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500-1,499 EMPLOYEES Draper Inc. brings wellness on-site with amenities, fitness challenges One of Draper’s fitness challenges ended with a bike giveaway. (Photo provided) Draper Inc. is on the edge of Spiceland, a small town about 40 miles east of Indianapolis. Which is a nice way of saying that the company is located between two cornfields. […]
Bleaker outlooks at retailers like Wal-Mart and Macy's are raising doubts that consumers will spend enough in coming months to lift the still-subpar U.S. economy.
It’s not fair that season ticket holders pay regular-season prices for the games that don’t count.
Considering Granite City. Third in a month-long series of new mall restaurant reviews.
The annual summer event continues to grow even as it continues to baffle the uninitiated. Here’s a guide to help you navigate
100-499 EMPLOYEES Decatur County hospital employees set a good example for their neighbors Hospital employees are eligible for reduced-price memberships at two Greensburg health clubs. (Photo provided) Hospitals employ caregivers, but that doesn’t mean members of a hospital staff are especially good at caring for themselves. That was the case at Decatur County Memorial Hospital, […]
5,000+ EMPLOYEES Friendly competition with coworkers can be a big motivator when it comes to workplace wellness. When the coworker is your boss, and an iron man triathlete at that, competing—and winning—is that much sweeter. At Endress+Hauser, a Greenwood-based supplier of industrial measurement and automation equipment, a favorite competition is the Endress 500. In the […]
I wholeheartedly agree with P.E. MacAllister’s Aug. 5 Forefront column “Bring back the CCC for troubled youth.” Dope, gangs, crime. A disappointing educational system. Our staggering economic base supplanted with food stamps and unemployment compensation. Declining church influences. Sagging morality. He mentions it all.
Anthony Schoettle’s [July 29] article “Indiana tourism spending is fraction of nearby states’” shed light on an issue those of us in the tourism industry have been concerned with since the budget decreases began a few years ago.
5,000+ EMPLOYEES A huge hospital system enjoys certain advantages in the big but important task of running an effective wellness program. Take Community Health Network, for example. The Indianapolis-based hospital system with 13,000 employees has at its fingertips advanced analytics to help it constantly fine-tune its wellness program, said Steve Zetzl, vice president of Community […]
1,500-4,999 EMPLOYEES When it comes to wellness, Franciscan St. Francis Health is a pioneer. Certain components of the hospital’s program are more than 25 years old, so perhaps it’s no surprise that more than 90 percent of hospital employees participate. Franciscan St. Francis Health has had plenty of time to fine-tune the program and build […]
1,500-4,999 EMPLOYEES Celadon Group Inc., like so many employers these days, decided recently that its long-time wellness program was not enough to promote a true culture of health and fitness at the Indianapolis-based trucking firm. It had been honored as the Healthiest Trucking Company in America by FusionHealth and Navistar for its on-site health clinic, […]
The City-County Council recently approved a proposal to create more entrepreneurship opportunities for people with disabilities. Led by President Maggie Lewis and Vice President John Barth, the council unanimously agreed to include the disability enterprise category to the city’s contracting program. Within days, Mayor Greg Ballard signed it into law.
500-1,499 EMPLOYEES You can tell things are changing at Witham Health Services by looking at the hospital’s vending machines. They used to carry splashy advertisements for Mt. Dew and Coke. Now the machines promote water and Diet Coke. As of last year, all vending machines offer healthy options and the same is strongly encouraged at […]
Indiana Rail invested more than $2.5 million equipping its Senate Avenue terminal to handle intermodal containers.(Photo courtesy of Ports of Indiana) Competing in the intermodal business for the first time, Indiana Rail Road Co. hopes to lure cargo from Asia to its Senate Avenue terminal south of downtown with quick travel times. Indiana Rail, a […]
I don’t comment on columns by my liberal “Taking Issue” counterpart Sheila Kennedy. This week is an exception, prompted by reader requests to respond to her Aug. 12 “Detroit reflects our moral bankruptcy” column for impugning the motives of those who don’t share her views.
500-1,499 EMPLOYEES The latest twist in Citizens Energy Group’s well-tested Healthy Citizens wellness program uses the same technology found in any smart phone. The company is awaiting delivery of its first accelerometers, devices that take pedometers a step further. The accelerometer doesn’t just measure steps, it measures movement of all kinds, and it’s what Citizens […]
Carmel-based Allos Ventures has secured more money for a $40 million investment fund from an Ohio investor.
100-499 EMPLOYEES POLARIS Laboratories®, a fluid analysis firm located on the northwest side of Indianapolis, is preparing for a move—and using that move as a springboard to better health for its 155 Indianapolis-based employees. When POLARIS Laboratories® employees move a couple of miles away to their new headquarters building this October they’ll find more than […]
