JULY 26-AUG. 1, 2019
In this week's issues, John Russell reports that private addiction treatment centers are springing up across central Indiana, with out-of-state companies spending millions of dollars in the race to treat people with substance-abuse disorders. And in many cases, they are opening high-end facilities in wealthy neighborhoods, and refusing low-income Medicaid patients in favor of those with higher-paying private insurance plans. Also in this week’s paper, Sorell Grow explains how U.S. Senator Todd Young of Indiana has become a crusader for raising the minimum age for buying tobacco to 21. The issue might not seem like a natural fit for Young, but he says he feels a moral imperative to act. And in Focus, Samm Quinn explains how local country clubs are evolving to meet the needs of millennials.
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‘Elevator Hill,’ former Angie’s List campus, on the rise
The owners of the 18-acre former Angie’s List campus just east of downtown are relying on a promise of lower rent, connectivity with downtown, and the potential for future nearby development to draw tenants.
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Addiction-treatment centers pop up all over
Many of the providers are not traditional health systems, but rather small, for-profit startups attracted by a soaring demand for recovery services.
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Sale of Carmel senior community a big win for residents owed millions
The Barrington, which began hemorrhaging money soon after opening in 2013, is being acquired by Indianapolis-based Prairie Landing Community Inc. for $61 million.
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City to tie incentives to $18-an-hour pay
Starting Jan. 1, Develop Indy will change the way it awards millions of dollars in tax abatements and training grants annually. Only businesses that pay workers at least $18 an hour, give them access to health care benefits and support other community programs will be eligible.
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Broad Ripple becoming tech boom town
In the last 18 months, more than a half-dozen tech companies have opened up shop in the village or decided to do so.
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U.S. Sen. Todd Young, others fight for progress on smoking
Young is out front nationally on a key anti-smoking platform: Raising the minimum age for buying tobacco to 21.
Read MoreQ&A with Frank Kerker, Sober Joe Coffee founder
While Kerker hasn’t had a drink in years, he has never forgotten that alcohol once nearly ruined his life.
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Council committee stalemate could stall plans for $66M apartment development
The Metropolitan and Economic Development Committee of the City-County Council could not reach a consensus Monday on a recommendation for a long-delayed 11-story downtown project at 421 N. Pennsylvania St.
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City, Kite agree to build only one hotel at a time at Pan Am Plaza
Ongoing disagreement between the city of Indianapolis and a group of downtown hotel owners has prompted city leaders to officially postpone construction of one of the two convention hotels planned for Pan Am Plaza.
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Five more Scotty’s Brewhouse locations call it quits
The corporate owner of many of the remaining Scotty’s Brewhouse restaurants said it had closed all of its operations. The decision leaves less than a handful of independently owned Scotty’s locations.
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International street artists create murals for second phase of CityWay
An artist known for her association with Taylor Swift and another who has been creating graffiti-inspired art since the 1980s are adding their talents to the $135 million second phase of the downtown mixed-use development.
Read MoreKerauno makes acquisition, continues growth spurt
Kerauno, an Indianapolis-based maker of communications-workflow software, this week announced the acquisition of Inverse-Square, a locally based custom software development firm. And the acquisition won’t likely be Kerauno’s last, maybe not even this year.
Read MoreMainGate to be acquired by New York-based hospitality firm Legends
MainGate, a sports merchandising and marketing firm headquartered at 7900 Rockville Road on the city’s far-west side, employs about 220 people in the Indianapolis area.
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Country clubs rewrite playbook to attract millennial generation
Clubs today offer a broad range of programs, such as fitness classes, college nights with pool-side beer pong, and day camps and other activities for children.
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Airports struggle with patchwork of biometric security systems
Reducing travel friction and increasing security are critical for the industry, which is expecting passenger growth from 4.6 billion this year to 8.2 billion in 2037.
Read MoreColts training camp returns to Westfield
This is the second year the camp has been held in Westfield, under a 10-year deal with the city struck in 2017.
Read MoreFestival co-founder joins Bottleworks team
Because of the reach and complexity of food insecurity, this problem requires everyone—businesses, not-for-profits and individuals—to pitch in to address it.
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EDITORIAL: Long-vacant Marsh locations pose big challenge for neighborhoods
The demise of Marsh Supermarkets two years ago continues to vex neighborhoods across central Indiana, which are stuck with gaping anchor holes in their strip shopping centers.
Read MoreGREG MORRIS: Aspiring authors, IBJ will publish your book
If you walk into a bookstore like Barnes and Noble and look at books on a shelf, you would have no idea whether they were published by the largest publishing house in the world or IBJ Book Publishing.
Read MorePETE THE PLANNER: Decide whether to beat—or be—the market
If your goal is to beat the market, you want to outperform market indexes, ideally net of fees.
