“I’m biased,” Hizzoner said recently, “but I think Indianapolis winning the Super Bowl bid in 2012 was nothing short of spectacular.” That makes two of us, Mayor Ballard. Both in bias and thought. It was indeed a spectacular victory for our city on that May day in 2008, capstone of a 30-year effort to use […]
Scott Olson [email protected] The Indiana Office of Management & Budget yesterday released details of two studies used to arrive at the $13 million it said could be saved by combining the Capital Improvement Board and the Marion County Building Authority into one organization. State officials initially had declined to make the studies available to the […]
The Indiana Office of Management & Budget yesterday released details of two studies used to arrive at the $13 million it said could be saved by combining the Capital Improvement Board and the Marion County Building Authority into one organization. State officials initially had declined to make the studies available to the public. Indiana Gov. […]
Preparations for the 2012 Super Bowl are apparently immune from the economic problems dogging Indianapolis these days. NFL vice president Frank Supovitz told city and business leaders yesterday that the city has exceeded other host sites in terms of financing and prep work. “When Indianapolis came in to present itself for the Super Bowl, all […]
Southern Indiana commercial furniture manufacturer Jasper Group notified the state’s Department of Workforce Development this week that 110 employees will lose their jobs in August when the company closes its Batesville plant. In addition, the Jasper-based company, which had about 650 employees before the announcement, told the Batesville Herald Tribune that it would shut down […]
Capital Improvement Board President Bob Grand today declined to predict the future for the cash-strapped sports facilities agency, but said he backs a proposal that would merge the CIB into a new organization. “I’m 100 percent in support of their solution,” he said, referring to the plan presented last Thursday by Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels […]
The Westfield City Council is expecting a big turnout at public hearing tonight to discuss a proposed smoking ban. The ordinance would eliminate smoking in public places and businesses, including restaurants, bars and eight out of every 10 hotel rooms. Violators would pay fines between $50 and $500. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. at […]
The city’s Capital Improvement Board will meet today for the first time since Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels and Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard presented their plan to rescue the financially troubled entity. Last Thursday, the two proposed raising hotel, rental car and sports-admission taxes, and merging the CIB into a new agency, to raise the funds […]
If you believe passionately in some cause, if you’re certain grave injustice has occurred or will continue, if you know your
way is correct and all others are wrong, how far will you go to make your point? What will you sacrifice to get attention?
Overtures Gov. Mitch Daniels has extended to the General Assembly should be sufficient to end squabbling over the budget.
Legislators ought to take the offer, pass a budget, and leave the Statehouse before they throw any more sand in the gears.
Overtures Gov. Mitch Daniels has extended to the General Assembly should be sufficient to end squabbling over the budget. Legislators ought to take the offer, pass a budget, and leave the Statehouse before they throw any more sand in the gears. Public schools would get a 2-percent increase in funding and higher education would receive […]
Twenty years ago, a Connecticut company developed some new surgical tools. The tools helped doctors operate more effectively, helped patients heal more quickly and saved lives. One tool was the surgical staple, used to close wounds and incisions instead of using hand-sewn stitches. The staple is now, well, the staple in many kinds of surgery. […]
The city’s Capital Improvement Board will merge into a new agency, and hotel, rental car and sports-admission taxes would rise under a proposal announced this morning to bail out the financially troubled organization. Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels and Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard presented a proposal they say will raise the funds necessary to cover the […]
The city’s Capital Improvement Board will merge into a new agency, and hotel, rental car and sports-admission taxes would rise under a proposal announced this morning to bail out the financially troubled organization. Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels and Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard presented a proposal they say will raise the funds necessary to cover the […]
U.S. construction spending rose 0.8 percent in April, defying economists’ forecasts for a decline. The unexpected gain – the most since August – marked the second straight month that builders boosted spending on construction projects around the country, the Commerce Department reported today. Economists were bracing for a 1.2-percent drop in construction spending for April. […]
Indianapolis already hosts three of the top 200 conventions in the country. But additional meeting space coming online late next year could help the city double the number.
Some industry insiders worry that, while Indianapolis is busy chasing bigger conventions, adjoining counties may raid the cupboard made plentiful by investments within Marion County, particularly downtown.
Guidebook beats smartphones in smackdown Slow download speeds, small screens hinder phones Conde Nast Traveler magazine sent three reporters to Moscow, one armed with an iPhone, one with a BlackBerry Bold, and one with an old-fashioned guidebook, to see whether the gadgets or the book were more helpful in completing a series of typical tourist […]
In this Quick Hits look at a competing convention city, Cincinnati boasts more convention space, but Indianapolis draws more guests.
Indianapolis has built a tidy book of business in the convention trade. Confabs ranging from the National FFA to Gen Con generated nearly 22 million visitors and $3.5 billion in spending in 2006 alone, according to D.K. Shifflet & Associates and Global Insight. With a new airport terminal and Lucas Oil Stadium up and running, […]
