HETRICK: Biggest Super Bowl perk was a dose of civic pride
As one commentator said, Indianapolis “crushed it.”
As one commentator said, Indianapolis “crushed it.”
The close of a landmark event like the Super Bowl coupled with the pressing need to update Indiana Sports Corp.’s long-range plan offers the organization a prime opportunity to rethink the city’s sports strategy.
Manning has been one of the most important figures in our city’s history.
Despite doubts from the NFL and national media about Indy's ability to host a big-time Super Bowl, the city so far is blowing away expectations.
A male candidate is more likely to get away with the bare-knuckled political brawls than a young mother.
Look for the Democrats to field a stronger candidate in 2015.
The Litebox story makes a bigger point … about the entire policy of cities “buying” jobs by offering financial incentives to companies that promise to move and/or expand.
Mass transit is also a vital priority for rebuilding urban neighborhoods, giving residents the mobility to connect with jobs and their other daily needs.
Indianapolis could become a core of unskilled, low-wage earners in a region of knowledge workers.
There is no better example of courageous leadership in the past four years than Ballard’s handling of the financial crisis facing the Capital Improvement Board.
There is a community that has grown up around the show, Republicans and Democrats who have new respect for one another, journalists who view politicians in more humane ways, and politicos who better understand journalists’ motives based on what is said both on the air and off.
Where would we be without the P.E. MacAllisters of the world? Not just in politics—and there are many Democrats about whom we could ask the same question—but throughout all our society.
Although it was otherwise indistinguishable from other Christian wedding ceremonies I’ve attended, my friend and his life partner walked out of church still strangers in the eyes of the law.
Indianapolis has a rich history of turning challenging redevelopment projects into local success stories, and I have no doubt the GM Stamping Plant will become part of that history as officials determine the best uses for the expansive site near downtown.
The 2-million-square-foot GM Indianapolis Metal Center, closed this year, sprawls over more than 100 acres on the west bank of the White River and enjoys some of the best views of the downtown skyline.
Big Bill Hudnut kind of defined a “mover and shaker” of Indianapolis. He led us across the bridge from Naptown to an Indianapolis we are all proud of.
When I first heard about the downtown Nordstrom store closing, of course I was disappointed.
I wish to give a resounding “second” to Louis Mahern’s “Call to properly honor civic giant Hudnut” in [Forefront, June 27].
A 10-member commission told city leaders to turn the defunct 115-acre General Motors metal stamping plant site into a hip, funky neighborhood with an eye-catching bridge across the White River for easy access to downtown.
Save for a bust in the lobby of the City-County Building, you would never know he had ever been around.