Tech district could boost Indianapolis’ convention business
The Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association plans to attract more life sciences conferences.
The Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association plans to attract more life sciences conferences.
In exchange for donating $1 million to Center Grove schools so athletes don’t have to pay a new participation fee, local auto dealer Ray Skillman gets to post advertising signs on several athletic facilities, scoreboards and concession stands.
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones must be wondering about the wisdom of his move to push Indianapolis aside for the 2011 Super Bowl.
The Michael A. Carroll Track and Soccer Stadium, which school officials considered demolishing a few years ago, is getting a face-lift that includes a new $1.2 million infield surface.
Daniels signed the business cooperation agreement Monday with the leader of Zhejiang Province, located on the east coast of China south of Shanghai. The document pledges to develop further business links between Indiana and Zhejiang.
IndyCar Series CEO Randy Bernard said an influx of sponsors with overseas interests could push the open-wheel circuit into Europe within five years.
An unidentified restaurant and bar is set to sign a lease by Sept. 1 to assume the Meridian Street space Jillian’s has agreed to relinquish as part of a lease dispute with its landlord. The entertainment complex will continue to operate on the second and third floors.
“Gross mismanagement” and improper communications with ex-regulatory chairman are among evidence in testimony to make Duke, rather than ratepayers, swallow major cost overruns at Edwardsport power plant.
The smallest businesses took hits in cities all around Indianapolis.
Sizable Indianapolis companies like the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, consumer-ratings service Angie’s List, Marsh and Wilhelm Construction have switched to consumer-directed health plans. There’s some evidence nationally that the trend is set to accelerate.
Nine family-practice doctors are set to leave their large physician group and join Noblesville’s Riverview Hospital, more than tripling their revenue-generating potential.
Enterprising investors willing to conduct the necessary due diligence may seek to discover high-growth opportunities in emerging-country investments.
Cooler Conversations thinks it can penetrate the novelty items market with beverage sleeves that can play school fight songs or corporate messages when a drink is inserted.
Longtime Indianapolis developer launches spirited attempt to save baseball palace.
That didn’t take long. After finalizing its merger with Morgan Hospital & Medical Center on July 1, Indiana University Health announced a new medical office building in Mooresville. According to The Reporter-Times of Martinsville, the 15,200-square-foot building should be finished by December. The $3.6 million project will unite physicians who work out of two separate office buildings in the area. The southern suburbs of Indianapolis have become a battleground for Indianapolis’ major hospital systems. Franciscan St. Francis Health has long dominated the area. But Community Health Network recently expanded its hospital on County Line Road and also formed a close partnership with Franklin-based Johnson Memorial Hospital. IU Health’s acquisition of Morgan Hospital gives it a toehold in the region, and the system still has a chunk of land in Bargersville it could build on if its leaders see the opportunity for further growth.
As part of their partnership announced in November, OrthoIndy and St. Vincent Health have begun offering orthopedic care in Bedford, where St. Vincent is in crosstown competition with Indiana University Health. Orthopedics is a key specialty to bring lucrative surgeries into a hospital. In Bedford, OrthoIndy’s Dr. Benjamin Justice and Dr. Matthew Lavery, along with St. Vincent’s Dr. James Rickert, are accepting patients at St. Vincent Dunn Hospital.
Indianapolis-based Northwest Radiology Network P.C. has hired Dr. Marc Underhill, a graduate of Boston College and the Indiana University School of Medicine. He most recently was an interventional radiology fellow at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.
Northwest Radiology also hired Dr. Vincent Flanders, a graduate of the University of South Florida and the Duke University School of Medicine. He recently completed a fellowship in interventional radiology and abdominal imaging at Harvard Medical School’s Massachusetts General Hospital.
Indianapolis-based Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman P.C. hired associate attorney Jarrod A. Malone, whose practice focuses on professional liability defense for dentists, physicians, hospitals and lawyers. Malone is a graduate of the IU School of Law in Indianapolis.
Steve Lippia assists the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra with “Sinatra Songbook,” July 15-16 at Conner Prairie Amphitheatre. Details here.
Steely Dan (which, at one time, included Michael McDonald, above) comes to the Murat Theatre, July 15. Details here.
The new Indiana Festival Theatre, featuring IU theater students and professional actors, continues with Shakespeare’s “The Comedy of Errors,” July 13-30. Details here.
“Last Comic Standing” winner Alonzo Bodden performs at Morty’s Comedy Joint July 14-16. Details here.
Guitarist Jeff McLaughlin celebrates the release of his new Owl Studios disc with a show at the Jazz Kitchen, July 14. Details here.
Styx and Yes performs at Verizon Wireless Music Center, July 19. Details here.
Duets in the Round, July 15 at Locals Only, features pairings of local musicians, including Danny Flanigan and Jon Martin, Bill Price and Michael Clark, and Cara Jean Wahlers and Grover Parido. Details here.
When I first heard about the downtown Nordstrom store closing, of course I was disappointed.
The campaigns for these new developments were essentially commercials for all these nice and livable communities outside the city.