Indianapolis Business Journal

Amazon’s decision to split its HQ2 project between New York City and Washington, D.C., exposed just how far Indianapolis lags behind other major metropolitan areas in terms of tech talent. Anthony Schoettle reports that local leaders are busy assessing the area’s weaknesses and discussing the massive effort that will be required to make up ground. Also in this week’s issue, Hayleigh Colombo details the findings of a new report showing that, in otherwise similar circumstances, black children in Indianapolis grow up to earn significantly less than their white peers. And in this week’s Explore section, Lesley Weidenbener has the lowdown on the new twists and turns in the Eiteljorg’s Jingle Rails layout.