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South-side exit finally sparking development: Wal-Mart might by key to I-65/County Line interchange meeting expectations

October 10, 2005

An interchange linking Interstate 65 and County Line Road completed six years ago is finally helping attract large commercial development to a busy Johnson County corridor. While Greenwood city officials are pleased by the amount of activity occurring there, they question why it took so long. “We thought it would take off much sooner than it did,” said Ed Ferguson, Greenwood’s director of planning, zoning and economic development. “We still have several hundred acres available in what we call the…

Women gain place at table: Increase in WBE firms seen at airport

October 10, 2005

At $1.66 billion, the 1.2-millionsquare-foot midfield terminal project, scheduled to open in late 2008, is more than the future gateway to the city. It is a gateway of opportunity for many local women-owned business enterprises (WBEs). The Indianapolis Airport Authority’s commitment to increasing participation of women-owned businesses is more than lip service. “Over half of the users of our airport are women,” said Lacy M. Johnson, president of the IAA board of directors and champion for women-owned and minority businesses….

Bob Wilson & Associates Inc.: Consultant helps companies predict workers’ potential Personality test provides key information to guide businesses’ personnel decisions

October 10, 2005

Personality test provides key information to guide businesses’ personnel decisions It may not be fortunetelling, but the Predictive Index gives important clues about an individual’s success or failure in certain jobs. In Indiana, Michigan and Ohio, the trademarked personality test is licensed to Bob Wilson & Associates Inc., a Carmel consulting firm that works with more than 200 companies, helping with hiring, retaining, managing and motivating employees. The firm also works with corporations on strategy and other management services. Wilson,…

BEHIND THE NEWS: Is exec a fraud or just bad at business? A jury will decide

October 3, 2005

Forget Disneyworld. The real excitement in Orlando, Fla., this fall likely will be in a federal courtroom, where Carmel native James T. O’Neal Jr. is scheduled to stand trial on charges he swindled millions of dollars from the rich and famous, including high-profile Indianapolis businesspeople. A federal grand jury indicted O’Neal a year ago on 82 felony counts of money laundering, mail fraud and filing false tax returns. If the 12-person jury finds the 60-year-old Orlando resident guilty, he could…

Coming changes keep downtown a dining hub: Au Bon Pain coming to Circle, Noble Roman’s returns

September 26, 2005

Downtown is still sizzling for national restaurants looking to expand, based on recent deals. Au Bon Pain is cooking up a 2,200-square-foot Monument Circle store, taking over a recently closed Roly Poly Sandwiches shop and the Hardwickes Pipe & Tobacco that has entertained passersby for decades with its caricature statues. The Boston-based chain’s arrival in early 2006 will mark one of several dining changes near the Circle and one of the final steps in a tenant retooling of the Guaranty…

So far, VC deals scarce: BioCrossroads: Networking should spawn commitments

September 26, 2005

Almost two years ago, in October 2003, BioCrossroads debuted its $73 million Indiana Future Fund. In the time since, just three Indiana startups have received IFF-backed investments. But it’s not for BioCrossroads’ lack of trying. Both in public and behind the scenes, BioCrossroads is working diligently to put promising local life sciences prospects in front of venture capitalists. This year, BioCrossroads has already held two well-publicized Indiana Future Fund Entrepreneurial Forums: the first in April at Purdue University in West…

Database saves needy folks shoe leather: Salvation Army, Goodwill among groups joining Central Indiana Community Network

September 26, 2005

Central Indiana boasts hundreds of altruistic churches, agencies and not-forprofits. On their own, they each manage to lend needy folks a helping hand. But advocates for the disadvantaged know service providers could do much more working together. That’s why four years ago they began planning the Central Indiana Community Network, an online system that allows human service and work-force development organizations to securely share information. CICN launched in 2003 and recently added two not-for-profit heavyweights-the Salvation Army and Goodwill Industries…

VOICES FROM THE INDUSTRY: Does your 401(k) work as well as most pension plans?

