July 27, 2009
Marc D. AllanBank transaction counts—the number of people going into banks to make a deposit, cash a check or
conduct some other form of business—have declined in recent years with the increased popularity
of direct deposit, online banking and easy ATM accessibility. So why add branches?
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July 21, 2009
IBJ StaffA study commission has concluded that a major development involving a new youth-sports complex would be viable for Westfield,
the city announced this morning.
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July 20, 2009
J.K. WallFavorable article in prestigious journal could draw attention to Carmel biotech startup.
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July 20, 2009
A new business plan is in the works for the high-end Monon Center in Carmel.
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July 20, 2009
Riya V. AnandwalaCertified public accountant Dave Norris bought a 1976 Good Humor truck and started his family-owned U Want Ice Cream mobile
route in 2007, aiming to make a personal connection with people—along with
a little extra money.
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July 13, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinIt takes a map of the entire metro area to show all the projects the YMCA of Greater Indianapolis has on its drawing board.
The $30 million plan calls for building two brand-new facilities, one in Avon and one in Pike Township; expanding
the Fishers YMCA; and building a new outdoor pool in Lawrence.
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July 13, 2009
IBJ StaffCarmel-based Conseco Inc., still a bit strapped for cash, brought in a reinsurance company to shoulder some of the risk
of its life insurance policies. Minnesota-based Wilton Reassurance Co. will pay $57.5 million to Conseco as a ceding
commission to co-insure and administer 104,000 policies held by Conseco subsidiaries.
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July 6, 2009
Chris O'MalleyCarmel-based mobile marketer Tetherball has deployed a program using
a radio frequency identification device that can measure in detail to what extent customers redeem loyalty and rewards offers.
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July 6, 2009
IBJ StaffNoblesville resident Tom Wagenhauser is revamping the Hamilton County-centric Web site FishersFind.com and hopes to double
its weekly traffic.
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June 22, 2009
IBJ StaffThe merger will give Keller Williams, which entered the local market five years ago, a foothold in Hamilton County, where
Brenwick Realty has been responsible for selling property in Village of WestClay.
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June 15, 2009
Cory SchoutenDeveloper Brown Investments has reached terms with the owners of 43 of 49 homes in the North Meridian Heights neighborhood
in Carmel. Browning plans to demolish the homes to make way for a $100 million commercial development over 17 acres.
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June 8, 2009
Cory SchoutenWestfield's mayor says the city's rapid growth and small staff are to blame for accounting problems raised in a State Board
of Accounts audit.
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June 1, 2009
Anthony SchoettleSome industry insiders worry that, while Indianapolis is busy chasing bigger conventions, adjoining counties may raid the
cupboard made plentiful by investments within Marion County, particularly downtown.
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April 27, 2009
Bruce HetrickLast week, I made a presentation about social media to several hundred people at a Carmel Chamber of Commerce luncheon. We
talked about Facebook and Twitter, YouTube and Flickr, LinkedIn, blogging and more. I didn't answer the "how-to"
question. I answered the "whether-to" question. With some important cautions, my answer was "yes."
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April 27, 2009
Jo Ellen Meyers SharpWhen Mr. G's Liquor opened in 1977, the wines du jour were Madera and Blue Nun. Bartels & Jaymes wine coolers were all
the
rage, and few of us had heard of craft beer. Today, Mr. G's is in its third location, where a 36-foot wall of whiskeys, vodkas
and gins is rivaled only by the kiosks fully laden with local, domestic and imported wines and beers chilling in coolers.
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April 27, 2009
Cory SchoutenWestfield Mayor Andy Cook is proposing a $60 million youth sports complex with a 4,000-seat multipurpose outdoor
stadium, indoor sports facilities and sports fields with the goal of establishing the Hamilton County community as the "Family
Sports Capital
of America."
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April 23, 2009
Cory SchoutenThe mayor of Westfield announced plans this morning to build a $60 million youth sports complex with a 4,000-seat multipurpose
outdoor stadium, indoor sports facilities, and fields for baseball, soccer, softball and lacrosse. The sports facilities would
anchor a 1,500-acre development by locally based Estridge Co. along Towne Road between 146th and 161st streets.
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April 20, 2009
Cory SchoutenThe old adage that retail follows rooftops is only partially true; retail also follows taxpayer-funded incentives.
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March 16, 2009
Andrea Muirragui DavisMudsocks Grill offers a delicious grilled tilapia sandwich, blue-cheese-laden-pasta and Chili Con Queso. Try the fried cheesecake
too.
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March 9, 2009
Chris O'MalleyLauth Properties alleges in a lawsuit that the state's plan to rebuild 13 miles of U.S. 31 in Hamilton County to freeway standards
will cut off access to a property it owns in Westfield, killing plans for a Wal-Mart there.
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February 2, 2009
Scott OlsonA Texas developer of retirement communities has targeted Carmel for a style of assisted living new to the Indianapolis area
that offers on-site health care for the unusual arrangement of a fi xed monthly fee.
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January 26, 2009
Whitney Lee,Jim Jordan founded Strategic Data Management, a consulting firm that sells suites of software and hardware
designed to handle the flow of information throughout a company from the time it's produced to when the data is archived to
make sure information gets to the right people at the right time.
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January 19, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinSitting in gridlocked traffic along Interstate 69, Fishers residents might already think of their town as
a city. This sprawling suburb of 65,000 people certainly looks nothing like the burg of less than 1,000 it was three decades
ago.
But down at the municipal government complex, Fishers is still a town, just as it was incorporated in 1891.
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January 12, 2009
Greg AndrewsKSM Capital Advisors didn't invest its clients' money directly with Bernard L. Madoff, but they're out millions of dollars
just the same.
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January 12, 2009
Saying its expenses are rising, Citizens Energy Group wants to raise its natural-gas delivery charge for customers in Westfield.
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Laura-the festivals and tastings are free. What does is strengthen the sense of community with activities. What are those empty lots doing for the Village? it's sad you can't see the good that this progress can do for the area. No one is requiring anyone to shop there. I guess you'd rather see a Dollar store move in or no, we'd rather see the property stand empty b/c change is out of the question.
Read down to the part about Brizzi. Someone needs to subpoena his "purchases" of Red RockPictures and Cellstar and his corresponding bank records, I mean c'mon, I'd like to see his alcohol usage records, too. http://diana-vice.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Wonder if my neighborhood can advertise our "retention" pond and act like it is a beach too?
a new record at the '11 salebration until they realized that it was a futile effort to get their crapwagon moter and crapwagon car up speed. And then they just quietly slunk off into the night and never spoke of it again. Nothing to see here folks.
millions for putting a company's bumper sticker on one of its Lolas. But you gotta take what you can get.