City, town and county officials are investing tens of thousands of dollars to revamp their dated municipal websites and make information easier for residents to obtain.
Developer Gershman Partners is planning a $90 million retail project in Greenwood that would include 700,000 square feet of space, putting it on par with central Indiana’s major shopping centers.
Attracting higher-wage residents is key to future growth as city revenues have stagnated and local governments have become increasingly reliant on income taxes. Republican Chuck Brewer and Democrat Joe Hogsett are proposing ways to bolster Indy neighborhoods.
Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard gave his annual state of the city address in front of 600 people Wednesday afternoon. No new company relocations or specific projects or developments were announced, but it sounds like several things are on the horizon.
A seven- to eight-story hotel and 20,000-square-foot conference center are part of the proposed mixed-use development at exit 210 just off of Interstate 69 in Noblesville.
With space abundant in downtown Indianapolis, Hamilton County tourism officials haven’t tried to tap into the business of hosting trade shows and conventions. But the opportunity could present itself when a 370,000-square-foot indoor soccer facility is completed at Westfield’s Grand Park Sports Campus.
The Hamilton County Council declined to vote Wednesday night on a resolution to support funding for Hamilton County Area Neighborhood Development’s $12 million mixed-use proposal for the 2-acre site.
As the city election nears, I wonder whether Indianapolis is about to decide that our decades-old effort to recruit jobs and attractions to its central core can be brought to a close.
Craig Wood has spent most of his 60 years on 191st Street in Westfield, living and working on his family farm. For most of that time, the adjacent land has been other houses and farm fields, but that all changed on Nov. 18, 2011, when construction on Grand Park Sports Campus began.
The owner of Indiana State Fairgrounds caterer Barto’s has plans for a restaurant and bar in Greenwood in the former Melting Pot location. Also, downtown newcomer Bacon Legs & Turntables has closed “temporarily.”
Covanta still faces opposition as it moves closer to starting construction on a $45 million facility in Indianapolis that will use automation to pluck salvageable recyclables from household trash.
Hamilton County Area Neighborhood Development is planning to renovate the historic Adams Township School in Sheridan into an affordable housing community.
Ash & Elm Cider Co. plans to open early next year in space along East Washington Street on the near-east side, while Big Lug Canteen should start serving beers next month from the old Snooty Fox building in Nora.
Nate Lichti, executive director of Hamilton County Area Neighborhood Development Inc., told the Hamilton County Board of Commissioners on Monday the mixed-use project would be largely reliant on low-income housing tax credits from the state.
The 70-million-electron-volt cyclotron is being installed at Zevacor Molecular’s headquarters and production facility on Bergen Boulevard near Hamilton Town Center.
