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Looser superintendent rules advance on tiebreaker
April 10, 2013
Associated PressA proposal to no longer require Indiana's local school superintendents to hold a state superintendent's or teacher's
license passed the state Senate after Lt. Gov. Sue Ellspermann cast her first tie-breaking vote.
MoreLimited school voucher expansion approved by Senate
April 10, 2013
Associated PressThe Senate proposal would allow siblings of students already receiving vouchers to qualify for the program, raise the value
of each voucher by $200 and eliminate a one-year waiting period in public schools for students who attend "failing"
schools.
MoreSenate passes new criminal sentencing rules
April 10, 2013
Associated PressSupporters hope changes to sentencing laws will direct more people convicted of low-level felonies to work release and other
local programs. It also would require those convicted of the most-serious crimes to spend more time in prison.
MoreHouse Speaker Bosma returns to podium after surgery
April 10, 2013
Associated PressBrian Bosma missed all of last week's action in the Statehouse due to a serious infection developed from an artificial knee
replacement.
MoreIndianapolis controller leaving for education group
April 10, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinThe city will lose its controller a few months before the 2014 budget is due to be presented to the City-County Council.
MoreIndiana law change allows younger children as referees
April 10, 2013
Associated PressA southern Indiana boy has successfully spurred a change in state law that will allow sports leagues to hire youngsters like
him as referees.
MoreRV parts maker plans 800 jobs, new HQ in Indiana
April 9, 2013
Associated PressNorthern Indiana's recreational vehicle industry is getting a boost with the relocation of RV components producer Drew
Industries Inc. to Elkhart and its pledge of up to 800 new jobs by 2017.
MoreIndiana Senate approves $30B budget, partial tax cut
April 9, 2013
Associated PressThe plan keeps much of the additional education spending that House Republicans added to their budget proposal in February.
But the Senate package also includes a $150 million cut to personal income taxes.
MoreOhio competition sends Indiana casino revenues down
April 9, 2013
Associated PressIndiana's riverboat casino revenues fell 4.4 percent in March, dragged down by declines at two southeastern Indiana venues
that faced their first month of head-to-head competition with a Cincinnati casino.
MoreSchool guns mandate dropped from House bill
April 9, 2013
Associated PressAn Indiana legislative committee has dropped a proposed requirement that all public and charter schools have a gun-carrying
employee during school hours.
MoreRevenue forecast could swing Pence's tax-cut hopes
April 9, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinThe state revenue forecast due out April 16 will influence the next two-year budget and possibly help Gov. Mike Pence sell
lawmakers on his proposed 10-percent income-tax cut. Experts predict the numbers won't be much different from those in the
last forecast.
MorePlan would shift money from horse racing to auto racing
April 9, 2013
The Statehouse FileThe move—debated Monday in the Indiana House Ways and Means Committee—is meant to subsidize upgrades at the Indianapolis
Motor Speedway and make low-interest loans available to other auto tracks and businesses across the state.
More2 agency heads already leaving Pence administration
April 9, 2013
Associated PressThe heads of the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Administration have asked the Indiana Ethics Commission
for formal opinions on whether they can accept positions in higher education.
MoreGroup, bill promote natural gas fueling stations
April 9, 2013
Associated PressNatural gas advocates want to create incentives for building fueling stations across the state in hopes that more people will
operate vehicles using alternative fuels.
MoreIEDC deal with Mainstreet put on hold by Pence
April 8, 2013
Associated PressGov. Mike Pence asked the Indiana Economic Development Corp. on Monday to review its decision to grant $345,000 in economic
incentives to a company started by a top Republican lawmaker and his son.
MoreCity struggles to close gap on $30M in budget cuts
April 8, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinIndianapolis leaders made a pact to cut 5 percent from the already-adopted 2013 budget, but the reality might prove too difficult
to stomach.
MoreAs city budget tightens, Center Township trustee has money to burn
April 6, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinIBJ SPECIAL REPORT: Center Township lowered its bank balance in 2012, to $6.7 million, but the biggest checks Trustee Eugene
Akers wrote weren't for emergency needs like food or shelter, the township’s main mission.
MoreMedical finance driving major changes in health care marketplace
April 6, 2013
J.K. WallBrian and Emily Kahn had virtually identical physical therapy. He paid much more than she did. Why? Because of where the therapy
took place.
MoreCity to buy key parcel for 16th Street tech corridor
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.
MoreTough times didn't spur spike in poor relief
April 6, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinHeading into the 2008 recession, Center Township sat on $10.5 million in cash, but sky-high unemployment and rising poverty
over the next four years failed to drain those funds, and the disconnect persists in several area townships.
MoreFEIGENBAUM: Legislative deadline spawns flurry of activity
April 6, 2013
Ed FeigenbaumIn one 48-hour stretch early in the first week of April, lawmakers provided a truer lay of the session land than in all the
days leading up to it.
MoreMayor Ballard accepts fate of mass-transit bill
April 6, 2013
Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard sat out an April 2 hearing on mass transit because he knew the issue would be shifted to the
Legislature’s back burner.
MoreBoone County development group names new leader
April 6, 2013
Bryan Brackemyre, who has been interim executive director of the Boone County Economic Development Corp. since his predecessor
left for a position in state government early this year, got the full-time job effective April 1.
MoreIndiana Senate leader opposes fenced deer hunting
April 5, 2013
Associated PressThe leader of the Indiana Senate says he'll kill an amendment that would allow five fenced deer-hunting preserves around
the state to remain open.
MoreDuke rolls out new Indiana economic development plan
April 5, 2013
Associated PressThe state's largest power company says it's revamping its Indiana economic development program to improve opportunities
for communities to attract jobs and capital investment.
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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?