Be Better awards: Erin Drake
Erin Drake guides Browning Real Estate Partners’s philanthropic investments. “We are not just building structures,” Drake said. “We are building communities.”
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Erin Drake guides Browning Real Estate Partners’s philanthropic investments. “We are not just building structures,” Drake said. “We are building communities.”
When it comes to philanthropy, Seth Catron, 42, isn’t afraid to get his hands dirty. Through his own F.C. Tucker Co. team, Catron Property Group, he’s invested lots of time, sweat and resources with a grab bag of local charities primarily dedicated to helping create better public spaces in Marion County.
Hanley is founder and CEO of Nine 13 Inc., an Indianapolis-based nonprofit that promotes health, wellness and exercise for K-12 students. One of its most high-profile projects is Kids Building Bikes, in which participants learn mechanical skills and STEM concepts by constructing their own bicycles.
Charlie T. Richardson describes his role in retirement (and even before) as “being a civic leadership spark plug and pusher/puller/prodder/connecter.”
Miriam Acevedo Davis has helmed La Plaza, Indianapolis’ largest and oldest Latino-serving nonprofit, since 2004. And over the years, Davis has served with myriad local and national organizations, including the Teach for America Advisory Board, The Mind Trust and the Indiana Sports Corp.
“Serving our community is such a foundational part of my life that I’ve been lucky enough to build a business and my entire career around it,” Marla Taylor says. Taylor Advising’s lengthy client roster includes the Damien Center; Firefly Children & Family Alliance and the United Way of Central Indiana.
Since completing the Stanley K. Lacy Executive Leadership program in 2019, Blake Roebuck’s community involvement has focused on civic empowerment, economic development through sport, and racial equity through financial literacy.
The deal, which the Senate approved unanimously without a roll call, next goes to the House,
Judge Tanya Walton Pratt ruled the Indianapolis-based NCAA did not show how the online sports wagering platform’s use of the terms would cause irreparable harm.
Since the 2018 Supreme Court decision that allowed states to legalize sports betting, Americans have wagered more than $520 billion on sports, researchers estimated.
Purdue University is one victory away from playing in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four in Indianapolis.
President Trump announced his decision in a social media post saying he wanted to quickly stop the “Chaos at the Airports.”
The Indiana Fever great is looking forward to calling games for USA Network, which signed a multiyear deal with the WNBA that will run through 2036.
The S&P 500 slumped 1.7% for its worst day since January and is back on track for a fifth straight losing week.
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, say the bill would protect taxpayers from being extorted by team owners for huge subsidies. The legislation would likely face an uphill climb in the Republican-controlled Congress.
The first performances of “Going Solo, or Another Song that isn’t about Danny Koppel” are scheduled Sunday at the Chatterbox Jazz Club.
The naming-rights deal was unveiled by Riverview Health, Parkview Health of Fort Wayne and city officials at a press conference Thursday.
Bloomington-based Upland Brewing Co. continues to operate two locations in Indianapolis and two in Carmel.
Thousands of basketball fans will begin arriving in Indianapolis next week for an unprecedented weekend in college men’s basketball, and public officials have a plan to keep them safe.