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SPORTS: There’s more than one new football field in town

September 8, 2008

Just a few miles north of Lucas Oil Stadium, where the Colts are to meet the Chicago Bears in their NFL opener, another new football field was seeing its first official action over the weekend. And yes, there is a direct link between the two, as well as the same sense of profound satisfaction that this new field, like LOS, will make a positive and long-lasting difference in our community. Tabernacle Presbyterian Church’s youth sports ministry-our own little Miracle on…

EDITORIAL: Off the streets and on the payroll: Make a hire that helps the city

September 8, 2008

Off the streets and on the payroll Make a hire that helps the city Crime fighters unite! If you’re a business owner and don’t think that call to action applies to you, think again. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police aren’t the only ones who have a role to play in public safety. Employers can do their part to fight crime by supporting a new city initiative to find jobs for ex-offenders. As reporter Scott Olson detailed in last week’s IBJ, local…

City shows up peers in luring, keeping young, educated, married couples

September 8, 2008

Regional economic development experts say cities must woo talented people while they’re young–in
their 20s or early 30s–because, after that age, people tend to hunker down. The Indianapolis area apparently appeals to at
least two key groups of young people–particularly those already married, according to a new study by researchers at IUPUI.

Benefits brokers dive deeper into wellness: Employers look to prevention to lower health costs

September 8, 2008

Gibson Insurance Group is the latest benefits broker to get more serious about wellness. The South Bend-based firm, which has an office in Indianapolis, has hired a dedicated wellness director to help its clients refine and assess their wellness programs for workers. Nicole Fallowfield, the former vice president of sales for Principal Wellness Co. in Indianapolis, will work out of Gibson’s downtown Indianapolis office but serve Gibson’s clients throughout Indiana. By hiring Fallowfield, Gibson joins a budding trend among brokers…

NOTIONS: A pregnant GOP primer on civil liberties: Who decides?

September 8, 2008

Years ago, I wrote an article about Sheila Suess Kennedy, an Indianapolis author who’d written a book called “What’s a Nice Republican Girl Like Me Doing in the ACLU?” I didn’t know Sheila. I didn’t know much about the American Civil Liberties Union, either. So I stopped by her office (she directed the organization’s Indiana chapter back then) for an education. Sheila, now a faculty member at the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IUPUI, explained to…

BEHIND THE NEWS: Limp economy could slow increase in attorneys’ fees

September 8, 2008

Attorney pay at top-tier firms is like compensation for executives of public companies. Amid hand-wringing, the numbers keep going up and up. The reasons are understandable. Law firm managers feel pressure to raise compensation to attract and retain the best attorneys-and to keep up with what other firms are doling out. The people running those competing firms feel the same pressures, accelerating the upward spiral. Hence, top attorneys in Indianapolis in the most complex practice areas now have hourly rates…

‘Rollcrete’ might provide alternative to pricey asphalt

September 8, 2008

Cities and counties are looking for alternatives to asphalt as the price soars for the oil-based material and threatens
to bring paving projects and contractors skidding to a halt. The city of Indianapolis may have just found
one viable alternative that goes down like asphalt: roller-compacted concrete, or "rollcrete."

Experts: Building boom not over: Big projects wind down, but new ones fill pipeline

September 8, 2008

The completion of $2 billion in city construction projects has left a gaping hole in contractor job schedules-as wide as when the roof opens at Lucas Oil Stadium. Even so, industry leaders remain optimistic about staying busy despite the combination of a tepid economy and the end of a local boom that stretched the limits of the labor pool. The $1.1 billion airport midfield terminal project, the $715 million stadium and $150 million Central Library expansion helped to create so…

EYE ON THE PIE: Too many governments plague state

September 8, 2008

Have you read the Ke r n a n – S h e p a r d report? Don’t feel guilty, few have. Its more formal name is, “Streamlining Local Government; We’ve got to stop governing like this.” It’s a very strong, readable statement for reforming local government. Unfortunately, it does not get to our root problem: Local governments are creatures trained for obedience by their master, the Indiana General Assembly. Although the report does not say it, there will…

MotoGP race will give Speedway whole new look

September 8, 2008

Fans walking into the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the First MotoGP race there Sept. 14 likely won’t recognize the place. Sponsor ads will hang on the inside walls of the track. There will be a host of companies in the hospitality area–including Yamaha, Kawasaki, Ducati and Repsol–that have never set foot inside the Speedway’s grounds. The motorcycle-specific nature of the Red Bull Indianapolis GP will permeate every facet of the event and affects all elements of the host city’s planning.