Read MoreTAVEL: Single-payer health system would solve many problems
A single-payer model could convert public programs such as Medicare and Medicaid into an efficient single system, allowing us to scrap Medicaid altogether.
Read MoreELLIOTT & McNICHOLS: Everyone can help lower barriers to a healthier Indiana
Because of the reach and complexity of food insecurity, this problem requires everyone—businesses, not-for-profits and individuals—to pitch in to address it.
Read MoreKristen Cooper: What’s the collateral damage of excluding women?
Personally, I don’t support any event or conference with my money or time that doesn’t include women on panels.
Read MoreBOHANON & CUROTT: Income-redistribution schemes make for dubious public policy
With more than 20 candidates for president and perhaps more in the offing, lots of wacky policy proposals to redistribute income are bound to emerge.
Read MoreLETTER: Sustainability effort is incomplete
One area where Eskenazi Health lags behind its peers in Indianapolis is in the use of reusable isolation gowns.
Read MoreLETTER: Cautious Indiana misses opportunity
The excuses by Gov. Holcomb, Speaker Bosma and most of the Legislature to avoid what the vast majority of their voting constituents not only approve of, but have asked for—the legalization of marijuana—have become very old, trite, archaic and almost embarrassing at this point.
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Local heavy machinery rental firm expanding onto west-side Kmart parcel
MacAllister Machinery’s current operations along West Washington Street span about 6.5 acres, with the purchase of the Kmart parcel next door adding another 8 acres.
Read MoreIndiana legislature hires outside attorney in AG groping suit
Indiana’s legislative leaders have hired an outside attorney to represent the General Assembly in a federal lawsuit alleging that state Attorney General Curtis Hill drunkenly groped four women.
Read MoreZionsville manufacturer plans to hire 39 as part of $7.5M expansion
GCI Slingers said it will add 10,000 square feet to its existing 20,000-square-foot facility at 5005 W. 106th St.
Read MoreVail Resorts acquiring 17 ski areas, including Paoli Peaks in Indiana
Colorado-based Vail Resorts Inc. plans to take over 17 U.S. ski areas ranging from the Northeast to the Midwest by acquiring Peak Resorts Inc. for $264 million.
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Tim Lanane: Let’s take redistricting out of the political process
An independent commission is a common sense approach to ensuring Hoosiers are properly and fairly represented.
Read MoreBrandt Hershman: Blame the candidates, not the lines on a map
Election outcomes are driven by various factors that matter far more than district boundary lines.
Read MorePierre Atlas: Court right to reject citizenship question for census
The purpose of the census is not to divide citizen from non-citizen, but to count every person.
Read MoreLeah McGrath: America is more than a snapshot in time
America is an idea, the great experiment of history, a pursuit toward liberty that never ends.
Read MoreGary Varvel: Sad to see the end of Mad magazine
Mad became my art school. My instructors were Mort Drucker, Jack Davis, Al Jaffee, Don Martin, Paul Coker Jr. and Sergio Aragones.
Read MoreUna Osili: One way to solve re-entry is to offer a prize for ideas
With 716 people in prison per 100,000 residents, the United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world.
Read MoreEd DeLaney: This is how ‘we’ missed problem with virtual schools
It should be obvious that virtual schools could be ripe for abuse, given they offer no physical presence for students and no elected leaders or school board to provide oversight.
Read MoreJennifer Hallowell: Conservative solutions to college costs, student debt
We need to find sustainable, affordable models for young people to pay for college, not saddle taxpayers with even more of the burden.
Read MoreDeborah Hearn Smith: We can’t sugarcoat the truth about this president
Did I really hear the president tell a nation of immigrants to return to their country of origin?
Read MoreDana Black: We must stop looking other way on sexual exploitation
Many in the African American community heard the rumors about R. Kelly but ignored the victims’ cries because his music made us believe we could fly.
Read MoreClaire Fiddian-Green: Indiana’s moonshot should be to become a healthy state
Indiana ranks 41st out of 50 states for people’s overall health, and the top driver of this low ranking is Indiana’s high prevalence of smoking.
Read MoreBrad Rateike: Brad Paisley had it right when he sang ‘The internet is forever’
Once a post is out there, it’s out there. I’ve seen “deleted” Tweets and Facebook posts appear in vetting reports for job applicants and in stories on cable news.
Read MoreAnne Hathaway: Holcomb deserves a second term as Indiana governor
Every elected official has detractors, but even my Democratic friends have admitted to me that the guy they didn’t know much about when he became lieutenant governor and then governor in 2016 has done a pretty darn good job.
