Over the years, All-Star Weekend has become a cultural magnet for entertainment and fashion. It’s known as a vibrant destination among Black residents coast-to-coast.
In an interview with IBJ, the outgoing council vice president reflected on his time as the first openly gay leader to hold countywide office in Indianapolis and on his efforts to improve landlord accountability, animal welfare and environmental protection.
Coffee shops flowed into central Indiana this year, highlighted by 10 companies that launched new locations. Plus, there were a slew of restaurant openings and closings.
The company’s customers were almost exclusively local until the 2019 holiday season, when a new Foamnasium product, Blocksy, became a hit on social media.
The company’s primary investment focus is unanchored shopping centers located in more affluent areas of major cities. Its founder sees Indianapolis “as one of the most attractive cities in the Midwest.”
Many retailers ordered fewer goods for this holiday season and pushed holiday sales earlier in October than last year to help shoppers spread out their spending.
The department store chain said Tuesday that it aims to add the new small-format locations through the fall of 2025, bringing the total number of such stores to roughly 42.
The money is going toward remodeling JCPenney stores, upgrading its online shopping site and app, and making its supply network more efficient so that online orders are delivered more quickly.
Despite the influx of workers, average hourly wages rose 0.4% from June and 4.4% from a year earlier—numbers that were hotter than expected and are likely to worry the Federal Reserve.
More than 6,000 United Methodist congregations have now received permission to leave the denomination amid a schism over theology and the role of LGBTQ people in the nation’s second-largest Protestant denomination.
Indiana University’s undergraduate entrepreneurship program ranks sixth in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report. And both Ball State University and Purdue University offer programs that are among the 50 best in the country, according to the Princeton Review.
The closure of the Fashion Mall location comes less than two years after the Mimi Blue restaurant in Carmel ceased operations. The locally owned business has one remaining restaurant.
