A New York state developer that proposed a recreation and entertainment complex near Daleville a year ago is still pursuing the project. This time, according to The Star Press of Muncie, the complex would be located farther north of the town but still close to Interstate 69. Daleville is between Anderson and Muncie. Developer Joe […]
FUND-RAISER The Light Their Future Gala is a night of dinner and dancing, live and silent auction, and cash raffle. The eighth annual gala, April 8, sold out at 500 guests and raised $157,000. The next gala, April 17, 2009, will be held at a larger location, the Marriott hotel downtown.
Johnson County officials this month approved a 7-percent tax on hotel-room stays.
The mission of the Lawrence Township School Foundation is to encourage and support creativity, innovation and excellence that
enhances the educational community of the Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township.
Fueled by a $740,000 regional advertising campaign, local tourism spending went sky high even as the economy was in a free
fall.
A recent feasibility study came out in favor of creating a small conference center with an adjoining hotel near Interstate 70 and State Road 267, the Hendricks County Convention and Visitors Bureau said. The study found that planners nationwide have interest in a conference center there for two reasons: the new midfield terminal at Indianapolis […]
A central Indiana consortium of 128 hotels offering 14,000 rooms at prices below market rates was key in securing a deal to bring the FFA National Convention to Indianapolis in six of 12 years from 2016 to 2024. FFA officials announced at Conseco Fieldhouse this morning that Indianapolis and Louisville will hold the convention in […]
Indianapolis has been given the right to host six lucrative national conventions for the National FFA Organization between 2013 and 2024, according to a source familiar with an announcement scheduled to be made later this morning. After finishing its current seven-year run in Indianapolis in 2012, Louisville will host the convention in 2013, 2014 and 2015. […]
The lucrative National FFA convention will be split between Indianapolis and Louisville from 2013 to 2019, the Louisville television station WHAS-TV Channel 11 reported last night, citing unnamed sources familiar with an announcement planned this morning. Indianapolis snatched rights from Louisville to host the convention from 2006 to 2012 after Louisville had seen the blue-jacketed […]
If you’re not using your own computer that’s been religiously scanned for malware, you’re leaving yourself open, and the elegance
of the hotel is no indicator of how safe its computers are.
Three key promoters of the Indiana motorsports industry have formed a company to launch a new trade show in Indianapolis next year. The threesome – Indiana Motorsports Association Executive Director Tom Weisenbach, local auto and truck dealer Jeff Stoops and C&R Racing Inc. owner Chris Paulson – hope the new show will fill part of […]
I have to comment regarding the latest articles [in the Nov. 10 issue] regarding the redevelopment of Speedway. While the articles were written very well and gave the impression that this redevelopment is a must for the community, I do not remember reading anything regarding the businesses that will be lost or the people who […]
When I first met Zak Brown in 2001, it was to interview him for a story about his mostly unheard of company, Just Marketing. At the time, I was writing a “Small Business…
Car and motorcycle dealerships owned by Russell J. Dellen before his death will continue under family ownership, according to one of his sons, Nick Dellen. Russ Dellen, who died of a heart attack on Nov. 8 at age 56, owned two car dealerships in Greenfield – one handling Buick, Chevrolet, GMC and Pontiac brands, and […]
It may not be the best little roadhouse in this western state, but Texas Roadhouse—which was actually launched in
Clarksville,
Ind.—has its pleasures.
The 12 Free Days of Indy Christmas promotion runs through Dec. 24 and gives patrons of several city destinations the opportunity
to enjoy them without the cost.
Eldorado Resorts LLC, a Nevada company, has a long-running bid to take over Casino Aztar in Evansville, and the bid now appears
to be heading for approval by state regulators.
P.E. MacAllister has helped turn Indianapolis into a culturally vibrant city.
As the 100th anniversary of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway approaches,
the town of Speedway, at long last, is making an aggressive play to turn the world-famous oval into an economic engine that
runs year-round.
Professors at Indiana University’s Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Studies are conducting an analysis of new tourism
attractions in Indiana’s Orange County.
