On the menu of Indiana’s economic development initiatives, the logistics industry has had all the appeal of truck stop coffee.
Meanwhile, the information technology and life sciences sectors—and recently clean tech—have had everyone salivating. Logistics, however, is cooking up a new strategy.
While Indy Racing League driver Danica Patrick was driving her new race car up and down a runway at the Indianapolis International Airport this morning, Andretti…
Architecture and urban design students from Ball State have created a vision for urban renewal that is arguably more compelling
than the Central Indiana Regional
Transit Authority’s principal, utilitarian goal of reducing northeast-side highway congestion and air pollution by running
a diesel commuter train atop the old Nickel Plate Railroad corridor.
Lucas Oil Stadium area Integrating bus, rail at downtown station This concept by Wes Perkins would bring perhaps the most ambitious and transformative change to downtown since Circle Centre mall. Here the rail line ends at a transportation hub that also ties in bus routes, Amtrak trains and even a monorail system that could run […]
Indianapolis International Airport area Center offers accommodations for air travelers facing layovers Eventually, additional rail transit corridors would be built, radiating in other directions from downtown. One concept, by Jessica Coleman, plays off the idea that a transit line might someday run between downtown and Indianapolis International Airport. She proposes a transit stop community northeast […]
In the future, a passenger boards a commuter train in Noblesville that minutes later stops near 56th Street and Keystone Avenue. Here, a semicircle of eco-friendly high-rises hovers above a grassy plaza bordered by canals. At the next stop, another new community has sprouted just east of the Indiana State Fairgrounds, along Fall Creek. Amid […]
Indy Racing League driver Danica Patrick is ready for take off. Patrick will be unveiling her new Motorola sponsored Indy car at the Indianapolis International Airport May 1. The car will have a…
With a town government behind them, Fairland-area residents hope any future growth will be to their benefit.
Throughout our visit to five countries in the Mideast, we found the people friendly and helpful.It is not our purpose on these trips to argue with the locals or try to convert them to our way of thinking, but simply to learn about them, their culture and ideas.
To its 19th century founders, the town of Fairland must have appeared poised to become a booming metropolis. The Cincinnati-St. Louis rail line ran diagonally through the center of town, laid out in a perfect rectangle. And, title researcher Rick Daily was amused to find, the original maps show street rights-of-way that are 66 feet […]
Another $4.4 million in economic recovery funds are going to four airports in Indiana, with about half of the amount going to repair a taxiway at Mount Comfort Airport, about 10 miles east of Indianapolis. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said the Federal Aviation Administration will provide $2.2 million to Mount Comfort. Another $1 million […]
Investors cheered this morning after WellPoint Inc. agreed to sell its pharmacy management unit to Express Scripts Inc., but
the fate of about 2,100 WellPoint employees now is up in the air.
If an honest case for the general good cannot be made (as in the case of most education services, and, sports, entertainment and tourist facilities), government revenue streams should not be used to support private enterprises.
I accidentally knocked her onto the airport floor. “I’m terribly sorry,” I said. “Are you hurt? Let me help you up.” “I’m fine,” she said, rising by herself. “It’s just another of life’s insults.” “I’m so sorry,” I said with true contrition. “Could I get you a coffee or something?” “Something,” she said, “but stronger […]
International airports in Indianapolis and Fort Wayne will each receive about $1.3 million in federal economic recovery funds. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said yesterday the money will help create jobs while “investing in the long-term safety and economic vitality of our airports.” The Federal Aviation Administration will provide $1.33 million to Indianapolis International for […]
Evansville officials have a downtown site in mind for a new 11,000-seat arena that they hope to start building this summer. Some business owners located in the two-block area, however, are clear that they want to stay. Much of the property is owned by the O’Daniel family, which operates D-Patrick Ford on the site. The […]
The hiring of minority- and women-owned
businesses to work on the $275 million Indiana Convention Center expansion is far ahead of state requirements and has surpassed
rates that were registered for the $715 million Lucas Oil Stadium project.
The hiring of minority- and women-owned businesses to work on the $275 million Indiana Convention Center expansion is far ahead of state requirements and has surpassed rates that were registered for the $715 million Lucas Oil Stadium project. More than 28 percent of the $215 million in bids awarded so far has gone to minority- […]
Janie and I recently returned from a photographic safari in Tanzania with our children and their spouses.
The Indianapolis Airport Authority is planning improvements to Gordon Graham Field in Hendricks County, including a runway extension and a second terminal.
