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MISSION Provide support and education for fathers to develop healthy relationships and positive involvement in the lives of their children. We accomplish this through online networking and activity-based programs that are unique, educational and interactive that dads and kids participate in together. We work with fathers of all income levels and social backgrounds.
Acclaimed Steven Stolen, who has sung with symphonies nationwide, shared his clear, passionate high tenor voice in a free concert — Meridian Song Project’s “All About the Bs” program.
The staff of the Indianapolis Museum of Art decided to recycle the parts of old theater seats to prevent them from being unloaded in a landfill.
Imagine racking up nearly $3 million in debt every day. That’s more than $100,000 an hour, or about $2,000 a minute. Indiana is diving deeper into debt as it struggles to pay jobless benefits from its bankrupt unemployment insurance fund, which is paying out hundreds of millions more than it collects in taxes from employers. […]
Lauth Properties alleges in a lawsuit that the state’s plan to rebuild 13 miles of U.S. 31 in Hamilton County to freeway standards will cut off access to a property it owns in Westfield, killing plans for a Wal-Mart there. The case filed in Hamilton Superior Court could be the first of many legal challenges […]
Grab a partner and dance. Fast. The stimulus bill passed last month essentially sets a five-year time line for doctors to start using electronic medical records and for states to figure out how to exchange those records from doctor to doctor. That has prompted Indiana businesses and not-for-profits that deal in medical records to look […]
In this space last week, I wrote that the Great Depression ended in 1937. Several readers reminded me that for those who lived through it, the Great Depression did not feel over until much later. For some, hardship and denial did not end until well after World War II. Others failed to see significant improvement […]
Grab a partner and dance. Fast. The stimulus bill passed last month essentially sets a five-year time line for doctors to start using electronic medical records and for states to figure out how to exchange those records from doctor to doctor. That has prompted Indiana businesses and not-for-profits that deal in medical records to look […]
Young & Laramore, the city’s largest advertising agency, has launched a division focusing on digital and design work. It’s the first new division for the firm since it launched EchoPoint Media, its media buying arm, more than 10 years ago. Y&L is picking a precarious time to expand. North American advertising spending overall is expected […]
The 600-seat Randall L. and Marianne W. Tobias Theater (nicknamed The Toby) sits at the nexus of two cultural frontiers. On the arts front, it offers a home to cutting-edge entertainers, speakers and films. On the environmental front, the newly remodeled performance space is arguably the greenest facility of its kind in the nation. It […]
If angel investors have any hair left, it’s usually gray from a lifetime spent in entrepreneurship. That’s what makes Gravity Ventures LLC unusual. The 15 professionals who recently formed the $1 million fund are all in their 30s. “The folks in our group are still in the ‘doing’ part of their careers, so that brings […]
The closure of home builder C.P. Morgan Communities already is a nightmare for its employees and many of its customers. But its impact on the market for new-home sites could be devastating and linger for years. The end of C.P. Morgan, the largest central Indiana builder for a decade, will throw 1,200 home lots and […]
John Erlandson’s first idea for the reuse of scrap tires was to replace expensive cement grave-liners with a rubber casket vault. The notion popped into his head while he was selling grave markers, one of the many odd jobs he’s held while pursuing his dream of creating a tire-based product with mass appeal. Erlandson abandoned […]
John Adams was speaking by cell phone from northern Indiana somewhere along U.S. 31 en route to witness a University of Notre Dame/ Villanova University contest in South Bend that will be his 55th game of the season. It’s a number that will reach 75 by the time the nets are cut down and One […]
It’s funny how something new can feel old, and something old can feel new. Let’s start with the former. You no doubt have heard of “Stomp,” the bang-on-just-about-anything show that returned to town for a Clowes Hall stint from March 3-8. Your first exposure may have happened on Sesame Street, on Coke or Target commercials, […]
Contractors struggling under the weight of an unfinished factory in Tipton are hoping for a quick sale to recover at least some of the $44 million they say they’re owed by Getrag Transmission Manufacturing. The unit of Germany-based Getrag Group filed for bankruptcy protection in Detroit in November after its partnership with Chrysler LLC collapsed. […]
Businesses have seized on environmental responsibility as a marketing mantra. But many have made their products, processes and facilities greener. Some are motivated by philosophical reasons, and others by rising energy bills and out of anticipation of federal regulations on carbon dioxide. Six experts in green issues shared their outlook during IBJ‘s Power Breakfast Feb. […]
