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water conservation
Mayor lifts city’s water-use restrictions
September 4, 2012
Beginning Wednesday, city residents can water their lawns, wash their cars and fill swimming pools without facing fines. Fishers
also lifted its conservation order, effective Saturday.
MoreWater utility eyes rate hikes to promote conservation
August 31, 2012
Chris O'MalleyCitizens Water is considering changes in the way it bills customers to conserve water during future droughts. Among the changes
could be periodic rate hikes to discourage heavy usage on peak days.
MoreWater utility exploring drastic options to satisfy long-term demand
July 28, 2012
Chris O'MalleyCitizens Water engineers are considering various methods, both short-term and long-term, to meet increasing demand on the
water supply of Indiana’s largest metro area, which might need 50 million gallons more water per day as early as five
years from now.
MoreFire, water worries grow worse amid Indiana drought
July 11, 2012
Associated PressIndianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard is banning lawn watering in the city beginning Friday, and all smoking has been banned during
a county fair in central Indiana because of the conditions caused by this summer's drought.
MoreCitizens not ready to get behind historic designation for Central Canal
April 7, 2012
Chris O'MalleyPreservationists want protections for the historic waterway, but the utility that just bought it is afraid National Register
status will cause unintended consequences.
MoreGroup forms to protect Pleasant Run watershed
June 12, 2010
IBJ StaffLed by Sky Schelle, east-side residents have formed The Friends of Pleasant Run.
MoreCity flush with energy-saving ideas for building
April 20, 2010
Chris O'MalleyCity-County Building energy-efficiency upgrades are set to be unveiled Tuesday afternoon. The nearly 50-year old landmark
is the centerpiece of the city's greener-building initiative.
MoreAdvisory panel urges EPA to back plan to pay for green projects via property tax
November 28, 2009
Chris O'MalleyBy issuing “voluntary environmental improvement bonds,”, local and state governments could
create special taxing districts that finance homeowner purchases of everything from solar panels to rain
gardens.
MoreCompanies reap rewards on irrigation investments
November 7, 2009
Brock BenefielMike’s Express Carwash uses a lot of water. There’s just no getting around it. So when automated systems engineer
Ryan Binkley looked for ways to conserve resources, he focused on the company’s irrigation systems.
MoreCity's water system wasted a billion gallons last year
July 16, 2007
Chris O'MalleyRecords show 17 percent of the 51 billion gallons Indianapolis Water treats and pumps from its plants never so much as moves
a digit on customers' water meters.
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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?