Go west (to Hendricks County)
The economy is as good or better in Hendricks County than anywhere else in the Indianapolis area.
The economy is as good or better in Hendricks County than anywhere else in the Indianapolis area.
With Lucas Oil Stadium and other new city amenities to show off, local sports and tourism officials are considering making
a bid for the NBA’s midseason blowout weekend.
With traffic congestion growing, the idea of sending streetcars zipping down Washington Street—from
far-east-side Cumberland to Indianapolis International Airport on the west—is making a return. And
the route could offer the best bang for the buck in spurring transit-oriented development.
Overseas sales are a major emphasis for Indianapolis-based Peerless Pump, which makes highly engineered pumps for fire suppression,
factories and waterworks. President Obama’s administration wants to help rebuild the U.S. economy by putting more companies
on Peerless’ trajectory.
The expanded service shuttling air travelers and airport workers to and from Indianapolis International Airport began Feb.
3, to the newly opened Fairfield Inn & Suites at West and Washington streets.
Thieves broke into dozens of cars parked at two hotels on Indianapolis’ west side early Thursday morning. Police say they
hit at least 30 cars at Crowne Plaza Hotel near Indianapolis International Airport, and about 20 other vehicles at a nearby
hotel. The break-ins happened between midnight Wednesday and 4 a.m. Thursday.
Indianapolis Colts President Bill Polian has a simple explanation for why the team lost the Super Bowl. But he has no idea
why there was no parade celebrating the team’s season in its hometown.
Indianapolis leaders are officially seeking proposals from companies interested in running the city’s parking operations—and
possibly additional spaces managed by other government entities.
Once considered a destination only eight months of the year, Indianapolis—with its compact downtown and indoor walkways—is
emerging as a convention powerhouse even during cold weather.
After 30 years of government
studies of a regional transportation system, a private-sector group on Wednesday is set to unveil its own
plan that includes commuter rail and toll lanes added to congested interstate highways.
A Ball State architect thinks Indianapolis residents will like what they see in the new J.W. Marriott hotel downtown and beat
drums for more interesting buildings.
Not even a year has passed since Scale Computing launched its first product, yet CEO Jeff Ready forecasts 2010 revenue
with the confidence of a meteorologist giving the three-day outlook.
NAL Worldwide, which provides third-party logistics and supply-chain services, plans to close its Plainfield location March
31.
Security measures for Sunday’s Super Bowl will be extreme, and somewhat akin to those at airports, according to officials.
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano gave her seal of approval during a tour of Sun Life Stadium in Miami on
Monday. The security team features federal, state, and local officers, as well as bomb-sniffing dogs at stadium checkpoints.
The Colts have plenty of eyes watching over them, including a team of deputies to patrol the team’s hotel and a motorcade
for traveling around the city.
Anderson entrepreneur Pete Bitar has been slowed by litigation but still plans to spearhead a team in the competition to
put a rover on the moon.
A group of 21 Indiana doctors will spend 10 days in Haiti providing medical care for survivors of the devastating Jan. 12
earthquake. The team took a charter flight Wednesday night out of Greenwood Airport and stopped in Miami before boarding another
flight to Haiti. Dr. John Walker, one of the mission members, said the group will go wherever they are needed. “At this point,
a lot of what we’re going to see is dehydration, malnutrition, and infections as a result of those injuries,” Walker said.
From hundreds of candidates, IBJ has identified 40 budding superstars from the central Indiana business community.
This year’s Forty Under 40 class is a high-flying group of achievers with careers ranging from
entrepreneur to corporate executive, attorney to not-for-profit leader, banker to Division I college basketball
coach.
Drug distribution firm that acquired former WellPoint subsidiary plans to consolidate specialty pharmacy work at local
airport facility.
Express Scripts Inc. on the west side of Indianapolis and Zipp Speed Weaponry in Speedway are scheduled Wednesday afternoon
to announce the
creation of hundreds of new jobs.