JUNE 9-15, 2023
Community leaders and volunteers are working to turn a site that was once a swimming hole for Black Indianapolis residents into a year-round destination for the Haughville area. Taylor Wooten reveals plans for Belmont Beach. Also in this week’s issue, Mickey Shuey examines why the city’s pro sports franchises invest heavily in local youth recreation programs. And John Russell outlines the battle plan for Eli Lilly and Co. as it pushes hard to get a sales edge on other drugmakers in the war against metastatic breast cancer.
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Local professional teams help kids get leg up on sports
The franchises are leaning heavily into youth sports—hoping to create lifelong fans or even a talent pipeline—by sponsoring recreational leagues, hosting skills camps and clinics, or even creating travel programs.
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West Terre Haute carbon-capture project viewed as forerunner
By the time it’s expected to come online in 2026, a Wabash Valley Resources fertilizer plant will be able to capture and store up to 1.65 million tons of carbon dioxide annually.
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Haughville pursuing vision to make Belmont Beach permanent park
Community leaders and volunteers are working to turn a site that was once a swimming hole on the White River for Black Indianapolis residents into a year-round destination.
Read MoreHuman resources firms cautiously adopting AI
The growth of artificial intelligence tools and the increasing sophistication of the technology has made AI a target for regulators, especially in hiring.
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Derek Schultz: Ascending with Fever phenom Aliyah Boston
Coming off a heralded career where she was one of the faces of college basketball, the 2022 Wooden Award winner has been tabbed as the missing centerpiece to resuscitate the moribund Fever.
Read MoreMade in Indiana: Chocolate by South Bend Chocolate Co.
As a young boy working in his father’s candy store in the 1970s, Mark Tarner got an early taste of the sweet life.
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Developer set to spend $51M on apartments, townhouses at Central State site
An Ohio-based firm plans to seek tax credits in its effort to develop dozens of apartments and townhouses on a seven-acre tract of land on the western edge of the Central State Hospital campus in Indianapolis.
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Zionsville Town Council OKs rezoning for 260-acre Wild Air development
Plans for the Wild Air development call for 399 single-family houses and townhouses, as well as 300 apartments.
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Federal judge calls Indiana AG’s TikTok lawsuit largely ‘political posturing’
The fate of the Indiana attorney general’s lawsuit against the social media company TikTok appears to be in danger after a federal judge lambasted much of the case.
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City-County Council approves bonds for $510M convention center hotel
The vote was a crucial step in advancing the development of an 814-room Signia by Hilton hotel on Pan Am Plaza. The measure allows the city to take out up to $625 million in municipal bonds for the project.
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UPDATE: Colts player under investigation by NFL for gambling activity
According to ESPN, 100 or so bets were placed under sportsbook account belonging to an associate of a Colts cornerback, with most of the bets in the $25-$50 range and some made on Colts games.
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Portions of Monument Circle, Georgia Street to become pedestrian-only
Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett on Wednesday announced plans for a four-month closure to vehicles in a quadrant of Monument Circle and a pedestrian-focused redevelopment of Georgia Street.
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Graduation rates for Indiana schools could dip after change to state law
The changes could have a large effect on publicized graduation rates, which are often used as a measure of success for school leaders and can be a key metric parents use to determine the quality of their child’s education.
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Lilly battling rivals for breast-cancer patients
The Indianapolis-based pharmaceutical giant is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to win over patients with an extensive advertising campaign.
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Editorial: Taxpayers need data, information before votes, not after them
IBJ will continue to press for the information about the Signia project and all other information we think the public has a right to know.
Read MoreNate Feltman: Join me at Mickey’s Camp this summer
Mickey’s Camp for women will be held Aug. 14-16, and Mickey’s Camp for men Aug. 16-18.
Read MoreTrish Demeter and Ed Burgess: A fateful choice looms for Indiana’s electricity grid
The state has the once-in-a-generation opportunity to drive energy costs down by simply taking advantage of market competition and acknowledging present-day realities.
Read MoreAl Hubbard: Indiana enacts historic policies to build a better workforce
With all our forward momentum in technology and commerce, one area has been noticeably less open to opening new doors and doing new things over the past half-century: K-12 schooling.
Read MoreKristen Cooper: Indiana feels unsafe to LGBTQ+ community
Five members of The Startup Ladies (who are highly educated and have created businesses and jobs in Indiana) have moved to different states because they no longer feel safe living and working here.
Read MoreJalene Hahn: Preparing for the other side of retirement is more than money
Getting ready for retirement financially is a lifelong balancing act between having an enjoyable current lifestyle and preparing to maintain a comfortable lifestyle over a long, uncertain future.
Read MoreBohanon and Horowitz: Debt-limit bill shows compromise still exists
While the recent debt-limit bill did not solve the United States’ long-running fiscal problem, its process gives us a glimmer of hope.
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