September 26, 2005

This is definitely not the headline most workers wanted to see on the business section of the newspaper: “Traditional e m p l oy e r- f u n d e d pension plans outperformed worker-funded 401(k) plans during bear market.” The findings, based on a study conducted by the employee-ben efit consulting firm of Watson Wyatt Worldwide, bolstered critics’ arguments that 401(k) and similar retirement plans are not up to the task, when compared with defined-benefit pension plans, of…

Winning the wallets of the ultra-wealthy: Local investment firm enters fight for lucrative market

September 26, 2005

City Securities has placed attorney Stephan Hodge, a former Indiana state securities commissioner, and Kenneth Klabunde, a certified financial planner, at the helm of its recently established three-person Wealth Advisors division. Their goal is to offer portfolio management, tax planning, trust preparation and a host of other financial products to folks with at least $3 million to $5 million in assets. But they plan to deliver it with a level of personal attention few Hoosiers receive. And much of their…

Pocket-protector crowd to preach quality: Group plans first conference to promote better practices in information technology

September 19, 2005

Because of them, people stocked basements with food, guns and ammo. Others fell prostrate on hilltops and sang Kumbaya. There was fear software developers would inadvertently destroy the world with the infamous Y2K computer glitch, in the opening hours of 2000. These days, however, it is the developers who are worried-about things like how a glitch can give hackers access to customer credit card and Social Security numbers. Or get companies in trouble when software doesn’t capture information required by…

Attorney: Heiress opposed big gifts: Deposition says Lilly upset when arts groups got $185M

September 19, 2005

Ruth Lilly garnered headlines around the globe in 2002 after an Indianapolis judge approved a new estate plan for the heiress that earmarked an estimated $185 million for two tiny arts organizations, the Chicago-based Poetry Foundation and Washington, D.C.-based Americans for the Arts. Now, in a newly public deposition, Lilly’s personal attorney, Tom Ewbank, charges his client was opposed to the large bequests and instead had wanted to funnel more of her billion-dollar estate into her own foundation, for the…

CHRIS KATTERJOHN Commentary: Beware the creep of urban sprawl

September 19, 2005

I’m happy for the city of Carmel that it wants to be a city in its own right, and not just a bedroom community of Indianapolis. I’m not so happy about some of its development practices. Up in my neck of the woods-western Clay Township-new subdivisions have sprung up like weeds, with little or no improvement to roads that support them. The resulting traffic delays have been maddening, to say the least. It’s not uncommon these days for me to…

Sugar Buzz brings convenience to child care service:

September 19, 2005

Parents who need a few hours for themselves at the last second can’t take their toddlers to conventional daycare centers. But they can take them to the new Playcare program launched by Sugar Buzz in Broad Ripple. Longtime pals Wendy Reed and Pam Weaver are the brains behind the concept aimed at parents who might need time to shop, work out or attend a meeting. Unlike traditional child care services, however, there are no upfront contracts or commitments. Instead, Playcare…

Delivery service takes Web shopping to the next level:

September 19, 2005

Richard Cherry knows the 30-minute delivery concept isn’t new. Pizzerias have been promising to deliver pies to the door in 30 minutes or less for years. And grocery stores have tried something similar, delivering milk, eggs and bread, but generally promising next-day delivery. Cherry wanted to deliver groceries-and more-in 30 minutes, so he teamed with 30-minute pizzeria guru Tom Monaghan, founder of Domino’s Pizza, and came up with 30MinuteMall. Using delivery employees known as CyberValets, virtual grocery stores and Web…

EYE ON THE PIE: Use property tax to boost investment

September 19, 2005

I walked a little more than two miles recently on the Monon Trail. This probably surprises those who know me. But even the most slothful will, on occasion, rise from the recliner and not go to the refrigerator. The Monon Trail runs from 10th Street in Indianapolis to 146th Street in Carmel. That’s about 20 miles. It follows the route the Monon Railroad abandoned in 1987. It has been identified as a model for other rails-to-trails programs. The trail is…

Final 4 lodging scarce: 7 months before event, brokers lock up rooms

September 12, 2005

Basketball fans hoping to catch the action at next spring’s NCAA men’s Final Four in Indianapolis are more likely to score decent tickets than they are a downtown hotel room, though neither will come cheap. As the event has moved from fan-centric to corporate, the demand and price for hotel rooms has reached new highs. And the hotel room supply for Final Fours held locally is likely to tighten as NCAA officials push for larger Final Four venues-such as the…

