MORRIS: Mayors remind us of path to progress
GIPC birthday brought together city leaders who knew how to achieve, in spite of politics.
GIPC birthday brought together city leaders who knew how to achieve, in spite of politics.
Simon Property Group Inc. is proposing an estimated $20 million in improvements to Circle Centre mall, which spurred a downtown renaissance when it opened 20 years ago this month but now is showing signs of struggle.
Joe Hogsett and Chuck Brewer pledged Thursday that, if elected mayor, they’d take a hard line on absentee landlords and less-than-thoughtful developers, but offered different approaches for how they’d work to improve historic neighborhoods.
The executive suite and boardroom of today’s Anthem do not have the deep Hoosier roots that were present in Frick’s day. But we hope they respect that legacy and are equally reticent to bargain away a headquarters.
Anthem Inc.’s proposed $47 billion buyout of Cigna Corp. is the latest example of corporate deals that get hung up over executive egos and turf battles. For example, Anthem CEO Joe Swedish wants to lead the merged firm, to the chagrin of Cigna’s CEO.
Term limits are among several policy proposals Democrat mayoral candidate Joe Hogsett plans to announce Wednesday afternoon, according to his campaign.
The next few months will set the tone for a new administration and the city’s future. Based on our time in city and county leadership, we recommend the candidates give attention to the following civic paradoxes
Michael Browning never envisioned he’d still be in Indianapolis after arriving nearly 40 years ago from South Bend. But the Detroit native and University of Notre Dame grad bought a business here and became one of the city’s biggest developers.
We need a mayor who genuinely loves this city, a mayor whose roots and heart are here.
The city should lead stakeholders to turn around one of the downtown’s jewels.
Sales per square foot are down, the building itself is aging, and persuading the lone anchor, Carson Pirie Scott, to stay another three years required generous incentives.
Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard has led Carmel since 1996, and John Ditslear has led Noblesville since 2004.
Tony Mason was chosen to succeed Joseph Slash as the group's president and CEO effective Oct. 13. Mason will become only the third CEO in the organization’s 49-year existence.
U.S. attorney Joseph Hogsett, a rumored candidate for Indianapolis mayor, plans to join Bose McKinney & Evans on Aug. 1 as a partner in the litigation practice group.
A growing number of housing developers thinks farms, rather than golf clubs, are the perfect hook to lure residents. The first to experiment with the concept in central Indiana is Mike Higbee of Central Greens LLC, with his Seven Steeples Farm on the site of the old Central State Hospital.
Civic and business leader Joseph Slash, 70, plans to move on soon, but is willing to wait for the search committee “to get it right.”
David Rosenberg, 28, leads Mayor Greg Ballard’s effort to build a new jail and criminal courts for Marion County, which could cost as much as $400 million, all with no new revenue.
The former executive director of the Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee was charged Thursday with 26 counts of forgery and one count of theft for allegedly misappropriating more than $96,000 of the organization’s money.
Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee Chairman Murray Clark confirmed Friday morning that GIPC asked for an investigation after the March departure of former Executive Director Matt Hendrix.
The stated preferred location for the new criminal justice center, 6600 Kentucky Ave., is attractive on a first-cost basis because it is bare farm ground. However, looking at the benefits of this project long-term, this site would be a mistake.