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Indy’s Wright of passage?: Conrad’s renowned chef could beef up city’s culinary reputation

November 21, 2005

“It gives [Indianapolis] a big-league chef,” said John Mariani, food and travel correspondent for Esquire magazine, when asked about Wright’s arrival. “It’s about time a city like Indianapolis has a restaurant of this caliber.” Wright left the kitchen at the Windsor Court Hotel in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. He and his wife, Delia, an executive with a restaurantproducts distributor, chose Indianapolis partly because she has business contacts here. Jonathan is accustomed to pleasing an eclectic range of diners. He…

Health care: big problem for small business: Wyoming lawmaker’s proposed legislation could end 10-year Senate impasse on controversial solution

November 28, 2005

More than 45 million Americans lack health insurance. And more than half of them are employed or dependent on someone who works for a small business, according to the National Federation of Independent Business. It’s a big problem-especially in Indiana. Between 2000 and 2004, 5.6 percent of Hoosier workers lost employer-provided health care, according to the Economic Policy Institute. That’s a higher percentage than any state except Wisconsin. Legislation just introduced in Congress by Wyoming Sen. Michael Enzi, however, may…

Legislators face election-year gamble: Legalized Cherry Masters could generate $300M annually

December 5, 2005

The lure of easy gambling money is always an enormous temptation for cash-strapped legislators. But in 2006, the stakes will be higher than ever. Bars and restaurants are organizing an attempt to legalize electronic poker machines, commonly known as Cherry Masters. By one count, as many as 40,000 operate illegally around the state. Under government administration, Cherry Masters could generate $300 million in annual tax revenue for state and local governments, advocates of legalization say. That would fill a lot…

City, police union prepare for cop contract negotiations: FOP seeks 5 percent wage increase for IPD officers

December 12, 2005

Get ready for another round in local government’s most rancorous ongoing scuffle. The Indianapolis Police Department’s contract expires Dec. 31. The city and the police union are about to begin negotiations for a new agreement. Both sides sound optimistic about the chances for a smooth process. But that could quickly change when they get into the nitty-gritty of wage proposals and concessions. The parley over IPD’s last contract took two years. At its nadir, the Fraternal Order of Police endorsed…

Star’s weekly battles Nuvo for young readers: As Intake turns 2, independent tabloid fights on

December 12, 2005

Tracking the readership of a free newspaper is like trying to bottle a vapor. What’s not difficult to determine is advertisers’ desire to target young consumers. “Advertisers increasingly want that young, upwardly mobile audience,” said newspaper analyst John Morton. “And they’ll pay to be a part of a product that can deliver it.” Central Indiana’s two biggest newspapers aimed at readers with a strong interest in the city’s night life and only a fleeting concern about long-term savings plans have…

NOTIONS: This holiday season, ‘It’s jobs, stupid’

December 26, 2005

Bruce Hetrick is off for the holidays. But in the hope that you’ll shop the after-Christmas sales locally, helping to spur job retention and growth in central Indiana, he offers the following column, which originally appeared on Oct. 27, 2003. Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat Please put a penny in the old man’s hat If you haven’t got a penny, a ha’ penny will do, If you haven’t got a ha’ penny, then God bless you In…

AGENDA INDIANAPOLIS 2006: City made progress in some areas, but top priorities require more work

January 2, 2006

The wheels are beginning to turn on a multi-county transit plan, now that the Central Indiana Regional Transportation Authority is mostly in place. The authority, charged with coordinating and, ultimately, administering a regional transit system, was formed at the end of 2004, about the time IBJ asked readers to rank the most pressing issues facing the city. The results of the survey, published last January, revealed public transportation and congestion issues as the largest concern, followed by the need for…

