April 28, 2012
Cory SchoutenCity leaders once envisioned the Canal Walk as a bustling pathway lined with restaurants and shops, but residential and office
buildings have sprouted instead on most of the parcels along the meandering 1-1/2-mile stretch--making it more of a local
amenity than a visitor attraction.
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July 7, 2011
Andrew SmithNow in its second year, the Wishard Slow Food Garden grows produce for local markets, restaurants and residents alike. And
from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursdays, consumers can sample some of the harvest as the Duos Indy Mobile Kitchen sets up shop
a few steps away.
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August 27, 2010
Scott OlsonFirst-of-its-kind event in Indianapolis showcases what's known as the slow food movement, which promotes the benefits of producing
plants, seeds and livestock for local consumption.
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August 14, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlinSummer on the Central Canal is like a beachfront boardwalk, teeming with life. People push strollers, hold hands and walk
their dogs. There are boats and bikes and Segways for rent. And four museums are steps away from the water. Yet most of them
capture few of the passersby.
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May 26, 2010
IBJ Staff and Associated PressThe $2 million exhibit opens Saturday featuring five of the fastest animals on land.
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May 12, 2010
Scott OlsonThe Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association is spending $1.3 million to promote the city to eight Midwestern markets,
in
hopes of attracting more travelers.
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May 8, 2010
Michel MounayarToo few of the city's revitalization projects are connected by attractive sidewalks, streets, gardens and plazas.
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May 7, 2010
Scott OlsonIn light of a shrinking budget, the state has dropped traditional advertising campaigns to promote tourism and is embracing
social media outlets to promote Indiana's attractions.
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May 1, 2010
Together, the Kentucky International Convention Center and the Kentucky Exhibition Center offer cavernous space. However,
Indianapolis is attracting more guests.
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April 30, 2010
Anthony SchoettleSources close to the university said they expect a combination of parking facilities and a multi-use athletics venue and convocation
center to be built on the site.
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January 7, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlinNew interim CEO, the former president of the Eli Lilly and Co. Foundation, hopes to pave way for stability at the institution,
which has seen five CEOs in the past decade.
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December 3, 2009
IBJ Staff and Associated PressThe museum has been facing tight budgets and dropping attendance.
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June 8, 2009
IBJ StaffConner Prairie has $2.2 million riding on a ballooning exhibit that opened June 6. One thing that won't stand in the way of
its success is a competing ride--at least not at White River State Park.
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March 9, 2009
NINebark, a landscaping architectural firm, is making six large storyboards so that users of the planned White River Greenway
will learn about the area's industrial history.
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August 25, 2008
Sam StallAlmost a full year after a fire in a single exhibit closed the NCAA Hall of Champions, the wait for the college sports
museum's reopening is becoming as prolonged and agonizing as sitting through a college football game during
a freezing November rain. The NCAA is apparently in no hurry to relieve the suspense.
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May 12, 2008
Jennifer WhitsonThe clock is running out on plans to build the Indiana Museum of African American History in White River State Park, but the
ambitious project may find a new home on nearby Indiana Avenue. Less than two weeks before the museum's option on a two-acre
parcel of park land expires, backers were talking with IUPUI about locating the museum on unspecified university-owned land
along Indiana Avenue.
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January 8, 2007
Cory SchoutenIce skating on Monument Circle ended in the mid-1980s after damage from the weight of ice was discovered in the fountain basin.
But outdoor skating downtown might return. White River State Park plans to build a $1.5 million Olympic-size rink complete
with sound and light equipment and a skate-rental stand.
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Good ole' Obamacare. Thanks liberals and those who didn't bother to vote.
Yes. Blame those who were too lazy to go vote Obama out and those who voted him in again. That's my take on it. I know folks won't get it on the left. OK. Start berating me now!
Serioulsy, people are AGINST this project? Most communities would be salivating over a project like this. You'd rather have an empty eye-sore gas station and shacks posing as apartments? This project is exactly what BR needs. BUILD IT MR MAYOR. And yes, I am a BR resident, and have been for 20 years.
As a St. Vincent employee of over 20 years, I am saddened and disheartened by this announcement. Unfortunately, as the healthcare "industry" continues on this political and corporate path, all that St. Vincent Hospital has stood for spiritually for its employees and this community is being sucked dry. I know it truly has no choice. It is not just Obamacare or just competition or just any single thing. This trend started long before I was even born when the government became involved in healthcare and it became an "industry." I grieve for those who will lose their jobs, one of whom may be me, but I also grieve for this hospital which I have served for over 20 years. May God give us and it the grace to withstand the future of healthcare.
Why do people constantly harp on this issue and act ignorant about what a city population measures? A city's population is the city's population. There is no argument or debate about it. If you want to measure the density of a city--measure it. If you want to measure the size of a metropolitan area, then measure the metropolitan population. City boundaries cover different sized areas--and they always have (though the disparity has probably increased since about 1900 or so when more cities began annexing their surrounding communities). For example, San Francisco only covers 49 square miles while Houston cover nearly 600 square miles. No one argues about the population rankings of either city even though they clearly cover extremely different sized areas. Indianapolis is the 13 largest city by population in the U.S. That is a fact. While the population of a metropolitan area may give you a better sense of how large a community is, as noted, even metro areas can vary widely in the size of geographic area they cover--so that is not a perfect comparison either.