Click here to see a map of the project. If the latest estimates to build two sections of Interstate 69 downstate are any indication, what was once predicted to be a $1.8 billion extension from Evansville to Indianapolis is now headed north of $3 billion. The higher estimated costs for two sections totaling 54 miles […]
City officials want to raise money by selling sponsorships, advertising and possibly even naming-rights deals for city-owned properties as they attempt to chip away at a projected $23 million deficit in the municipal budget. Mayor Greg Ballard is reaching out to ad agencies and marketing firms to help direct the effort. He wants to strike […]
While he gets great seats every time as he watches about 75 basketball games a season, John Adams also has serious responsibilities
as the NCAA’s national coordinator of men’s basketball officiating.
John Adams was speaking by cell phone from northern Indiana somewhere along U.S. 31 en route to witness a University of Notre Dame/ Villanova University contest in South Bend that will be his 55th game of the season. It’s a number that will reach 75 by the time the nets are cut down and One […]
Mayor Greg Ballard’s extensive plan to consolidate local government includes a measure that would transfer the delivery of poor relief from township trustees to a new city department in 2011. Ballard’s proposal, dubbed UniGov 2.0, promotes efficiency by eliminating township governments and giving him control of not only township assistance – the preferred term for […]
Mayor Greg Ballard’s extensive plan to consolidate local government includes a measure that would transfer the delivery of poor relief from township trustees to a new city department in 2011. Ballard’s proposal, dubbed UniGov 2.0, promotes efficiency by eliminating township governments and giving him control of not only township assistance – the preferred term for […]
Stepping into history, Barack Hussein Obama grasped the reins of power as America’s first black president today, declaring the nation must choose “hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord” to overcome the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. In frigid temperatures, an exuberant crowd of more than a million packed the […]
The newly organized MLK Business Revitalization Association aims to bring new life to the neighborhood west of downtown by
uniting area business owners behind a common goal — cleaning up the community to attract other entrepreneurs.
Kevin Wampler, chief financial officer of The Finish Line Inc., has joined Dollar Tree Inc. in the same role. Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Dollar Tree, headquartered in Chesapeake, Va., is a retailer specializing in selling items for less than $1. Wampler will be replaced on an interim basis by Finish Line Chief Operating Officer Steven J. […]
The well-sung but nondescript production of “The Sound of Music” currently running at Beef & Boards got me thinking about the musicals of Rodgers & Hammerstein. Some random thoughts:
–The R&H reputation pretty much rests on “Oklahoma!,” “Carousel,” “South Pacific,” “The King…
Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Nonferrous Products Inc., a Franklin company specializing in metalworking and specialty alloys, has agreed to be acquired by International Beryllium Corp. of Vancouver, British Columbia, for $10.5 million. Nonferrous employs 35 at its 12-acre Franklin campus. The company reported $11.7 million in 2007 revenue and is profitable, International Beryllium said in a […]
Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 OHL, a Tennessee-based provider of logistics services, announced today that it will expand its Plainfield operations, investing $11.3 million and creating 120 jobs. The expansion will boost employment at OHL’s 3.2-million-square-foot Plainfield campus to 520. OHL provides logistics services for a variety of firms. The Indiana Economic Development Corp. said the state […]
Carmel startup wades into Florida hurricane market Firm pioneers product to cover insurance deductibles The turbulent winds that hit the property-casualty insurance market after the destructive Gulf Coast hurricanes of 2004 and 2005 have blown over Indiana with hardly a bent weather vane. But that hasn’t stopped a new Carmel company from trying to make a buck helping Florida homeowners and businesses handle their now-staggering insurance costs. This month, Citon Group Inc. started marketing its new breed of insurance-designed to…
The turbulent winds that hit the property-casualty insurance market after the destructive Gulf Coast hurricanes of 2004 and 2005 have blown over Indiana with hardly a bent weather vane. But that hasn’t stopped a new Carmel company from trying to make a buck helping Florida homeowners and businesses handle their now-staggering insurance costs. This month, Citon Group Inc. started marketing its new breed of insurance-designed to cover hurricane deductibles-to Florida insurance agents. “We’re really at the very beginning of this….
In late May, Darrell Bowman launched Lounge Hats LLC, an Indianapolis-based company that makes fabric covers that fit over
beach or pool-side chaise lounges to make one thing clear: This seat is taken. Bowman withdrew $20,000 from personal savings
and added another $50,000 from an investor, his friend Mike Oswalt, to start the company. He runs Lounge Hats out of his garage,
hiring a Chinese company to sew the hats and contracting with a local printer to finish them off.
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A little bit of history before I get to the specifics of American Cabaret Theatre’s production of “Victor/Victoria”: The movie on which it is based, concerning a woman who finds success-and romantic complications-pretending to be a female impersonator, proved a surprising cinematic hit for actress Julie Andrews and her director/husband Blake Edwards in 1982. Thirteen years later, again directed by Edwards, the movie was turned into a musical for Andrews, who hadn’t been on Broadway since “Camelot” in 1963. The…
Executives at locally based Duke Realty Corp. fielded questions for years about what was taking so long with Anson, a $1.4 billion residential, retail and industrial development along Interstate 65 in Whitestown. Not anymore. A string of blockbuster new tenants including MedcoHealth Solutions Inc. and Amazon.comInc. have fired up interest in the 1,700-acre project, particularly its industrial component known as Allpoints at Anson. Together, the companies plan to invest more than $175 million-Medco is building an automated pharmacy and Amazon…
Lake Cities Broadcasting Corp. in the northeastern Indiana city of Angola is selling its five radio stations, according to The Journal Gazette of Fort Wayne. Buying the stations for $3.8 million is Swick Broadcasting Corp. Lake Cities President Tom Andrews is retiring, but plans to offer engineering help on a part-time basis. The stations include […]
In the mid 1990s, Carmel’s then-giant Thomson Consumer Electronics annually sold $300 million worth of high-end televisions under the name Proscan. But by the end of the decade, the company’s French owners had abandoned Proscan in favor of a strategy emphasizing the betterknown RCA brand. Now a former Thomson executive based in Indianapolis is attempting to revive Proscan. Last year, Pat Deighan sold nearly $50 million worth of Proscan high-definition flatscreen LCD televisions in the United States. This year, he…