SPORTS: City should be tour stop for men’s or women’s golf

September 12, 2005

That sellout crowds flocked to Carmel’s Crooked Stick Golf Club for the Solheim Cup should come as no surprise. This is an area with a big appetite for golf, whether playing or watching it. Yet it’s also a reminder that for all we have accomplished in spectator sports, professional golf remains the hole in our doughnut. Yes, we have had our on-and-off forays into the arena. A PGA Tour stop, the 500 Festival Open, took place on the old Speedway…

Can ride sharing retain your distant workers?: Companies look to car- and van-pooling to counter high gas prices that may increase employee turnover

September 12, 2005

Most concerned about higher commuting costs are employers on the periphery of Indianapolis, where there is little or no bus transportation for workers who live in Marion County. “At some point, for an hourly worker, it becomes cost-prohibitive to drive to Plainfield for work,” said Kim Woodward, director of human resources for Brightpoint Inc. The wireless phone distributor has a warehouse in the Hendricks County town that employs 611, plus about 100 contract workers. “Public transportation is not readily available,”…

Ancient sport of kings still appeals to Hoosiers: Hickory Hall Polo Club keeps game alive on Boone County farm

September 5, 2005

A handful of noisy chickens and a small herd of goats meander around two neatly kept barns that house about a dozen horses, their stalls overlooking the 10-acre field that’s 300 yards long and 160 yards wide. As horses emerge from their stalls with the help of the Chandlers’ assistant, it becomes clear these are no common steeds. Their deep chests heave with each breath, their nostrils sucking in air like a Hoover, ribs lightly protruding through their lean physiques….

Computer Renditions: Technology firm building from plateau Computer Renditions on target to grow revenue in 2005

September 5, 2005

Being robbed in broad daylight on your first day as a small-business owner is not exactly a good omen, but it didn’t stop Computer Renditions Inc. founder Christopher Stater. Stater was headed to a meeting with IT consulting client Anheuser-Busch one morning 11 years ago when he was accosted in a Columbus, Ohio, hotel parking lot. A robber sprayed his face with a chemical fire extinguisher and stole his briefcase. “They made me go to a hospital,” Stater remembered, “but…

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South-side exit finally sparking development: Wal-Mart might by key to I-65/County Line interchange meeting expectations

Women gain place at table: Increase in WBE firms seen at airport

Bob Wilson & Associates Inc.: Consultant helps companies predict workers’ potential Personality test provides key information to guide businesses’ personnel decisions

BEHIND THE NEWS: Is exec a fraud or just bad at business? A jury will decide

Coming changes keep downtown a dining hub: Au Bon Pain coming to Circle, Noble Roman’s returns

So far, VC deals scarce: BioCrossroads: Networking should spawn commitments

Database saves needy folks shoe leather: Salvation Army, Goodwill among groups joining Central Indiana Community Network

VOICES FROM THE INDUSTRY: Does your 401(k) work as well as most pension plans?

Winning the wallets of the ultra-wealthy: Local investment firm enters fight for lucrative market

Pocket-protector crowd to preach quality: Group plans first conference to promote better practices in information technology

Attorney: Heiress opposed big gifts: Deposition says Lilly upset when arts groups got $185M

CHRIS KATTERJOHN Commentary: Beware the creep of urban sprawl

Sugar Buzz brings convenience to child care service:

Delivery service takes Web shopping to the next level:

EYE ON THE PIE: Use property tax to boost investment

Final 4 lodging scarce: 7 months before event, brokers lock up rooms

SPORTS: City should be tour stop for men’s or women’s golf

Can ride sharing retain your distant workers?: Companies look to car- and van-pooling to counter high gas prices that may increase employee turnover

Ancient sport of kings still appeals to Hoosiers: Hickory Hall Polo Club keeps game alive on Boone County farm

Computer Renditions: Technology firm building from plateau Computer Renditions on target to grow revenue in 2005