JULY 16-22, 2021
Homeowner associations in central Indiana are taking strong steps to prevent an incursion of rental homes in their neighborhoods, as national investment firms gobble up single-family properties. Mickey Shuey details how HOAs are trying to limit rentals. Also in this week’s issue, Emily Ketterer has the latest on moves toward a potential combination of the state’s separate schools for blind and deaf students. And Susan Orr explains how a local firm is bring new tech and big data to the unassuming parking-garage sector.
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Subdivisions push back against home sales to rental firms
At least 200 homeowner groups in central Indiana have modified their subdivision covenants in the past five years to limit rentals—a number that is based on the work of just one law firm.
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Need assistance finding an open parking space? Indy-based company can help
Eco Parking Technologies helps parking garages fill every space and provides valuable data.
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Fishers firm pushes its way into credit-card processing
Enterprise Payment Systems is the brainchild of five central Indiana entrepreneurs from various industries, who came together to address something nearly as ubiquitous as the use of credit itself: merchants’ frustration about the rates they pay to let their customers swipe their cards.
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State to spend $13M to prep possible merger of blind, deaf school sites
State officials say no final decisions about a combined campus have been reached, but they are forging ahead for now with the prep work, including the search for as many as 120 acres to house the schools.
Read MoreQ&A: Joanna Wilson steps out of her home kitchen to open Punkin’s Pies
Punkin’s Pies Sweet Treats opened this summer in a hot pink shipping container at The AMP at 16 Tech.
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New downtown restaurant to pay tribute to Hulman family
The Hulman restaurant is the result of a partnership with the IMS Museum, which holds rights to Tony Hulman’s name and likeness.
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Crown Liquors eyeing Fountain Square for large, high-end store
The outpost near the heart of Fountain Square’s business district would be the second-largest of 19 stores in the chain. Two local groups have opposed it, and its hearing for a state liquor permit is set for next month.
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Judge grants The GOAT another hearing to determine if Carmel bar can stay in business
A Hamilton County Superior Court Judge has ordered the Carmel Board of Zoning Appeals to vacate its denial of The Greatest of All Tavern’s special-use variance and conduct another hearing after he found the board violated Open Door requirements.
Read MoreLawsuit seeks $150M from Indiana online schools fraud claims
The lawsuit announced Monday by the Indiana attorney general’s office comes nearly two years after Indiana Virtual School and Indiana Virtual Pathways Academy shut down amid a state investigation.
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Mike Lopresti: Athletes’ livelihoods, life-long dreams hang on Olympics
You think Indianapolis had its hands full hosting the NCAA Tournament without the walls crumbling in from COVID? Multiply that by a hundred and you get Tokyo.
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How to decide when to exit coworking space
Startups in anything from incubators to shared workspaces generally fly the coop when the facility can’t physically accommodate their growing space requirements or employee headcount, or their host entity can no longer supply value through its services.
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Supply chain, staffing continue to vex some small businesses
Supply chain issues and struggles to hire employees are affecting how small businesses are operating—including the hours they are open and the services or products they can provide, according to a survey by the National Federation of Independent Business.
Read MoreSaved by online lenders, businesses say they’ll borrow again
Loans from online lenders saved thousands of small business owners who were unable to get COVID-19 relief loans from big traditional lenders. Now, encouraged by getting applications processed within days rather than weeks, these owners are becoming repeat customers.
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Editorial: Schools must support, educate athletes as they face new financial opportunities
On July 1, the NCAA eliminated a ban on the ability of student-athletes to make money through endorsements, autographs and other uses of their names, images and likenesses.
Read MoreNate Feltman: Daniels’ action-oriented approach endures through foundation
The work of one of the foundation’s fellows has brought the Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to Indiana.
Read MoreJoe Hogsett: Congress should pass bipartisan infrastructure plan
A federal-sized infrastructure assist would allow Indianapolis to take responsibility for some of the unjust transportation projects of our city’s history.
