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  1. I frequently travel to Minneapolis on business. The last time I was there I had meetings in the Uptown neighborhood. I remember saying to myself, wouldn't it be cool to see Broad Ripple evolve into something like this. The look, feel and atmosphere is nearly identical to BR, the only difference is intermixed with the traditional bungalows and storefronts are cool mixed unit developments such as the one proposed here. I understand the fear of too fast, too soon, however I believe that all of the opponents would be pleasantly surprised to see just how well these types of developments integrate with enclaves such as BR. Also, the tenants who live in these units are overwhelmingly the type of new residents you want for this area, young professionals who spend money. One interesting item to note, despite at minimum the 5-6 developments similar to the one proposed for BR, there was no obvious traffic jams, on the contrary, a great deal of vibrant foot traffic during all hours of the day. This was also my experience, we parked our rental car there around 11, walked to a very cool Cuban/Asian fusion restaurant for lunch (one of the many cool local restaurant options), met with two different customers, walked to Lake Calhoun to kill time, conducted a customer audit, walked to dinner (a great local seafood spot), checked out a local band at a great gastropub, then ended our night people watching while walking back to our car to head back to our hotel in Medina, MN. Of the 7-8 hours we spent in Uptown, we did as the locals did, we walked everywhere. I say all of this because I love BR as much as everyone else on this board and as a young professional myself, I could see myself moving to BR if it offered the same residential amenities as Uptown. **and please no snarky remarks telling me that I should just move to Uptown...trust me, it would be amazing, however my heart is in Indy**

  2. This now amounts to a scam with what it takes to stop the account. There is no warning that your account is going to auto-renew and there is no way to delete your billing information. This is a company that touts saving you from the scamming practices of others. They have no regard for whether you are satisfied or not so why would you trust their advice?

  3. I love how they make Obamacare the scapegoat. Did anyone ever consider hospitals' advertising budget and who pays for that? Take notice of ALL the hospitals that are advertising via billboard, print, TV, radio, digital, etc. and how that has increased over the years. Its not free folks. Obamacare has nothing to do with those costs.

  4. Derrick Walker and Mark Miles can say whatever they want. And Marshall Pruett can feel free to take their talking points and turn it into an article if he likes. But 8 mph isn't going to just fall out of the sky. Those sorts of gains cost money, a lot of money. If Walker is going to be more than Miles' yes-man he's going to have to be realistic about who's going to pay for the enhancements that will be needed for the gain in speed. The money-losing series? The money-losing teams? Who is it going to be, Derrick? Maybe Miles can get corporate Indiana to pay for it. Or better yet, maybe Miles can go back to the Indiana General Assembly and get more money from taxpayers to pay for this initiative. Until Miles and Walker tell us where the money is coming from to break speed records, this is nothing but hollow talk. More of the same from the Hulman-George clan.

  5. It's funny to see the work of the Browning and Whole Foods PR people in the comments section posting fake messages in support of this project. You see they repeat the same thing over and over again. That's how they know they're fake. They're using a script to hit their talking points.

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