STATEHOUSE DISPATCH: Lawmakers will get serious when the dancing ends

January 23, 2006

Indianapolis may still be waiting for its first significant snowfall of 2006, but the legislative session zips along at breakneck speed. Jan. 23-27 marks the final week in which committees may consider legislation in their respective chambers of origin. We’ve warned you this session would consider matters of substance despite its short fuse-lawmakers will adjourn no later than March 14. So how do things shape up so far? If someone from another planet were to peer in underneath the Statehouse…

STATEHOUSE DISPATCH: Lawmakers will get serious when the dancing ends

January 30, 2006

City’s cultural districts take artful approach: Five areas use $250,000 in grants on original public art projects

February 13, 2006

Two wall-size murals now welcome people to Massachusetts Avenue. An abstract sculpture that looks like an Alexander Calder tribute sits on a bridge in the Canal District. A towering blue and green obelisk marks the north end of Broad Ripple on College Avenue. The works aren’t part of an elaborate conspiracy by a renegade public artist. They’re the result of two years of careful planning by the city’s Cultural Development Commission. In 2003, the commission designated five areas of the…

Urban malls improvise: Lafayette Square, others struggle in changing retail world

February 13, 2006

Lafayette Square Mall on the city’s northwest side has all the marks of a decaying urban mall: Most major national retailers have fled, a church occupies a former department store space, and the surrounding neighborhood has fallen out of favor among shoppers and businesses. But is the mall destined for a date with a bulldozer, as has happened with old malls in other cities? Not everyone thinks so. Lafayette Square still has good access from Interstate 65, apparently committed ownership…

Eateries await smoking ban: Some restaurant owners face tough decisions

February 13, 2006

It’s 2:30 p.m. on a Tuesday and the lunch crowd has dwindled enough to give Giorgio Migliaccio time to relax and light up a cigarette at the downtown pizzeria that bears his name. But come March 1, Migliaccio and the majority of other restaurant owners in Marion County no longer will allow smoking. A city ordinance will ban the practice in establishments that allow patrons younger than 18. “I think it will be very hard for the addicted to not…

Airport’s 104-acre land sale may not take off: Runways, private owners could hamper development

February 20, 2006

As city and airport officials begin to develop a marketing strategy for 104 acres just north and east of the Indianapolis International Airport, they will likely focus on the land’s best attributes: access to the airport, Interstate 465 and a rail line. Buyers will need to examine the fine print to learn why the land isn’t likely to become a smaller version of the bustling Plainfield industrial and retail areas to the west. Chief among those less-than-desirable features: The land…

Buckingham makes big plans for Carmel: Developer awaits OK on 116-acre urbanist development

February 20, 2006

The makeover of midtown Carmel, driven by the ambitious City Center master plan, could get a boost from a nearby development that could rival the project in scope. Local real-estate developer Buckingham Properties will present its proposal to the Carmel Plan Commission Feb. 21 to transform the 1960s-era Mohawk Hills apartment complex and its golf course into a modern urbanist neighborhood. The development, called Gramercy, could take a decade and hundreds of millions of dollars to complete. The 116-acre tract…

North Binford district looks for shot of development: Area hopes to rebound from surprising business slump

February 20, 2006

There are 22,200 households within a five-minute drive of 71st Street and Binford Boulevard, according to a recent market study. The median income inside those homes tops $53,000, about 16 percent higher than the U.S. median income. Despite those favorable demographics, area retail establishments and businesses have been dwindling. On the southeast corner of 71st and Binford, for example, there once existed a Preston-Safeway grocery store, an Osco drugstore, a Great Clips hair salon, a pizza parlor, a printing shop,…

Banning ‘McLawsuits’: State bill outlawing fast-food litigation nears passage

February 27, 2006

A bill nearing the governor’s desk would make it illegal to sue Indiana restaurants-including the state’s ubiquitous fast-food joints-for those extra notches in the belt. Commonly referred to as the “cheeseburger bill,” the measure is part of a national effort by restaurants and small-business owners to protect themselves from enormous class-action lawsuits that have been filed against some national chains. House Bill 1113 passed out of the Senate Committee on Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters on Feb. 14 by a…

