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For me, the weekend included a trip to the 1970s with Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre’s “Romeo and Juliet at the Disco” and the testing of dozens of new games at GenCon. More on both soon.
I also finished Philip Roth’s short novel…
The local eateries are suffering along with everyone else, but those that have
the wherewithal are taking a chance by expanding into bargain-priced locations.
A few weeks back, IBJ reported on early proposals for the vacant former Winona Memorial Hospital. The five-story property
is saddled with about $2 million in unpaid taxes and soon will become public property. So far, two groups have stepped up
with ideas…
The Hoosier Lottery limped through its latest fiscal year, turning in its poorest sales performance in a half-decade due mostly
to declining demand for Hoosier Lotto tickets and scratch-off games, the Lottery said today.
I was surprised this morning when one of my co-workers, about the most faithful Indianapolis Colts fan I know, announced their group would not be attending the Colts vs. Philadelphia Eagle game next…
Max Schumacher, now in his 52nd year with the Indians, runs a tight ship. His attention to detail and strategic thinking have
served the city’s minor league baseball team well.
It’s no secret that Eli Lilly and Co. is the biggest private employer in the Indianapolis area. But
Lilly also supplemented the incomes of a few dozen local doctors — to the tune of more than $224,000 in just the first
quarter.
The museum’s annual sale for collectors, one of its biggest annual fund-raisers, is seeing strong advance registration. The
Eiteljorg also has a new head of fund-raising.
Passengers at Indianapolis International Airport are spending less time on the ground since the opening of the new midfield
terminal.
Gregs and the Talbott Street Nightclub, two prominent bars that cater to gay and lesbian crowds, went smoke-free Aug. 1.
Locally based Sandor Development Co. is looking for a new tenant for the old AMC Loews College Park 14 movie theater, after
the screens went dark for good in July after a 25-year run at West 86th Street and Michigan Road.
The Indianapolis office of New York-based PricewaterhouseCoopers is adding 20 consultants following the accounting firm’s
purchase of a portion of McLean, Va.-based BearingPoint Inc.
Harrison College, formerly Indiana Business College, hired its first provost and chief academic officer as the for-profit
educator experiences rapid growth.
So were you among those at the “District 9” or “Serenity” screenings last night?
I’ll admit, I had every intention of making it a double feature. But after the enthusiastic, GenCon-er packed revisit to the terrific “Serenity,” I decided to opt out…
Safeco is leaving a five-building complex on North Meridian Street, and Eli Lilly and Co. has offered for lease its entire
four-building Faris campus.
Max Schumacher is healthy, feels good and wants to continue working for the Indianapolis Indians full time. But
with his 77th birthday approaching in October, Schumacher, chairman and president of the team, needs a succession plan.
In her short tenure thus far as commissioner, she has already helped me personally with an issue I was experiencing as a law
student.
I cannot help but agree with the author’s assessment:
the state of Indiana got a pretty good deal on the lease-sales agreement.
The facts are that toll increases are strictly limited
in the contract and cars using electronic tolling have had no increase and are still paying the $4.65 toll rate set in
1985, one of the lowest per-mile tolls in the nation.