Read MoreAdrianne Slash: Hogsett’s Hudnut ads are misleading
The ad featuring current Mayor Joe Hogsett and Bill Hudnut confuses voters with the idea that the two men shared the same level of vision.
Read MoreJohn McDonald: What communities can learn from Fishers’ growth
As for the naysayers, they’ll always persist, but a consensus among longtime residents lets us know what the city is doing is working.
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Fast 25: Hoosier Logistics
The company typically hauls from the Midwest to the West Coast and then brings fresh produce back—lettuce, strawberries, cherries.
Read MoreFast 25: Probo Medical
The company has grown explosively by helping health care systems save money through the use of refurbished ultrasound probes and related products.
Read MoreFast 25: Etica Group
The consulting firm—which provides such services as architecture, civil engineering and construction inspection—further accelerated growth with a big acquisition in 2017.
Read MoreFast 25: GadellNet IT Consulting
The company, which provides outsourced IT services, has been able to grow explosively despite spending little on marketing.
Read MoreFast 25: Sipes Asphalt Solutions
Since launching in 2013, the company has relied on word-of-mouth and reputation to build its customer base.
Read MoreFast 25: eGov Strategies
The company processes more than $1 billion in credit card and debit card payments and income-based repayments online for cities, counties and states.
Read MoreFast 25: Barratt Asset Management
The real estate firm has found success with a formula of buying apartment communities, then improving them and adding management efficiencies.
Read MoreFast 25: Phoenix Financial Services
Americans’ penchant for debt has helped fuel growth at the company, which specializes in collecting when bills go unpaid.
Read MoreFast 25: Innovatemap
Revenue growth FY 2016 to 2018: 109% 2018 revenue: $4.2 million Major achievements: CEO Mike Reynolds said 2018 was “a banner year” for Innovatemap, a digital-products agency that helps tech companies put the best possible product into the marketplace. The team grew to 21 members, up from 16, and in February 2018 the company solidified […]
Read MoreFast 25: Professional Management Enterprises
The company, which provides IT staffing and support, has thrived partly because of its strong relationships with Anthem Inc. and Merchants Bank of Indiana.
Read MoreFast 25: Peterman Heating, Cooling & Plumbing
Radio advertising, and Peterman’s familiar jingle, have helped fuel the company’s rapid growth.
Read MoreFast 25: Rehab Medical
Three acquisitions have helped accelerate the growth of the company, which provides physical rehabilitation equipment to doctors, patients and other clients.
Read MoreFast 25: Print Resources
The company’s investment in new printing presses and its longstanding relationship with clients like Salesforce have propelled its growth.
Read MoreFast 25: William Roam
The company, which started by establishing a presence in hotels with its shampoos and personal-care products, has begun evolving into a beauty brand.
Read MoreFast 25: Kennedy Tank & Manufacturing Co.
Revenue growth FY 2016 to 2018: 54% 2018 revenue: $40.5 million Founded in 1898: Kennedy Tank & Manufacturing Co. is a 120-year-old company “that’s had some pretty good growth recently,” President Patrick Kennedy said. He attributes the growth to a strong economy that’s caused companies to invest in capital expenditures they’ve been putting off for […]
Read MoreFast 25: Safe Hiring Solutions
The company, which has more than 7,000 clients across the country, automates the background-screening process.
Read MoreFast 25: Shepherd Insurance
Shepherd has seen revenue double over the last three years and ranks among the 50 biggest insurance agencies in the United States.
Read MoreFast 25: Mattingly Concrete
The company’s work remains primarily residential, but it has recently expanded into land development.
Read MoreFast 25: Mansfield-King
The maker of hair care and skin care products has thrived by zeroing in on high-margin niches.
Read MoreFast 25: Gemco Constructors
The company—a mechanical, electrical, plumbing, building-automation systems and service contractor—helps build huge warehouses across the country.
Read MoreFast 25: C.H. Garmong & Son
The construction firm has gotten a boost from clients in such industries as health care and corrections.
Read MoreFast 25: Office360
The office supply company was able to return to the Fast 25 thanks to an acquisition and landing the accounts of big Indianapolis hospital systems.
Read MoreFast 25: Pet Wellness Clinics
Dr. Mike Graves built and sold a chain of animal hospitals in the 1980s and 1990s. Now, he’s growing Pet Wellness Clinics, which will have eight locations by early next year.
Read MoreFast 25: SBC Wealth Management
The company has built its client base to more than 850 families, all without making acquisitions.
Read MoreFast 25: Safety Management Group
The company, which provides safety services for the utility industry and other fields, works with more than 175 clients annually.
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MIKE LOPRESTI: IU coach embraces uphill battle
Tom Allen fearlessly tries to succeed in leading a program whose first coach, an economist, presided over a winless season. It was a sign of things to come.
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