Retail space coming to Fall Creek Place: Restaurants, coffee shops, bookstores planned

February 27, 2006

Wayne Ashford sat in his Fall Creek Place coffee shop-Tea’s Me CafÃ© & Gifts-during a recent lunch hour waiting for customers to show up. After six months in the neighborhood, he’s been “a little disappointed” at the foot traffic through his business at the corner of 22nd and Talbott streets. While the master-planned community has won accolades for its urban design, it has failed to generate revenue for smallbusiness owners like Ashford. That may change in a hurry. Three sizeable…

Cream, sugar, social awareness: Fair-trade coffee firm looks beyond profits

February 27, 2006

When one considers the new company pays about 40 percent more for its raw product than do its non-fairtrade competitors-and it gives roughly $1 from every bag it sells back to the farmers who produce the coffee beans-it might seem like the McLeans are destined for drinking macchiatos in the poorhouse. But the couple didn’t build Advance Interface Solutions into a successful business by accident. And Beans for Better Life, their foray into the cappuccino craze, is hardly reckless. Local…

SPORTS: It’s about more than hoops if Chicago gets tourneys

March 6, 2006

Our month of Much Madness has begun. Forty-one games in 33 days downtown. The Big Ten women’s and men’s tournaments (20 games). The IHSAA girls’ and boys’state finals (eight games). The National Association of Basketball Coaches All-Star Game on Final Four weekend. The NCAA Men’s Final Four (three games). And, interspersed throughout, nine Indiana Pacers home games. So what’s your pleasure? High school, college, pro? No matter the level, it is coming to Indianapolis in abundance. Quality and quantity, packaged…

NOTIONS: As fumes meet fare, my restaurant boycott begins

March 6, 2006

Recently, I testified before the Greenwood Common Council. I spoke in favor of that community’s proposed ban on workplace smoking. The stuff killed my wife, Pam, a 49-year-old nonsmoker, so I encourage practitioners of good government to spare others the same fate. When all the witnesses had filled the allotted 30 minutes, Greenwood’s council members spoke up-most in favor. But an opponent, Councilman Ron Deer, said smokers ought to have choices. No, he said, people should not be able to…

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Indy’s Wright of passage?: Conrad’s renowned chef could beef up city’s culinary reputation

Health care: big problem for small business: Wyoming lawmaker’s proposed legislation could end 10-year Senate impasse on controversial solution

Legislators face election-year gamble: Legalized Cherry Masters could generate $300M annually

City, police union prepare for cop contract negotiations: FOP seeks 5 percent wage increase for IPD officers

Star’s weekly battles Nuvo for young readers: As Intake turns 2, independent tabloid fights on

NOTIONS: This holiday season, ‘It’s jobs, stupid’

AGENDA INDIANAPOLIS 2006: City made progress in some areas, but top priorities require more work

STATEHOUSE DISPATCH: Lawmakers will get serious when the dancing ends

STATEHOUSE DISPATCH: Lawmakers will get serious when the dancing ends

City’s cultural districts take artful approach: Five areas use $250,000 in grants on original public art projects

Urban malls improvise: Lafayette Square, others struggle in changing retail world

Eateries await smoking ban: Some restaurant owners face tough decisions

Airport’s 104-acre land sale may not take off: Runways, private owners could hamper development

Buckingham makes big plans for Carmel: Developer awaits OK on 116-acre urbanist development

North Binford district looks for shot of development: Area hopes to rebound from surprising business slump

Banning ‘McLawsuits’: State bill outlawing fast-food litigation nears passage

Retail space coming to Fall Creek Place: Restaurants, coffee shops, bookstores planned

Cream, sugar, social awareness: Fair-trade coffee firm looks beyond profits

SPORTS: It’s about more than hoops if Chicago gets tourneys

NOTIONS: As fumes meet fare, my restaurant boycott begins