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Few Midwestern university cities have prospered as much as Bloomington in the past couple of decades, a recent Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago study shows. When it comes to growth in per-capital personal income, Bloomington has been surpassed only by Minneapolis, home to the University of Minnesota, and Ames, Iowa, where Iowa State University is […]
Bloomington keeps racking up the accolades.
Over the weekend, a Wall Street Journal article focused on the city as a vibrant, low-cost alternative to
Sun Belt locations for retirees. Congestion is low, there are two hospitals, and plenty of natural…
Browning Investments Inc. plans to build three warehouses in Hancock County near I-70 and Mount Comfort Road, the Indianapolis-based developer said today. The facilities, which are being built on a speculative basis, will total at least 1.3 million square feet and sit on 153 acres at Mount Comfort Road and County Road 300 North. Joining […]
A group of local business and civic leaders are hoping to transform Monument Circle into a grand public space in the European model, a pedestrian-friendly piazza that draws crowds year-round to…
An investor pool formed to acquire farmland bought 1,108 of 1,222 acres auctioned near Frankfort on Thursday, according to Schrader Real Estate and Auction Co. Inc., the Columbia City firm that handled the sale. The average price for all of the land came to $5,171 per acre. That was slightly more than the $5,003 average […]
MotoGP’s open approach to disclosing attendance figures finally gives us a clear view on the revenue generation of an Indianapolis Motor Speedway event. IMS President Tony George and his legion of lieutenants are…
It seemed like theater was everywhere this weekend–and I caught as much of it as I could, with visits to the Phoenix Theatre’s “November,” Indianapolis Civic Theatre’s “Little Shop of Horrors,” and Actors Theatre of Indiana’s “Perfect Wedding.” More on…
BOONE COUNTY Apartment plans hit snags The Zionsville Town Council is set to vote Oct. 6 on a rezoning request involving a 224-unit apartment complex developers are planning for Bennett Technology Park. Locally based Anderson Birkla Investment Partners LLC wants to build the Lofts at Bennett Park on about 12 acres west of Michigan Road […]
HANCOCK COUNTY Rural telecom eyeing big city Hancock Telecom plans a major expansion of its phone-line-delivered television service into surrounding counties-possibly giving AT&T stiff competition beyond that from cable and satellite television. The Maxwell-based telecommunications firm also is eyeing wider service in its back yard of Greenfield, according to an Aug. 22 filing with the […]
Spotlight on Johnson County Named for Judge John Johnson, one of the first justices on the Indiana Supreme Court 5 LARGEST CITIES/TOWNS Population Greenwood ……………………………..44,767 Franklin ………………………………….22,356 New Whiteland ………………………….5,515 Edinburgh …………………………………4,582 Whiteland …………………………………4,322 5 LARGEST EMPLOYERS employees Johnson Memorial Hospital……………..850 KYB Industries Inc………………………….660 Lear Corp……………………………………..530 Arbonne International …………………….450 Best Buy Distribution Center ……………403 COUNTY […]
JOHNSON COUNTY Old Town fights expansion plan Greenwood officials are considering a plan to raze a row of commercial buildings along the south side of Main Street in a downtown area known as Old Town. Local merchants, however, think the city will lose its personality if it demolishes the 19th century buildings between Madison Avenue […]
Roundabouts earn Time’s attention HAMILTON COUNTY – Carmel love affair with roundabouts is attracting national interest. An article in the Sept. 15 issue of Time magazine points to Carmel as the leader in the growing traffic-management trend. Time notes that, since 2001, Carmel has built 50 roundabouts, which take the place of intersections with stoplights. […]
SHELBY COUNTY New use for casino pavilion? The temporary facility that now houses the Indiana Live! Casino could become an entertainment fixture in Shelbyville. Don’t worry, the slot machines and blackjack tables will move, as planned, into their permanent, 233,000-square-foot, “Vegasstyle” home in early 2009. But officials of the casino’s owner, Indiana Downs LLC, are […]
MONROE COUNTY Statue honors Hoagy Carmichael A bronze statue of Bloomington songwriter and jazz composer Hoagy Carmichael soon will sit along Jordan Avenue northeast of the Indiana University Auditorium. The new statue honoring the writer of “Stardust,” “Georgia on My Mind” and “Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening” will be dedicated at a ceremony at […]
Municipalities battle over township Greenwood opposes Bargersville annexation plans BARGERSVILLE-This town of 2,500 has raised the ire of Greenwood leaders, daring to annex land close to the city’s southern border and its sprawl of shopping centers. It’s been a long time in coming-since 1905 or thereabouts. That’s when the Illinois Central Railroad came through Bargersville, […]
MORGAN COUNTY Plastics firm building new HQ A home-grown firm that manufactures a variety of plastic products is building a $2 million, 44,000-square-foot headquarters in Mooresville’s Flagstaff Business Park. Mt. Olive Manufacturing is moving from 35,000 square feet it now occupies in the Plainfield Business Park. It is set to receive about $200,000 in tax […]
As with everywhere else, in dance audiences there are two kinds of people. There are those who read the program notes beforehand to discern the choreographer’s intent and/or to get an anchor firmly attached to interpretation before the show begins. And there are those who prefer to experience a work on stage without any prior introduction. I’m one of the latter-although I do go back to the notes afterwards to see if the intention was communicated. In the case of…
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.
BARGERSVILLE-This town of 2,500 has raised the ire of Greenwood leaders, daring to annex land close to the city’s southern border and its sprawl of shopping centers. It’s been a long time in coming-since 1905 or thereabouts. That’s when the Illinois Central Railroad came through Bargersville, a burg created 55 years earlier in honor of local resident Jefferson Barger, and the heart of the town moved a half mile northwest to straddle the new tracks. These days, trains still rumble…
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…