NBC doesn’t honor Lucas’ request

September 8, 2008

Apparently NBC’s Andrea Kremer didn’t get the memo. At least she didn’t get the one from Lucas Oil Products Inc. founder Forrest Lucas. During a sideline segment during last night’s Indianapolis Colts-Chicago Bears…

Marketing Informatics sells print operation

September 8, 2008

Marketing Informatics LLC, an Indianapolis direct-marketing firm, has sold its printing unit to Indianapolis-based Printing Partners Inc. Marketing Informatics acquired the print operation, then called RPS Printing Inc., from Tom Bius three years ago. However, the print arm needed a big investment to bring capacity in line with Marketing Informatics’ needs, said founder and CEO […]

First Merchants to carve $8M from Lincoln

September 10, 2008

The Muncie bank that last week announced plans to buy Lincoln Bancorp anticipates slashing $8 million in expenses from the Plainfield institution. First Merchants Corp. disclosed the figure in a regulatory filing yesterday. The savings would amount to roughly one-third of the $25 million in expenses Lincoln reported last year. About 75 percent of the […]

Colts climb NFL valuation ladder

September 11, 2008

Lucas Oil Stadium has pushed the Indianapolis Colts into the upper echelon of the National Football League in terms of team value. The team jumped from 21st most valuable team last year to…

RCA Dome to be deflated Sept. 24

September 12, 2008

Within just 45 minutes later this month, the RCA Dome will disappear from Indianapolis’ skyline, the Indiana Stadium and Convention Building Authority said today. The deflation, scheduled for Sept. 24, will be accomplished by turning off the fans that have kept the roof inflated since the dome was built in 1984. The Indianapolis Colts’ home, […]

Safeco weighs downtown exit; owners of insurer’s building market space

September 15, 2008

Insurance giant Safeco Corp. is expected to either vacate or scale back its downtown operation next year–a move that could
deal a major blow to the office market. At stake are about 700 downtown jobs, some or all of which could be eliminated or
shifted to the suburbs. A final decision about the fate of Safeco’s five-building downtown office complex likely will come
after Boston-based Liberty Mutual completes its $6.2 billion acquisition of Seattle-based Safeco.

VOICES FROM THE INDUSTRY: State buildings to go green thanks to executive order

September 15, 2008

Green construction projects in Indiana are becoming more the norm than the exception. More office buildings, schools and universities and even residences are being designed and constructed to improve environmental efficiency. And now, new and renovated state buildings will be a whole lot greener, too. Gov. Mitch Daniels signed an executive order this summer establishing the Energy Efficient State Building Initiative, mandating that all new state buildings be designed, constructed and operated for maximum energy efficiency. This is significant for…

EDITORIAL: Arts, parks need city investment: Amenities keep talent flowing here

September 15, 2008

Arts, parks need city investment Amenities keep talent flowing here Young, well-educated, married people seem to like Indianapolis. That’s one of the pieces of good news that came out of a new IUPUI study that was the subject of a frontpage story in last week’s IBJ. When it comes to young, well-educated singles, we still have a way to go. Indianapolis lags the national average 17 percent. Cities are chasing such young people to keep their communities and economies strong….

Green building movement picking up steam in Indiana: More than 100 LEED projects in pipeline statewide

September 15, 2008

The portfolios of local architectural firms are beginning to boast more ecofriendly projects. But it hasn’t been that way for long. The trend to seek Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification is a recent phenomenon that appeals not only to the tree-hugging crowd but corporations and government entities, too. “We’re definitely getting to the point where clients are asking us about the LEED process,” said Eric Anderson, a project architect at Axis Architecture + Interiors. “Whereas before, even [as…

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SPORTS: There’s more than one new football field in town

EDITORIAL: Off the streets and on the payroll: Make a hire that helps the city

City shows up peers in luring, keeping young, educated, married couples

Benefits brokers dive deeper into wellness: Employers look to prevention to lower health costs

NOTIONS: A pregnant GOP primer on civil liberties: Who decides?

BEHIND THE NEWS: Limp economy could slow increase in attorneys’ fees

‘Rollcrete’ might provide alternative to pricey asphalt

Experts: Building boom not over: Big projects wind down, but new ones fill pipeline

EYE ON THE PIE: Too many governments plague state

MotoGP race will give Speedway whole new look

NBC doesn’t honor Lucas’ request

Marketing Informatics sells print operation

First Merchants to carve $8M from Lincoln

Colts climb NFL valuation ladder

RCA Dome to be deflated Sept. 24

Safeco weighs downtown exit; owners of insurer’s building market space

VOICES FROM THE INDUSTRY: State buildings to go green thanks to executive order

EDITORIAL: Arts, parks need city investment: Amenities keep talent flowing here

Green building movement picking up steam in Indiana: More than 100 LEED projects in pipeline statewide