City council acts to close loopholes in landlord registry system
The city of Indianapolis is hoping to get derelict property owners into shape with new changes to its landlord registry.
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UPDATE: Noblesville says museum mishandled chemicals on park grounds
City officials said Wednesday that they have asked the Indiana Transportation Museum to clean up the contamination. An ITM official suggested the city’s move was motivated by a debate over the fate of the Nickel Plate Railroad.
Indy looks to data to find ‘smart’ answers to big problems
The city is using data to try to predict crime before it happens and solve problems with food deserts and prevent water main breaks.
Council urges action as mayor expresses caution on wage proposal
An Indianapolis City-County Council panel on Tuesday night postponed a vote on their Democratic leader’s proposal to increase the minimum wage of city and county employees to $13 per hour.
Proposal aims to boost minimum city employee pay to $13 per hour
Indianapolis leaders want to encourage businesses to pay livable wages. The City-County Council’s president says that’s a tough sell when the city hasn’t done that for all of its own employees.
City set to rescind tax breaks for planned Interactive Intelligence expansion
The company that bought Interactive Intelligence last year for $1.4 billion has fallen short of the Interactive’s hiring and investment goals and is vacating a new, $12.4 million office building on the northwest side.
Hogsett pledges ‘permanent’ housing for 400 homeless residents
Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett faces a tough battle in taking on ingrained, multigenerational issues involving homelessness, poverty, education and crime. But in his State of the City address, he vowed to try.
Council panel OKs plan to reimburse city agencies for justice center planning
The measure would allow the city to be reimbursed with future bond proceeds for expenses related to the planned community justice campus.
City has plan for City-County Building plaza, but can it be done for $9M?
Rundell Ernstberger Associates' design features an interactive fountain and an event lawn accommodating up to 1,500 people. The first proposal, from another architect, was scrapped because it was too expensive.
Inside Jonathan Byrd’s eviction from Westfield’s Grand Park
The company dreamed of becoming a major hospitality industry player and saw Grand Park Sports Campus as the place to hit a home run. But there were signs of trouble from the start, and unpaid bills quickly piled up.
City to spend $3.8M on website overhaul
Indianapolis officials have started a two-year process for building a “modern, mobile-friendly” Indy.gov, intended make government services more efficient and accessible.
City reaps $1.2M from Conrad hotel investment
Here’s a little-known fact: The city of Indianapolis has an ownership stake in two of downtown’s most luxurious hotels and has received nearly $1.2 million so far from one of the investments.
Hogsett takes page from Hudnut era in new anti-littering effort
The city, Keep Indianapolis Beautiful and Eli Lilly and Co. are teaming on a new initiative aimed at beautifying the city.
Indianapolis to spend $400K on alternative crime prevention
The City-County Council approved the award to not-for-profit organizations that patrol the city’s high-crime neighborhoods with a 22-1 vote Monday.
Council panel OKs $148K to fund ‘economic recovery coordinator’
The person hired for the position is expected to help workers from Carrier Corp. and Rexnord Corp. who are about to lose their jobs—along with trying to help revitalize old industrial sites.
Indianapolis sitting pretty with light pension burden compared to peers, report says
Indianapolis has it relatively easy in large part due to state involvement in its pension plans, according to Standard & Poors.
Parks director wants city parks to spark change
Indy Parks recently finalized a five-year master plan, which was adopted Feb. 1 by the Metropolitan Development Commission.
IndyGo schedules public meetings on Red Line project
Now that the Marion County transit tax has passed, IndyGo is assured of funding for the bus rapid-transit project.
Development taking off in east-side corridor
Harrison College is asking $11.5 million for its two-building campus along East Washington Street, a steep jump from their assessed values but reflective of the area’s increasing potential for growth.
IndyGo moving forward with Red Line construction prep
IndyGo says it needs to keep working toward a summer construction date so that the transit line is “shovel-ready” if and when federal grant funds are released.