DEC. 24-30, 2021
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IEDC zooms to Vegas to promote state tech sector
The Indy Autonomous Challenge will be part of the splashy CES trade show Jan. 5-8 in Las Vegas, where Hoosier business leaders plan to use the racing event as a vehicle for promoting Indiana’s tech economy to a potentially worldwide audience.
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Football title game, big events could bring tourism recovery for Indy in 2022
Indianapolis tourism officials say the city’s convention and events business should be almost fully recovered by the end of 2022—at least based on projections for attendance and economic impact.
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Groups seek to beautify sites so no one will trash them
Several Indianapolis-based groups are hoping to turn a spot on the White River into an outdoor recreational hub that includes a boat ramp, a parking lot and a smattering of event spaces.
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Indiana music venues make strong comeback, but uncertainty remains for 2022
Pandemic-related closures and capacity limits affected music venues throughout Indianapolis and the nation, but live music made a comeback.
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House leader eyes income tax cut amid rosy fiscal forecast
Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston says the state’s burgeoning surplus, forecast to grow to $5.1 billion by the end of June, gives him even more reason to pursue tax cuts.
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Q&A with David Bodenhamer, executive director of Polis Center
Some 32 years ago, when IUPUI recruited David Bodenhamer, it was at least in large part to build an Encyclopedia of Indianapolis, a project that was part of the school’s 20th anniversary celebration.
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Old National Bank settles allegations of redlining against Black Indy residents
The bank was accused in a lawsuit earlier this year of providing disproportionately fewer mortgages to Black borrowers, closing branches in predominantly Black neighborhoods and giving Black people less information during the mortgage-application process.
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U.S. Navy sending team to Methodist Hospital to help with rising COVID-19 cases
Medical personnel from the Navy team will include physicians, nurses and respiratory therapists. The move comes at the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency as Indiana hospitals warn they’re reaching capacity.
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Longtime Pacers exec Fuson promoted to CEO
The move is one of six high-level promotions and transitions announced Tuesday morning by Pacers Sports & Entertainment.
Read MoreIPS hopes to turn former high school into community hub
The Indianapolis Public Schools Board of Commissioners approved a plan Thursday to sell the John Marshall school building to a yet to be determined not-for-profit organization for $725,000.
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Mark Montieth: Marian point guard shows how to navigate motherhood as a college athlete
Marian University’s starting point guard Abby Downard played through last season’s pregnancy before giving birth to a son, Jaxon, on July 30. Now she’s back on the court, juggling motherhood with the help of her teammates and family.
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Editorial: State’s contingent at tech trade show will benefit state
We’re excited to see the Indiana Economic Development Corp. headed to CES, what used to be known as the Consumer Electronics Show, in an effort to promote Indiana’s tech economy to a worldwide audience.
Read MoreLesley Weidenbener: The dread that comes with a COVID surge
Omicron’s ability to spread quickly and to more people is a scary proposition considering how crowded hospitals already are.
Read MoreJennifer Milliken: Indy Rezone changes are result of positive collaboration
We must keep the dialogue going among private developers, the public sector and residents as we work to make Indy more equitable and resilient.
Read MoreJohn McDonald: Impact investing is critical to Indiana’s future
When you have donated money to use as early-stage funding for startups, you can invest it in underserved founders where traditional venture capital fears to tread.
Read MoreIn the Workplace: How 2021 will impact business and leadership
The relentless drive to optimize created brittleness—single points of failure where one disruption could cause the entire business to collapse.
Read MoreMickey Kim: Investors should resolve to ‘KISS’ in 2022
Investors consistently hurt themselves with wrong-footed attempts to “time the market” and by chasing past performance, when they would be far better off to “keep it simple, stupid,” or KISS.
Read MoreBohanon & Curott: American’s billionaires are neither Scrooge nor Santa Claus
The primary way billionaires contribute to our well-being is not through their charity or beneficence. Rather, it is by the innovations they typically introduce.
Read MoreLetter: Lafayette Square project looks promising
The proposed Window to the World project at Lafayette Square is the type of unique development Indy needs to showcase itself as a city on the move and show its diversity.
Read MoreIU Health should cut costs now
Why stick with high prices and announce you’ll freeze your high prices for five years to allow inflation to catch up to your high prices?
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Colts owner Irsay ‘reunites’ Beatles with purchase of Paul McCartney bass guitar
On Dec. 11, Irsay set a new record for an auction price paid for a bass guitar, bidding $471,900 for the instrument McCartney played in the 1970s and 1980s.
Read MoreJohn Thompson named chair of Indiana Chamber board
Thompson is the first African-American to lead the chamber board and is the CEO and chairman of four businesses, including Thompson Distribution and First Electric Supply.
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Area homebuilders trying to keep up with strongest year since 2005
After a three-month streak of declining numbers, Indianapolis-area builders received a surge of interest from new-house buyers in November and are nearing a 16-year record.
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Mediterranean restaurant planned for former site of The Legend cafe in Irvington
Lincoln Square Restaurants plans to open The Med in March, the same month it also expects to launch a pancake house downtown across the street from the Indiana Statehouse.
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