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Terre Haute’s Duane Klueh remembers long, cold road trips and teams that pinched pennies to pay the bills.
Hinata, which opened July 31, promises to offer diners authentic Japanese cuisine. Also this week, Tina’s Traditional Tearoom, Colts Pro Shop, The Warehouse Sale.
The operators of the Pavilion at Pan Am Plaza event center are considering building a $15 million venue in downtown Indianapolis to replace the one Kite Realty Group plans to turn into rubble as part of its massive redevelopment of the plaza.
The expansion will add 44 acres to the campus., extending it from 16th Street south to 12th Street and from Capitol Avenue west to I-65.
The Big Ten championship game in Indianapolis remains scheduled for Dec. 5 but could be moved to as late as Dec. 19.
The race had been postponed from its usual Memorial Day weekend date to Aug. 23, before announcements that the track would limit seating to 50% and then later 25%—with masks required—and now with no fans at all.
The pandemic took a huge bite out of routine surgeries and other highly profitable procedures at the state’s largest hospital system.
A university committee has been formed to review all things named after David Starr Jordan on IU’s Bloomington campus—Jordan Hall, Jordan River and Jordan Avenue, as well as several scholarships, fellowships and other awards.
A third of planned downtown hotel rooms announced before the pandemic are now on hold.
“We’re all connected—our drinking-water utilities, our industries, people who want to use water for recreation—it’s all the same water,” says Jill Hoffmann. “So we have to manage it together.”
Indiana’s weakest and often smallest hospitals, usually with just a few dozen beds, might be only months from beginning the process of shutting their doors, industry leaders say.
The 4-year-old company uses proprietary software and legions of small farmers and gig drivers to create an Amazon-like system that delivers fresh produce, meats, dairy products and other local food.
In addition, the governor said he was extending the state’s landlord moratorium on evictions though Aug. 14.
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb’s administration set aside $300 million in federal CARES Act funding for local units of government to use for pandemic-related expenses, but so far, rental assistance programs are not among the reimbursable items.
Anthem Inc.’s second-quarter profit doubled on a year-over-year basis as a pandemic-induced drop in claims and a new business pushed the Blue Cross-Blue Shield insurer’s earnings past expectations.
The city will not subsidize construction of Kite’s two hotels on the site but will ask the City-County Council to authorize a $150 million bond to finance an addition to the Indiana Convention Center.
Almost a quarter of the nursing home deaths from COVID-19 in Indiana have occurred at facilities operated by Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County. The facilities are managed by Indianapolis-based American Senior Communities.
Carmel-based MBX Biosciences Inc., co-founded by serial entrepreneur Richard DiMarchi, aims to develop therapeutics to treat rare endocrine disorders.
The loss in convention business due to COVID-19 is starving downtown restaurants of customers. And without great restaurants, Indy isn’t as attractive as a convention destination.
Firms that specialize in making conferences, fundraisers and other events memorable and financially successful must pivot on a dime to stay relevant in the coronavirus era.