Read MoreNikki Woodson & Shawn Smith: Evolving to meet needs of diverse schools, communities
Our supportive and locally elected school boards charged us to determine how we could address equity and equality not only in the classroom but also in our operation.
Read MoreIn the workplace: Before allowing flexible work, clearly define it
A hot topic right now is the notion of employers offering employees a flexible work environment. However, it leaves a lot of us wondering: Just what does a “flexible work environment” mean, and how does it help us to be our best?
Read MorePete the Planner: How to teach teens the value of investing
I’ve come to learn that three areas need to be addressed when teaching teens how to handle money. They all feel intertwined, but they aren’t.
Read MoreUrban Design: Indy can advance by seizing these major opportunities
We also have an abundance of potential catalytic projects—either in design or gaining momentum—that, thoughtfully executed and with the right partners in place, could set the bar for our next 100 years.
Read MoreLetter: Kennedy’s analysis of critical race theory is inadequate
While the story sadly does point to actual injustice in America’s past, it is not CRT and doesn’t help the reader understand CRT.
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Michael J. Hicks: Where’s the evidence of a labor shortage?
In the end, there’s one way to know for sure whether we are in the midst of a labor shortage, and that is through wage growth.
Read MorePatrick Tamm: The hiring process is a complex puzzle
The pandemic has left our industry facing some cold, hard facts. In January, 8% of restaurant operators rated the recruitment and retention of workforce as their top challenge; by May, that figure had risen to 72%.
Read MoreJennifer Wagner: Empty office buildings offer chance to evolve
While some might see empty office buildings as bleak reminders of the pandemic, we should see them as canvasses on which to experiment.
Read MoreDr. Richard Feldman: Not everyone needs to be on low-dose aspirin
Although USPSTF recommendations are felt to be the gold standards for prevention, the group’s policies for aspirin are rapidly becoming out of date.
Read MoreClaire Fiddian-Green: We need to support syringe-exchange programs
More than three decades of data and Indiana’s own experience demonstrate that these programs work.
Read MoreCurt Smith: Indiana doesn’t favor work over workers
Markets are not magic, but they beat a system that responds to political cues rather than economic truths everywhere it has been tried.
Read MoreMichael Leppert: Now is the time to assess your career course
My excitement about my new job makes me feel as young as I was when I landed my first one.
Read MoreBrad Rateike: The business card is still an important job tool
Letting people know you are interested in them matters, and technology is no substitute.
Read MoreChristine Emba: A four-day work week will make us better humans
When we focus on how a shorter workweek will make us better employees, we’re making the wrong argument to our bosses and ourselves.
Read MoreMarshawn Wolley: Making diversity and equity bad words is problematic
The current discussion on CRT seems designed to shut down an emerging conversation on diversity, equity and inclusion.
Read MoreShariq Siddiqui: Scott gifts should spark investment in Muslim groups
Sadly, philanthropy and American foundations have failed in their quest to be more inclusive when it comes to Muslim-led not-for-profits.
Read MoreJim Shella: Indiana Week in Review celebrates big milestone
We are in a state where the civic literacy index is deemed to be low, voter turnout is disappointing, and ‘Indiana Week in Review’ is a trusted source for information that the public needs.
Read MoreDeborah Daniels: Jan. 6 investigation would put country above party
Critical questions about the failures on the part of the FBI, the Capitol police, the Defense Department and others must be answered.
Read MoreDana Black: State Republicans are wasting tax dollars on lawsuits
Instead of working on ideas and solutions to improve the lives of Hoosiers, the Indiana Republican Party would rather just take us to court.
Read MoreKaren Tumulty: The double standard of Harris being in charge
Women are expected to conform to gender norms as warm nurturers, even as they break the mold.
Read MoreEd DeLaney: Gerrymandering made way for Republican in-fighting
Gerrymandering has allowed a modest-sized majority to convert itself to a supermajority.
Read MoreAbdul-Hakim Shabazz: Something needs to be done about city’s murder rate
Had someone had better aim, or had Indianapolis not had a really good medical infrastructure, our murder numbers would be a lot higher.
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