The Indiana Economic Development Corp. inched closer to its vision for its LEAP Research and Innovation District in Lebanon this year with more than $100 million in additional state funding, steps to secure water for the site and additional private investment.
The ongoing progress to develop the planned LEAP Innovation and Research District, a 9,000-acre tech park in Boone County, was among the top local tech stories of 2024.
The nonprofit, Indiana’s largest and oldest AIDS service organization, hasn’t finalized a budget for the project, but early estimates place the cost between $12 million to $15 million.
The lack of accessible primary care providers in Indiana is dire. The state ranks 33rd in the nation for the number of active primary care providers per capita.
In 2020 and 2022, Noblesville-based Beaver Materials approached the city with plans to dig a gravel pit on the property that will now become part of Potter’s Bridge Park.
More than 600 people have signed a petition calling for the city to reject the zoning change request that would pave the way for the development, which would feature at least 675 homes, town homes, condos and multifamily flats.
The state will eventually recoup much of that investment when LEAP land is sold to tenants, officials from the Indiana Economic Development Corp. said.
The board of the Indiana Public Retirement System unanimously voted to replace Black Rock as the provider of global inflation-linked bonds to the system.
“I wanted to be able to show women that there were lots of stories of female success that were a lot more accessible and also laden with failures and lessons and mistakes.”
An out-of-state investment firm with plans to redevelop a rundown east-side retail center intends to refine its approach to the project weeks after hearing objections from neighbors—some of whom have their own ideas for the property.
The gift is the largest grant that Indiana University has ever received in support of research and development. IU President Pamela Whitten said the funding will help “change the very landscape of our capital city and state.”
