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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 […]
Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library’s summer reading program attracted almost 60,000 participants this year—the most since 2004.
Douglas Zipes’ third heart-pumping novel will keep you up at night.
They’ve been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Yet next to the names Paul J. Page and David Wyser in the Indiana Roll of Attorneys appear the words: “Active in good standing.”
One of the city’s top ad agencies is still waiting to see how a merger between French parent Publicis Groupe and New York-based Omnicom affects the local operation.
100-499 EMPLOYEES Management at Custom Concrete knows that wellness is a marathon, not a sprint. So, with a workforce that didn’t enthusiastically embrace the company’s wellness program from Day No. 1, Custom Concrete is taking it slow. But its two-year-old wellness program has been in a growth phase since early this year, and Custom Concrete […]
The city’s top-rated news station wants to crank up its signal, saying it’s had more than 40 complaints about reception from over-the-air viewers since the conversion to all-digital broadcasting.
2-99 EMPLOYEES Fitness isn’t a game at Noblesville-based IDSolutions, but that hasn’t stopped the global visual communications firm from co-opting one to make its fitness program fun for employees. Among its more unique fitness challenges is Fitness Monopoly, where teams of three employees try to control the board and win prizes. For one million steps, […]
Health insurance has long been a business-to-business endeavor between insurers, employers, hospitals and doctors. Patients received benefits, but they weren’t really customers. That’s all about to change.
2-99 EMPLOYEES Borshoff’s wellness program is called “The Good Life.” Leave it to an advertising/public relations firm to brand its fitness initiative. But call it what you will, Borshoff’s program is making a mark at the 50-employee firm. Kassie Mills, an account manager who spearheads the wellness initiative for Borshoff, said the name is a […]
After decades of choosing to wait, a Zionsville family is moving forward with a $90 million mixed-use project on the high-profile corner of Michigan Road and Sycamore Street.
Interactive Intelligence Group Inc., 7601 Interactive Way, Indianapolis, 46278 (www.inin.com), develops communications and interactions-management software. In the quarter ended June 30, 2013, the company earned $1.2 million, or 6 cents per share, on revenue of $76.2 million. That compares with a net loss of $1.1 million, or 6 cents per share, on revenue of $54.8 […]
