A proposed incentive deal designed to kick-start development adjacent to the former site of Market Square Arena calls for the city to fund the entire purchase price of two prime parcels. A local developer, Tadd M. Miller, plans to invest as much as $65 million to redevelop the long-vacant Bank One operations center and a […]
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 A proposed incentive deal designed to kick-start development adjacent to the former site of Market Square Arena calls for the city to fund the entire purchase price of two prime parcels. A local developer, Tadd M. Miller, plans to invest as much as $65 million to redevelop the long-vacant […]
A proposed incentive deal to kick-start a $65-million development adjacent to the former site of Market Square Arena calls for the…
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit late last night put Chrysler LLC’s bankruptcy sale to Fiat Group on hold in order to hear an appeal by a trio of Indiana state pension and construction funds that object to the deal. The New York City court agreed to hear legal arguments by the […]
The city’s Capital Improvement Board will merge into a new agency, and hotel, rental car and sports-admission taxes would rise under a proposal announced this morning to bail out the financially troubled organization. Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels and Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard presented a proposal they say will raise the funds necessary to cover the […]
The city’s Capital Improvement Board will merge into a new agency, and hotel, rental car and sports-admission taxes would rise under a proposal announced this morning to bail out the financially troubled organization. Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels and Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard presented a proposal they say will raise the funds necessary to cover the […]
Overtures Gov. Mitch Daniels has extended to the General Assembly should be sufficient to end squabbling over the budget. Legislators ought to take the offer, pass a budget, and leave the Statehouse before they throw any more sand in the gears. Public schools would get a 2-percent increase in funding and higher education would receive […]
Could the Virginia Avenue corridor eventually challenge Mass Ave as the hip place to live downtown? A local architecture firm hopes to make a strong case with an artsthemed development on the site of a former mail-sorting facility in Fletcher Place. The $9 million project called Fletcher Place Arts would include 56 mostly one-bedroom apartments, […]
Last fall’s Wall Street meltdown, which erased half the value of some 401(k) retirement plans, has whipped up some of the fiercest crosswinds the plans have faced in their three decades of existence. Blowing from one direction, cash-strapped employers are trying to cut back on retirement plan contributions. Others are looking to shut down their […]
A local architecture firm hopes to challenge hip Mass Ave with an arts-themed development in Fletcher Place. The $9 million
project would include apartments, retail and office space.
Last fall’s Wall Street meltdown, which erased half the value of some 401(k) retirement plans, has both employers and employees
re-examining what to expect long term.
Overtures Gov. Mitch Daniels has extended to the General Assembly should be sufficient to end squabbling over the budget.
Legislators ought to take the offer, pass a budget, and leave the Statehouse before they throw any more sand in the gears.
Lawmakers return to Indianapolis June 11 tanned, rested and presumably ready to agree upon a budget that, via gubernatorial assent or a veto override vote, will guide Indiana through fiscal 2010-2011.
Gov. Mitch Daniels says Indiana’s schools are “among America’s luckiest” since they have so far avoided cuts during the recession. But only some Indiana schools would find four-leaf clovers under Daniels’ budget proposal. Suburban schools with booming enrollments would see funding increases, while urban and rural school districts that are losing students would see decreases. […]
A proposed $9 million project called Fletcher Place Arts calls for 56 mostly one-bedroom apartments, 8,700 square feet of first-floor retail or office space, and…
The Westfield City Council is expecting a big turnout at public hearing tonight to discuss a proposed smoking ban. The ordinance would eliminate smoking in public places and businesses, including restaurants, bars and eight out of every 10 hotel rooms. Violators would pay fines between $50 and $500. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. at […]
The city’s Capital Improvement Board will meet today for the first time since Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels and Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard presented their plan to rescue the financially troubled entity. Last Thursday, the two proposed raising hotel, rental car and sports-admission taxes, and merging the CIB into a new agency, to raise the funds […]
Capital Improvement Board President Bob Grand today declined to predict the future for the cash-strapped sports facilities agency, but said he backs a proposal that would merge the CIB into a new organization. “I’m 100 percent in support of their solution,” he said, referring to the plan presented last Thursday by Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels […]
Indiana House Democrats plan to offer a one-year state budget they say would give public schools a statewide average spending increase of 2 percent and guarantee that all districts get as much or more money in the next year as they got this year. Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 “We want to make sure […]
The Indiana Office of Management & Budget yesterday released details of two studies used to arrive at the $13 million it said could be saved by combining the Capital Improvement Board and the Marion County Building Authority into one organization. State officials initially had declined to make the studies available to the public. Indiana Gov. […]
