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Cunningham Restaurant Group multitasks with latest venture
Croute Baking Co. in downtown Indianapolis won’t be a restaurant, but a multipurpose facility that includes a bakery, developmental kitchen and a small retail operation with a limited grab-and-go food menu.
TechPoint, TMap get aggressive to lure ex-pat techies to Indiana
Local tech advocacy group TechPoint is partnering with TMap, an Indianapolis startup headed by former Angie’s List CEO Bill Oesterle, and five blue-chip companies to bring far flung native Hoosiers back to the state to work.
MIKE LOPRESTI: For Carmel High School, sports dynasty hits milestone
Last week, the Carmel boys golf team rolled to another championship by 17 strokes. It was the seventh state title of the school year for the giant school from the suburban beehive, whose population is now past 90,000.
2019 Indiana 100: From casket-making roots, Hillenbrand branches into industrial equipment
The Batesville-based company recognized that it needed a new growth engine after Americans began embracing cremation as an alternative to casket burials.
2019 Indiana 100: Shoe Carnival CEO wants to ‘make it easy on the customer’
CEO Cliff Sifford says he encourages store managers to run their stores like entrepreneurs.
2019 Indiana 100: Duke veteran sees company, real estate industry evolve
Ann Colussi Dee, who's been with the company 23 years, oversees 12 attorneys and paralegals based in Indianapolis, Chicago and Atlanta.
Indiana Blood Center getting new name in rebranding move
The organization, based on North Meridian Street, is changing its name to Versiti Blood Center of Indiana in a move designed to boost the identity of blood operations in five Midwest states.
Emmis sells six radio stations in Austin, Texas
The sale represents almost half of the radio stations controlled by Indianapolis-based Emmis Communications Corp. and leaves the company with radio holdings in only two markets.
Indiana farmers way behind in corn, soybean planting
U.S. Department of Agriculture statistics show Indiana is behind every other corn-growing state and almost every soybean-growing state in planting.
Undaunted by internet, Indianapolis Public Library adds branches, boosts visits
The Indianapolis Public Library system is on a physical growth spurt, even in an increasingly digital age where a growing portion of its collection exists only online.
2019 Innovation Issue: Many questions, fewer answers at intersection of AI, ethics
James McGrath, a professor of religion at Butler University, ponders the ethical and moral questions related to artificial intelligence.
Bloomington-based Oliver Winery now sells in 27 states
Company’s emphasis on sweet wines has helped make Oliver the largest Hoosier winery (by far) and the 44th-largest in the United States.
New council in Westfield might curtail spending
A dramatic shakeup of the Westfield City Council could result in more scrutiny of development proposals that are part of Mayor Andy Cook’s vision for the growing city.
20 years after launch, nation’s first internet-only bank is on a roll
Fishers-based First Internet Bancorp has had strong double-digit percentage growth in recent years, while most banks are growing in the mid-single-digit range.
Speedway B&O Trail extensions could spur development
Redevelopment experts are confident the west side will see a jolt in property values and development opportunities as plans to extend a Speedway trail both east and west move forward.
Purdue’s Painter could earn big bonus bucks with deep NCAA run
The men’s basketball coach already has racked up more than $160,000 in bonuses, based on his team’s performance so far this season.
Gershman, Citimark buy Gold Building, two adjacent properties
The deal includes the Gold Building and the office building at 251 E. Ohio St., both of which have struggled with low occupancy in recent years.
Newfields receives $10M grant to upgrade 100 Acres park
The grant from the Indianapolis-based Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation is designated to improve infrastructure such as bike paths and walking trails, add parking and bathrooms, and create an endowment for maintenance and new art commissions.
Cunningham Restaurant Group to open Rize restaurant at The Yard in Fishers
The second location of Rize will have twice the space as the original Rize at Ironworks Hotel in Indianapolis.