Airport garage still open after fabric roof collapse
The collapse is being blamed on ice and snow that accumulated on the canopy, sending chunks crashing into the garage’s atrium. Six parked rental cars were damaged, but nobody was hurt.
The collapse is being blamed on ice and snow that accumulated on the canopy, sending chunks crashing into the garage’s atrium. Six parked rental cars were damaged, but nobody was hurt.
Interest rates on municipal bonds have ticked up in the last two months to pre-recession levels as investors have pulled their money from bond funds in droves. That pattern has begun, gradually, to reverse, but the higher rates could add to the cost of issuing debt for pending city projects.
Indianapolis' Super Bowl Host Committee is in Dallas this week to educate themselves. But I have a feeling the Texans could learn a thing or two from their Indy counterparts about hosting big sports events.
Members of Indianapolis’ 2012 Super Bowl host committee spent most of Tuesday and the early part of Wednesday in Dallas answering questions about central Indiana weather and downtown amenities.
The ice-covered Indianapolis International Airport is open Wednesday on a limited schedule, but about 90 percent of flights were cancelled in the early morning hours, an airport spokeswoman said. More flights were able to take off later in the morning. One of three runways was open Wednesday morning, and the airport hopes to open another by the end of the day.
If Joseph Lansdell were 34 instead of 39, you might be reading about Dr. Lansdell rather than sheet metal company president Lansdell.
Hundreds of passengers were stuck at Indianapolis International Airport because of icy weather conditions Tuesday morning. Dozens of departures were canceled. Some passengers were told they may not be able to get another flight until Wednesday or later. Most of the canceled flights involve other Midwestern cities that are dealing with severe winter weather. Dozens of arrivals to Indianapolis also have been called off.
Indiana residents are facing an icy trek to work as the second wave of a winter storm that brought freezing rain, snow and sleet overnight approaches the state.
If Union Station was linked to an urban transportation system extending from downtown to the Hendricks County border, workers in the gargantuan warehouses west of Indianapolis would have access to a reliable transit system.
Indianapolis-based Just Pop In signed a multiyear deal with the racing series.
Aero Engine Controls plans to invest as much as $8.5 million to expand its operations near Indianapolis International Airport, adding up to 159 jobs over the next two years.
Plenty of opportunities await city officials bent on making downtown shine for the massive event.
If approved by the City-County Council, the new Damar Charter Academy would open later this fall. It would specialize in students with significant cognitive, behavioral or developmental challenges, including those on the autism spectrum.
Sara Lee Corp. has signed a lease for about 281,000 square feet of space at Plainfield Business Center at Airwest. The Illinois-based maker of food products will establish a new distribution center in the space in February.
With the $275 million Indiana Convention Center expansion built and set to open Jan. 20, one major question remains: Will enough conventions, trade shows and corporate meetings come here to make the big-dollar investment pay off?
Donna Gadient has risen to the top ranks of engineering firm R.W. Armstrong through hard work, and without a college education.
Don Welsh, the top executive at the Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association since 2008, is leaving the city to take the job as CEO of the Chicago Convention & Tourism Bureau, the ICVA announced Monday night.
People hit the stores after Christmas to buy, indulging the rediscovered retail appetite that may have made 2010’s holiday shopping season the biggest ever.
Dozens of flights from Indianapolis were canceled this morning as a winter storm drops up to 20 inches of snow along the East Coast. Other flights have been delayed. Flights to everywhere from Maine to Georgia are being affected as the airlines change plane routes to keep them away from the storm. The three New York-area airports that have been shut down are expected to open late this afternoon. Airport officials think more passengers will start passing through Indianapolis International here when those facilities reopen.
Tight budgets are prompting some of the state’s largest not-for-profit organizations to launch new businesses to shore up the bottom line. The Indianapolis Museum of Art, for example, has a contract to manage the airport’s art collection.