The amount of venture capital invested in medical-device and equipment companies nationally has declined each quarter this year, reaching levels not seen since 2004, according to data released Oct. 19 by the National Venture Capital Association and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Legacy Travel Club finds believer after months of fruitless fundraising locally.
Frank and Katrina Basile’s Lake Clearwater abode is (almost) filled with art from The Big Easy.
Eli Lilly CEO John Lechleiter on Tuesday called for creation of a “world-class” research institute in Indianapolis to bring together scientists from universities and corporations to develop new medical therapies and companies.
A fire caused about $40,000 in damage to a hotel Thursday night on the far-east side of Indianapolis. The blaze broke out at about 11:30 p.m. in a laundry room at Country Hearth Inn in the 8800 block of East 21st Street, near North Post Road. Three people staying in the section of the building where the fire broke out escaped without injury.
Since Richard Mourdock unseated Richard Lugar in May's Republican primary, Mourdock and Democratic Senate candidate Joe Donnelly have battled to win over Lugar supporters.
Indianapolis’ dwindling number of nonstop flights—especially to the West Coast—threatens to stunt the city’s convention business just as officials are marketing the expansion of the Indiana Convention Center and downtown’s hotel market.
The Indianapolis Airport Authority’s aggressive effort to stop an Ohio firm from building a parking facility beyond airport boundaries has neighbors worrying the municipality will unleash its lawyers on virtually any nearby business deemed a threat to airport revenue.
Developers are one step closer to building a $9 million apartment project to replace a blighted former hotel in Irvington.
The popular Barkefellers pet hotel and spa on the south side is planning to open a new complex offering boarding, grooming, training and canine massage in the Avon area.
The Indiana National Guard has asked for a study into the economic impact that the thousands of additional soldiers training at Camp Atterbury have had on the surrounding area.
Dance Kaleidoscope goes on a “Magical Mystery Tour,” set to Beatles music Oct. 11-14. Free tickets available for anyone holding tickets to the weekend’s canceled ISO concerts. Details here.
The lobby gallery of the Conrad Indianapolis hosts “A Working Class Hero is Something to Be,” featuring celebrity portraits by photographer Russell Young Oct. 15 to April 15. Details here.
The Indianapolis Children’s Choir is joined by the Butler University a cappella group Out of the Dawg House in a concert at the Indiana Landmark Center Oct. 14. Details here.
Bluegrassstars Dailey & Vincent perform at the Palladium Oct. 12. Details here.
The Headless Horseman begins his weekend rides at Connor Prairie Oct. 12, continuing through Oct. 27. Details here.
The spirits of past presidents visit the Benjamin Harrison Home for “Haunted D.C.,” Oct. 12-21. Details here.
Germanfest, at the Athenaeum Oct. 13, features music by Polkamotion and more on two stages. Details here.
The local developer has agreed to purchase the former Mitchell & Scott industrial complex in the 600 block of College Avenue and is in the process of pulling together a plan for the site.
Spending in Indiana’s Senate race hit the stratosphere this year due in part to the surprising vulnerability of once-untouchable U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar and new campaign finance rules, fought for by Terre Haute lawyer Jim Bopp, which attracted a flood of outside dollars.
The owner of the hotel, an affiliate of Dora Brothers Hospitality Corp. in Fishers, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in February. German American Capital Corp., which is owed $12 million, could own the property by the end of the year.
Visitors pay among the highest travel taxes in the nation when they come to Indianapolis — 17 percent on hotel rates, 15 percent on rental cars and 9 percent on meals.
It would be “absurd” and a “travesty” for Indiana not to expand its Medicaid program, according to two local hospital officials. And yet other health care leaders do not expect expanded Medicaid coverage to provide nearly as much help to uninsured Hoosiers as hoped.
A new ordinance in Lawrence will ban smoking in restaurants, bowling alleys, hotels and most bars beginning Monday.
CityWay’s design does a lot of things well. Its site plan is woven into the Indy grid, providing active street edges.
