Citizens Energy Group is redirecting to community groups more than $413,000 that it was to spend on environmental upgrade
projects at its former coke oven facility in Indianapolis, which closed in 2007.
A major downturn in commercial real estate was inevitable, but the depths have surprised even seasoned industry veterans.
Indianapolis-based Wilson St. Pierre Funeral Service & Crematory is one of two companies that have emerged as potential
suitors of the embattled Memory Gardens Management Corp.
Indianapolis police are investigating a homicide in the Fountain Square area. A neighbor found 21-year-old Adam Crouchâ??s
body in an alley in the 1800 block of Prospect Street at about 11 a.m. Sunday and called police. Police aren’t saying how
Crouch was killed, but they say it looks like someone moved his body to the location where he was found. Those who knew Crouch
say he had been out drinking on Saturday night at a nearby club and suspect he was killed during a robbery.
Storytelling Arts of Indiana presents Bill Lepp, Dec. 4-5 at the Indiana History Center. Details here.
Butler Ballet presents “The
Nutcracker,” Dec. 3-6 at Clowes Memorial Hall. Details here.
Central Indiana Dance Ensemble presents “The Nutcracker,”
Dec. 4-6 at Zionsville Performing Arts Center. Details here.
Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre presents “The Nutcracker,”
Dec. 4-6 at Pike Performing Arts Center. Details here.
The Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art opens "Projected
Curiosity," Dec. 4 at its temporary new home at the Murphy Art Center in Fountain Square. Details here.
regory
Hancock Dance Theatre presents “The Nutcracker,” Dec. 4-6 at Pike Performing Arts Center. Details
here.
http://www.gregoryhancockdancetheatre.org
Thoughts on Rhythm! Discovery Center and Bands of America.
Nov. 20
Radio Radio and Fountain Square Theatre
One of the most anticipated Indy music traditions is the annual Tonic Ball, benefiting Second Helpings. This year’s setup: A long list of Indy bands (including Bigger Than Elvis and Mandy Marie and the Cool Hand Lukes) perform the music of Led Zeppelin at the adults-only Radio Radio, while another equally impressive lineup (including Otis Gibbs, Tad Armstrong, and The Vulgar Boatmen) takes on Bob Dylan tunes at family-friendly Fountain Square Theatre. Meanwhile, the Tonic Gallery at nearby AV Framing Gallery offers work by more than 50 local artists. Details here.
Architect and developer Craig Von Deylen hopes to close by next week on the purchase of the Murphy Arts Center in Fountain
Square and is in the process of signing new tenants, including the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art.
Waterloo, Ontario-based Onward Manufacturing Co. Ltd. announced Wednesday afternoon that it would locate its first U.S. grill
production center in northeast Indiana, creating more than 300 jobs in Huntington by 2011.
The awards of $500 each total $62,500. “In lieu of doing a party, it was more
appropriate and more the corporate culture of Gregory & Appel to do something charitable,”
Vice President Steve Appel said.
Fourth in IBJ’s month-long series of reviews of reborn cafes. This week: L.A. Cafe.
An urban advocacy group is trying to bring a big-city concept to Indianapolis: car sharing. People for Urban
Progress cites environmental benefits as well as cost savings for urban dwellers who might find it practical to ditch their
seldom-used vehicles.
The owners of two industrial properties that span an entire city block along the Central Canal downtown have put their
properties up for sale with an eye toward redevelopment.
Fountain Square is getting a new fountain in a project that’s been in the works for more than a decade.
The Fountain Square neighborhood will meet at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Shelbi Street Café & Bistro Lounge to mark
the start of work on a $650,000 project to replace its landmark fountain.
Downtown Indianapolis has a housing problem. I am not referring to the abandoned and foreclosed homes that blight many of
our neighborhoods. This is a problem of new, prominent construction projects that are out of place in our built environment.
The Humane Society of Indianapolis is shopping for donors to support construction of a $3 million spay/neuter clinic in the
Fountain Square area.
Wondering what’s up with Fountain Square’s new White Rabbit Cabaret? (See Property Lines blog here.)
Debra Silveus, a partner in the new 2000-square-foot, 100-person capacity venue, tells me that her new space will include, but won’t be limited to,…
Federal stimulus funds and greenhouse-gas legislation have the potential to spark a green version of the Gold Rush. Many Indiana
firms are retooling to sell products or services that are or might soon be in demand.
