Made in Indiana: Furniture By Polywood
The Kosciusko County plant uses recycled plastics, rather than trees, to make durable lawn and patio furniture.
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Made in Indiana: Wines By Oliver Winery
About: Indiana’s most popular wine has homegrown roots. Oliver Winery, which has a 93-acre vineyard in Ellettsville and a tasting room in Bloomington, produces 725,000 cases of wine annually and sells in 43 states. Here in Indiana, it tops the wine charts: Oliver Sweet Red and Oliver Blueberry Moscato are the No. 1- and No. […]
Meet the new city-county councilor with eye on redevelopment at Towne and Terrace
Rena Allen, a corporate compliance analyst at Eskenazi Health, last month was selected by a Democratic caucus to fill a vacancy on the City-County Council in District 15 on the far-east side of Indianapolis.
Indiana Avenue section of Cultural Trail opens for travelers
The first phase of the trail extension connects portions of the original six-mile Cultural Trail to historic Indiana Avenue neighborhoods and other areas of Indianapolis.
Not-for-profits, anonymous donor pay off medical debt for 112,000
The debt-relief initiative is part of a partnership between the United Neighborhood Centers of Indianapolis, United Way of Central Indiana and national not-for-profit Undue Medical Debt.
Black Church Coalition exits Faith in Indiana, taking new steps to influence Indiana politics
Over the next six to 12 months, the organization will be scaling up in order to play what one organizer called “offense” in a statewide push for efforts intended to decrease poverty, a root cause of crime.
City reveals street projects getting $30.5M in federal funds, including Nickel Plate pedestrian bridge
Indianapolis plans to use $30.5 million in federal transit funding on eight street projects, including a pedestrian bridge connecting the Nickel Plate Trail over Keystone Avenue and a transformation of Madison Avenue.
City adds chief violence prevention officer in effort to reduce youth crimes
Ralph Durrett Jr. plans to focus on supporting teens and young adults who have been involved with the legal system by connecting them with services.
Indianapolis seeking more input on former Greenlawn Cemetery site
The city of Indianapolis on Wednesday announced the launch of a website to provide information and collect research for a bridge project that uses land that was once occupied by the city’s earliest cemetery.
City-County Council approves mayor’s plan for new soccer stadium district
The City-County Council on Monday evening approved a major piece of the Hogsett administration’s plan to lure a Major League Soccer team to Indianapolis, advancing a proposal for a new professional sports development area intended to fund a soccer-first stadium.
2024 Innovation Issue: Circle Beverage expands reach with robotic sleeving
The company has spent millions on the mostly automated production line. That shift has allowed the company’s 30 employees to upskill to work with the technology, but he said some manual labor remains.
City, outside entities start inquiring about buying land adjacent to proposed stadium site
AES Indiana, which owns a half-acre parking lot at 355 E. Pearl St., just east of Alabama Street, confirmed to IBJ that the company is “currently discussing its sale with a third party.”
State agency denies permit to build warehouse complex on south-side wetlands
Indianapolis-based developers Gershman Partners and Citimark are seeking to develop a five-building warehouse complex on the property, but a permit denial affecting just a quarter-acre of the project could sideline the development.
Hogsett-backed stadium tax-district plan advanced by City-County Council committee
After a three-hour meeting in a room packed with supporters of the Indy Eleven, a City-County Council committee on Tuesday narrowly advanced a proposal for a taxing district on the east side of downtown to support a potential Major League Soccer stadium.
Proposed taxing district for downtown MLS soccer stadium to run gauntlet of city votes
The City-County Council’s Rules and Public Policy Committee on Tuesday will hear the Hogsett’s administration’s case for creating the professional sports development area, with scrutiny by the full council to follow on June 3.
Hogsett ‘serious’ about leaving proposed Indy Eleven stadium site undeveloped
Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett’s administration could pursue a plan to turn the proposed Indy Eleven stadium property into a memorial park to honor its history as an early cemetery grounds rather than let it be developed, the mayor’s spokeswoman confirmed Friday.
Marion County health care agencies plan east-side investments
This summer, the Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County will break ground on a multiyear, $170 million facilities improvement plan—the largest investment in the agency’s structures in decades—beginning with a new public health lab.
After legislative changes earlier this year, what’s next for Indy’s downtown tax district?
Under the new law, owners of apartments and single-family homes are exempted from the tax unless they decide to opt in to paying the tax, leaving potential for a large decrease in available funds.
Township to revitalize abandoned cemetery, accept remains from Diamond Chain site
Keystone Group revealed late Wednesday that archaeologists have discovered 87 remains in the excavation of a six-acre portion of the former manufacturing site.
Interim chief Jennifer Pyrz named IndyGo president and CEO
Pyrz, formerly the chief development officer for IndyGo, succeeds Inez Evans, who stepped down from the role in December.