Home construction rise in Hamilton County bucks area trend
Single-family building permit filings in central Indiana have fallen on a year-over-year basis for the past 17 months and in 20 of the past 22 months.
Single-family building permit filings in central Indiana have fallen on a year-over-year basis for the past 17 months and in 20 of the past 22 months.
The state’s high court nixed a preliminary injunction that has kept the ban on hold since September.
Indiana lawmakers cleared the way last year for school districts to issue their own permits and hire adjunct teachers for hard-to-fill teaching positions.
Bus driver shortages and teaching vacancies worsened in the wake of the pandemic, but some districts say things are now looking up.
The Indianapolis area might be showing signs of emerging from a single-family construction slump that began early last year.
The eighth and final season of Indianapolis-based home renovation series “Good Bones” is scheduled to debut Aug. 15 on HGTV.
Many residents complained about a lack of communication about the project and the potential for groundwater contamination and accidents that could release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
Six of the area’s nine counties had rising single-family building permit numbers last month, with big increases seen in Hendricks, Madison and Morgan counties.
Last year, Hamilton County announced a $45 million plan to extend sewer and water utilities to Bakers Corner. An additional $20 million from the state will allow the county to create a regional utility district.
Earlier this month, more than a dozen Haughville residents who live near the project held a press conference to express frustration with Buckingham Foundation’s decision to move forward with the project despite their misgivings.
The HGTV home-improvement show is airing its last season, and Mina Starsiak Hawk says she’s not sure of her next steps. But one thing seems likely: She won’t be redeveloping or building houses regularly in Indianapolis anymore.
Legal counsel for Duke Energy argued two cases before the Indiana Supreme Court Thursday—from both sides of the courtroom—on separate matters relating to where it maintains its equipment and facilities.
The project at Potato Creek State Park calls for 120 guest rooms, a 9,000-square-foot indoor aquatic facility and a conference center.
Indiana election law’s silence on corporate contributions to independent-expenditure political action committees means such contributions are prohibited or otherwise limited, a split Indiana Supreme Court has ruled.
August’s jump in filings was aided by big increases in Marion, Hamilton, Hendricks and Boone counties.
Republican Jefferson Shreve and Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett addressed a range of topics, including charter schools and food insecurity, but issues of policing and gun violence took center stage.
The Republican candidate for mayor said on X and Facebook that he would “do everything in my power” to stop a pro-Palestine group from “assembling on property dedicated to Americans who have died for our country.”
Shreve has weighed in on many other issues, from downtown development to improving care at the city’s animal shelter, but his crime-fighting ads dominate the airwaves and are where the campaign has pinned its greatest hopes.
For the first time since March 2021, every Indianapolis-area county reported growth in single-family building permit filings.
Sen. Jean Leising called it the “most miserable task force or interim committee meeting I have ever been a part of.”