As commercial stations sputter, WFYI hits the gas
The city’s public radio and television stations are more than holding their own, even as their commercial brethren continue to suffer from a now-5-year-old economic swoon.
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Russian investor gives Ener1 fresh start
A Russian timber tycoon who poured millions into a battery maker with Hoosier roots is the new owner of Ener1 Inc. Boris Zingarevich supplied $50 million for Ener1’s March 30 exit from bankruptcy and is moving its headquarters from New York to Indianapolis—already home to its core subsidiary, EnerDel.
Stalled recovery? Gas prices, optimism on collision course
Nearly two-thirds of Hoosier business owners in a new survey said they are optimistic or moderately optimistic about the Indiana economy over the next six months. But high gas prices may dampen the enthusiasm.
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Amelia Clark has been named vice president of community health at Meridian Health Services, a Muncie-based chain of primary and behavioral health care providers. She was executive director for the Jane Pauley Community Health Center in Indianapolis, which is part of Indianapolis-based hospital system Community Health Network. Clark holds a bachelor’s degree from IUPUI and a master’s degree from the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy.
West Lafayette-based Bioanalytical Systems Inc. did not renew the contract of Chief Financial Officer Michael Cox, instead replacing him with Jacqueline Lemke. Cox, who had been Bioanalytical’s CFO since 2007, will receive severance equal to his annual salary of $165,000, plus the value of his unused vacation days. Lemke, 49, previously served as Global CFO of Pendleton-based Remy International Inc. Prior to that, she was the finance chief of a division of Illinois-based Motorola Inc.
IU professors top Purdue’s in pay after freeze ends
After the recession forced a freeze in its professors’ pay, IU’s flagship Bloomington campus boosted faculty salaries roughly 6 percent this year, vaulting its top professors’ pay past Purdue’s professors.
Also this week
“The Miracle Worker” opens at the Indiana Repertory Theatre April 17 and runs through May 20. Details here.
April 12 marks the opening of “Aziz + Cucher: Some People,” featuring immersive digital video by the artistic partners. Details here.
Country singer/songwriter Abigail Washburn performs at the Studio Theatre April 13. Details here.
Snarky stand-up comic Daniel Tosh performs two shows at the Murat Theatre April 17. Details here.
Bobby McFerrin brings his acoustic skills to the Palladium for an April 12 concert. Details here.
American Pianists Association’s 2009 Classical Fellow Adam Golka performs April 15 at Butler University’s Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall. Details here.
Pink Martini performs with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra April 13-15 at the Hilbert Circle Theatre. Details here.
“The Music Man” returns to Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre April 12-May 25. Details here.
CIB loss from Super Bowl in line with projections
Preliminary financials show the board that manages the city’s sports and convention facilities so far has lost nearly $350,000 due to the Super Bowl. That figure is expected to grow to $800,000.
What’s New: Kreme Twenty-Four
Gary Patterson and Jason White bonded over their love of fashion and their frustration with Indianapolis’ shopping options, so they opened a boutique of their own.
Plan envisions hot growth for downtown Indianapolis
A study commissioned by the office of Mayor Greg Ballard envisions a much more densely populated, walkable downtown core stretched by several blocks and supported by another Circle Centre mall's worth of retail and enough new office space to double the size of Chase Tower.
RIVERA: Dreaming up charter school possibilities
Imagine high school graduates from the Eli Lilly or the Cook Pharma Charter School of Chemistry.
Funding challenges sideline not-for-profit award program
The Indiana Achievement Awards is going on what organizers called a “sabbatical,” though its return isn’t guaranteed. The change is the result of a loss in grant funding for all not-for-profit programs at the IUPUI Solution Center, which organized the awards.
BENNER: Shaheen departure doesn’t diminish Final Four success story
I am often asked to give presentations recounting the success of the Indianapolis sports strategy. Of course, I speak to the event history and infrastructure investments going all the way back to the construction of Market Square Arena in 1974. But I also talk about the human impact.
WISH turns Mini Marathon into made-for-TV drama
About 65,000 central Indiana households representing more than 115,000 viewers are expected to tune in to the 3-1/2-hour WISH-TV Channel 8 broadcast of the nation’s largest half marathon.
NFL borrows from Indy’s Super Bowl playbook
League officials said a Super Bowl Village like the one in downtown Indianapolis will now be a requirement for future cities hosting the big game.
Indy is poster child (again) for medical arms race
Indianapolis was highlighted in a new national study because its hospitals have been particularly aggressive at expanding their geographic reach—raising concerns among health insurers and even hospitals themselves that new medical facilities and market power can only lead to higher prices.
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Indiana University Health named Mona Euler vice president of IU Health Neuroscience. She will oversee the development of the neuroscience center the hospital system is building across the street from its Methodist Hospital, along with Dr. Nicholas Barbaro, the center’s medical director. Euler holds a nursing degree from Ball State University and a master’s from Indiana Wesleyan University.
Dr. Justin Miller, a spine surgeon, will open a location for Indianapolis-based Indiana Spine Group at the Hendricks Regional Health hospital in Danville. Miller, a native of Indianapolis, holds degrees from Manchester College and the Indiana University School of Medicine.
Poison pills remain as Lilly shareholder vote falls short
The proposal garnered support from the owners of 62 percent of Eli Lilly’s outstanding shares. To pass, the proposal needed approval from the owners of 80 percent of Lilly’s shares.
Overlapping downtown events give hotels a boost
The annual Fire Department Instructors Conference attracts nearly 30,000 visitors to downtown. But with Race for the Cure on Saturday, demand for hotel rooms is even stronger, particularly toward the end of the week.
IPS issues rebuttal to Mind Trust’s reform plan
In an hour-long defense of Indianapolis Public Schools, Superintendent Eugene White outlined plans to streamline administrative staff, create more choices for parents, direct more resources to the district’s most challenged schools and give more autonomy to its highest performing schools.
Fortune Industries shareholder seeks to stop proposed sale
A shareholder of Indianapolis-based Fortune Industries Inc. has filed suit against the public company and its top executives, seeking class-action status on behalf of shareholders who want to stop a transaction that would take it private.