Flooring exec, business leader John ‘Mike’ Blakley dies
John “Mike” Blakley, a Fishers resident, served as CEO and president for the specialty contractor and home-flooring retailer from 1974 to 2012.
John “Mike” Blakley, a Fishers resident, served as CEO and president for the specialty contractor and home-flooring retailer from 1974 to 2012.
Those boys of summer won the World Series in front of a crowd of … 6,000.
To succeed in the 21st century, we need easy access—and we need to be easily accessible to—markets, ideas, capital and talent from coast to coast and around the world. Those are the four elements of the new connectivity economy.
Pharmakon Long Term Care Pharmacy Inc. and sister firm Pharmakon Pharmaceuticals Inc. plan to eliminate 195 employees at their headquarters by the end of the week, the owner of the companies said.
It’s a zero-sum game for the Terre Haute-based chain, which operates four donut shops in the Indianapolis area.
A former mayor of Carmel, a current mayor in Boone County, a bakery owner, a small concert venue owner, and two well-known Noblesville sisters are featured in IBJ’s annual Q&A extravaganza.
Chatham Hills officials said their golf course could be the best that legendary golf architect Pete Dye, 90, has developed in Indiana. Could it be home to the state’s next PGA event?
Members of a special committee created to study redistricting have started discussing how an independent commission might create future legislative and congressional district maps.
While Indianapolis pursues major sporting events and massive conventions—gatherings that attract tens of thousands of people and score tens of millions of dollars in economic impact—many neighboring counties are chasing small and midsize corporate confabs, weddings and senior-citizen bus tours.
Hundreds of for-profit colleges could close, leaving up to 600,000 students scrambling to find other schools, after the Education Department withdrew recognition of the nation's largest accreditor of for-profit schools.
Kate Bova Drury started out as a boutique owner in Broad Ripple before making the change to baking. Now, she’s got five cupcake bakeries, one location for doughnuts and one combo store.
Opposition to a proposed horse track in Carmel is what drove Jane Reiman to run for mayor of the Hamilton County city in 1979. Almost four decades later, she’s back working at the city—with a little less responsibility but still plenty of passion.
Four months ago, Robert Whitt left his position as executive director of White River State Park to become president and co-owner of Sun King Brewing Co.—a move he made despite having no experience in the industry. But he says Sun King is a “very special place” and he just couldn’t resist making the move.
Heather Ramsey was just looking for a place where her young vocal students could perform for their parents and grandparents when she leased a 60-year-old former machine shop in Carmel’s Arts & Design District. Now, it’s one of the region’s hottest places to see seasoned recording artists perform intimate shows.
Since May, the Carmel not-for-profit has lost its CEO and president, vice president of marketing and communications, and vice president of finance.
Indianapolis-based Elevate Ventures said it made the investment through the 21st Century Research & Technology Fund, which is reserved for Indiana companies.
The Carmel-based, for-profit educator began liquidation proceedings Friday after closing 136 technical schools, leaving over 35,000 students stranded in one of the largest college shutdowns in U.S. history.
Plus historical spoofing and a visit from one of Chicago’s finest dance companies.
The deals would swell the holdings of Mainstreet Health Investments, a publicly traded owner of senior care facilities, from 24 properties to 31. The purchases include four properties from Carmel-based Mainstreet Property Group for $92.8 million.