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The Colts are our “heroes,” the bedrock of our community (at least for the few months per year that most of them spend here). Why should these esteemed athletes help the city?
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It’s time for Colts, fans to pay up
I agree 100 percent that Colts’ owner Jim Irsay should step up to the plate to help bail out the Capital Improvement Board debt and that Colts’ ticket holders should be taxed.
Indiana Economic Development Corp. hires executive VP
The Indiana Economic Development Corp. has a new second-in-command—attorney and land developer Chad Pittman.
Nature Conservancy HQ to be energy efficient
The Nature Conservancy is finalizing plans for a $4.4 million headquarters at 620 E. Ohio St.
Orchestra lays off eight as donations, ticket sales drop
The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra will look to volunteers to help cover the work done by eight people who were laid off last week in a move to trim $600,000, or 2 percent, from the $29.5 million annual budget.
Logistics firm grows
MD Logistics has completed a coldstorage facility for pharmaceutical products in its hometown of Plainfield.
Project plants seeds of academic success
United Way is spending $114,000 to bring Project Seed, a program with specially trained math experts, to 11 Indianapolis Public Schools.
Startup NICO raises another $1.73M
Indianapolis-based medical-device startup NICO Corp. has raised $1.73 million from investors.
Local contractors looking to sewer project to fill gap left by stadium, terminal
Local contractors will be ready to pounce when bidding on the first parts of the combined overflow project begins in 2011.
CORRECTIONS
CORRECTIONS ¦ Indiana Pacers President Jim Morris said the team has lost money nine of its 10 seasons in Conseco Fieldhouse. A front-page story last week incorrectly attributed to Morris a broader statement about the Pacers’ fi nancial woes. ¦ The Not-for-Profit of Note last week should not have listed Jerry Semler, Randall T. Shepard […]
You-review-it Monday
For me, the weekend included the tour of “Movin’ Out” at the Murat, “Crime and Punishment” at the IRT (more on this outstanding production in next week’s print IBJ), and Michael Feinstein with the Indianapolis Symphony (see previous blog post).
Did…
State thinking clean-WEB ONLY
The Central Indiana Corporate Partnership-the parent of the BioCrossroads, TechPoint and Conexus industry cluster initiatives-let it be known last month that there would be a fourth leg to its economic development stool: clean technology. The new initiative is known to insiders as the Indiana Energy Systems Network and has been under the reins of Paul […]
Small foundations feeling pressure-WEB ONLY
Michael Swolsky probably will never again respond to a workplace food drive the way most of us do. The retired sales executive decided he needed to do more this past holiday season, when the Stutz Business Center, where he has his metal-working studio, became a collection point for Gleaners Food Bank. As co-manager of a […]
Mall backers may take hit-WEB ONLY
A group of mostly local companies that made big investments to help launch Circle Centre mall soon could be asked to write off a portion of profits they agreed to redirect into the construction of Conseco Fieldhouse. The Capital Improvement Board has floated the possibility of asking the 13 investors-including Conseco, American United Life, Duke […]
Indians pull own weight-WEB ONLY
The Indianapolis Indians are a financial all-star. Not only does the AAA minor-league baseball franchise bring 600,000 people downtown each spring and summer, the team is profitable-it scored $1.23 million last year. Some local officials wrestling with the Capital Improvement Board’s $37 million deficit think part of that profit should come into play. With a […]
Dow may need to sell agro biz-WEB ONLY
Financially strapped Dow Chemical Co. acknowledges it may sell Indianapolis-based Dow AgroSciences LLC, the ag-chemicals-and-biotech firm that’s one of the biggest jewels in the city’s life sciences crown. Dow Chemical CEO Andrew Liveris said on a Feb. 3 conference call with analysts that the Midland, Mich.-based company has teams working with investment banks to evaluate […]
SPORTS: Finding bright spots amid wave of bad sports news-WEB ONLY
Locally, the Capital Improvement Board is swimming in red ink and trying to figure how to fund our glistening sports venues-Lucas Oil Stadium, Conseco Fieldhouse and Victory Field. The Indiana Pacers report losing money nine of the last 10 years. And this year’s team seems to be sliding toward a spot in the NBA draft […]
Finish Line ready to test new store-WEB ONLY
The Finish Line Inc. is preparing to unveil a new concept called Decibel that eventually could replace its struggling Man Alive franchise. The locally based retailer plans to rebrand four Man Alive stores, including one at Castleton Square Mall, for an April launch. It also will rework the product mix in four other stores that […]