Indianapolis-based Allison Transmission Inc. has completed the first production-quality transmission that could be used in a new amphibious fighting vehicle for the U.S. Marine Corps – a development that could mean substantial work for the local manufacturer. “We’re getting closer to gaining a very, very large contract,” Allison spokesman Eric Dickerson said. Allison was scheduled […]
Indianapolis-based Allison Transmission Inc. has completed the first production-quality transmission that could be used in a new amphibious fighting vehicle for the U.S. Marine Corps – a development that could mean substantial work for the local manufacturer. “We’re getting closer to gaining a very, very large contract,” Allison spokesman Eric Dickerson said. Allison was scheduled […]
The federal government is hoping the third time’s the charm for a newFBI field office in Indianapolis. The U.S. General Services Administration said today it has awarded thedeal to Ohio-based Fedcar Company Ltd., which plans to build a$39.8-million campus on 14 acres near Interstate 465 and AllisonvilleRoad in Castleton. The deal has been a bureaucratic […]
The federal government is hoping the third time’s the charm for a new FBI field office in Indianapolis. The U.S. General Services Administration said today it has awarded the deal to Ohio-based Fedcar Company Ltd., which plans to build a $39.8-million campus on 14 acres near Interstate 465 and Allisonville Road in Castleton. The deal […]
The city’s Metropolitan Development Commission voted unanimously, 8 to 0, last week to allow a crematorium to be built near the corner of Allisonville Road and 82nd Street. Harry W. Moore Funeral Care will now go ahead with plans to build the one-story, 1,600-square-foot crematory, said David L. Ring, who owns the funeral home. The […]
Rolls-Royce PLC’s new 10-year, $400 million agreement to produce helicopter engines brings another surge of business to the company’s Indianapolis manufacturing plant. Rolls-Royce said today it will supply Fort Worth, Texas-based Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. with Model 250 engines for Bell 206 and 407 helicopters for most of the next decade. It was the second […]
The Salvation Army is rethinking a request to demolish an historic home it owns next to its headquarters at Michigan and Alabama streets. The not-for-profit…
The Central Indiana Corporate Partnership—the parent of the BioCrossroads, TechPoint and Conexus industry cluster initiatives—let it be known last month that there would be a fourth leg to its economic development stool: clean technology.
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The Central Indiana Corporate Partnership-the parent of the BioCrossroads, TechPoint and Conexus industry cluster initiatives-let it be known last month that there would be a fourth leg to its economic development stool: clean technology. The new initiative is known to insiders as the Indiana Energy Systems Network and has been under the reins of Paul […]
It will be at least another week before the city’s Metropolitan Development Commission decides whether to allow a crematorium to be built near the corner of Allisonville Road and 82nd Street. The commission was supposed to decide Feb. 4 whether the Harry W. Moore Funeral Care center could construct a one-story, 1,600-square-foot crematory on the […]
Indianapolis Colts defensive end Darrell Reid faces disorderly conduct and trespassing charges following his arrest early yesterday morning on East 82nd Street near Allisonville Road. Police officers trying to clear the parking lot outside the Oxygen Lounge say Reid kept insisting he be let into the club. After repeated warnings, they arrested Reid when he […]
A proposed closure of Grande Avenue in Speedway has more than a few Gasoline Alley businesses riled up. Allison Transmission—which has plants on both sides of Grande Avenue just south of 10th Street—along with the Speedway Redevelopment Commission, has requested…
Business owners along the fabled Gasoline Alley north of Rockville Road think a proposal to close a north-south road linking
them to the front door of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway will have devastating effects.
Employees at Rolls-Royce Group Plc’s Tibbs Avenue manufacturing plant started 2008 not knowing whether they’d keep their jobs. They’re starting 2009 with plenty of work ahead of them. Rolls-Royce said yesterday it won a multiyear contract to develop fuel-efficient turbine engines for the U.S. Air Force – a deal that could be worth as much […]
Employees at Rolls-Royce Group Plc’s Tibbs Avenue manufacturing plant started 2008 not knowing whether they’d keep their jobs. They’re starting 2009 with plenty of work ahead of them. Rolls-Royce said yesterday it won a multiyear contract to develop fuel-efficient turbine engines for the U.S. Air Force – a deal that could be worth as much […]
Tony Mason is leaving his post as executive director of the Circle City Classic to become senior vice president of the 2012 Indianapolis Super Bowl Host Committee. Mason, 42, is set to join the Super Bowl Host Committee in April and is expected to work closely with the John H. Boner Community Center to launch […]
Indianapolis appears to be in the running to host the 2012 NFL Pro Bowl. Today, league officials confirmed they are moving the 2010 Pro Bowl to Miami, the Super Bowl host city that…
The woman chosen as CEO of the city’s Super Bowl host committee isn’t exactly a household name, but those who hired her think
she’ll make Indianapolis the best host city ever.
Georgetown Market has stayed in the health food game since 1973, in part because of owner Rick Montieth’s ability to see down
the road.
