While
rankings do not drive site-selection decisions, they do play a role.
MoreUrban expert lauds Indianapolis for progress
March 24, 2010
Scott OlsonNative Hoosier Aaron Renn, who writes the popular Urbanophile blog, said Indianapolis stacks up well against its Midwestern
counterparts and can compete for jobs with national hot spots such as Portland, Ore.
MoreCultural Trail snags $20.5 million stimulus boost
February 17, 2010
Scott OlsonThe funds will be used for construction on the remaining 4.5 miles of the $62.5 million project, officials announced Wednesday.
MoreCovered bridge project draws special attention
February 6, 2010
Norm Heikens
A plethora of experts like
Dan Collom are restoring the Moscow bridge, built in 1886 and destroyed by a tornado in 2008.
Study recommends upgrades for public transportation in counties surrounding Indianapolis
October 31, 2009
Chris O'MalleyIndyGo, for all its faults, is the Cadillac of transit systems in the Indianapolis region. Service breaks at county lines
and the absence of passenger shelters are among the deficiencies facing transit systems in surrounding counties.
MoreIndiana improves in business tax ranking
September 25, 2009
IBJ StaffIndiana is becoming more business-friendly, according to the latest national ranking from the Tax Foundation, which moved
the state
up two places to 12th.
MoreSidewalk inspections help downtown get spiffed up for big events
September 5, 2009
Marc D. AllanThey used to say that downtown Indianapolis rolled up the sidewalks at 6 p.m. No one says
that anymore. Now they say those sidewalks need to be clean. Sidewalk cleanliness is important on a day-to-day
basis for aesthetic reasons, but even more so when Indianapolis wants to put on its best face for major events
like the Final Four, the Indianapolis 500 and the Super Bowl.
MoreIndianapolis shows up peer cities in attracting the young and educated
September 8, 2008
J.K. WallCities must woo people while they’re young—in their 20s or early 30s—because after that age, people tend
to hunker down. The Indianapolis area apparently appeals to at least two key groups of young people—particularly those
already married, according to a new study by researchers at IUPUI.
MoreCity shows up peers in luring, keeping young, educated, married couples
September 8, 2008
J.K. WallRegional economic development experts say cities must woo talented people while they're young--in their 20s or early 30s--because, after that age, people tend to hunker down. The Indianapolis area apparently appeals to at least two key groups of young people--particularly those already married, according to a new study by researchers at IUPUI.
Group plots public-private revival for midtown Meridian neighborhoods
June 30, 2008
Cory SchoutenThere was a time when residents of Meridian Kessler, Butler Tarkington, and Broad Ripple viewed North Meridian Street as a
connection between their neighborhoods. These days, the road feels more like a divide-an intimidating commuter highway between
downtown and the northern suburbs that discourages pedestrian and bicycle traffic. A partnership of community groups including
the Meridian Street Foundation is hoping to change that by giving the neighborhoods a collective identity--Midtown--and mixing
private and public money to fund major infrastructure improvements.
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Can IBJ please stop referring to this property as "Kessler Mansion"? What a ridiculous title for the biggest, bloated, blight in our city. It's not a mansion. At best, it's an ideal site to shoot low-budget porn. Ahhh! Another business use!
Its stories like these that prove that a Ball State diploma is worth less than the paper that its printed on. A real institution of higher learning would have taken care of this long ago. No way should this crap be taught in a SCIENCE class.
It is such a shame that King Ballard has made Indianapolis into Chicago south with all of the rampant corruption.
How many of these 1,259 bills were actually heard and voted on on the floor vs how many were shot down in committee?
When a an arrogant young guy with essentially no experience and no qualifications for the job, was dropped into an Administrator position out of nowhere by his "mentor" in the Mayor's office things seemed fishy. Sometimes things are what they seem.