City hires project manager for international district improvements
The plan would enhance the area around West 38th Street and Lafayette Road with landscaping, monuments and murals.
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City-County Council OKs new crime grants board
The Indianapolis Parks Foundation will administer the city's tax-supported crime grants program, under a proposal approved Monday night 26-0 by the City-County Council.
Ballard says jobs, neighborhoods critical
Creating a climate that allows businesses to thrive and improving Indianapolis’ neighborhoods will be critical to the city’s future success. That was the message Mayor Greg Ballard conveyed Thursday night in his fourth-annual State of the City speech, delivered at the Indianapolis Artsgarden downtown.
City seeks replacement for GM plant
Indianapolis will spend $115,000 on a study to explore redevelopment opportunities for the 102-acre GM Stamping Plant property west of downtown that will close this summer.
Indianapolis halts work on blighted historic building
The owner of the 1880 building located at 42 E. Washington St. was cited for doing unapproved work to the facade.
Ballard: City must build ‘attractive urban environment’
The theme of Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard’s fourth-annual State of the City address will include putting “the needs of the next decade ahead of the next day, next year or next election,” according to excerpts released Wednesday.
Council may give up crime-grant duty to Parks Foundation
Under a proposal on its way to the City-County Council, the Indianapolis Parks Foundation would oversee millions of dollars in tax-supported grants for crime prevention.
Parking meter replacement set to begin in March
Affiliated Computer Services, which struck a deal late last year to manage the city’s parking meters, will begin replacing meters in downtown Indianapolis and Broad Ripple early next month.
CIB set to approve parking lot paving bid
The Capital Improvement Board will consider a bid for up to $900,000 to pave a gravel parking lot on the former site of Market Square Arena once slated for redevelopment.
Ice storm uses big chunk of city snow-removal budget
Indianapolis spent almost half its 2011 budget for snow removal—$3.4 million—to deal with last week’s ice and snow storms, the city announced Friday morning.
Technicality delays council’s North of South vote
A technicality caused the City-County Council on Monday night to put off a final vote on the massive North of South mixed-use project slated to be built on 14 acres north of the Eli Lilly and Co. corporate campus.
Bond wariness might make it tough for cities to borrow
Interest rates on municipal bonds have ticked up in the last two months to pre-recession levels as investors have pulled their money from bond funds in droves. That pattern has begun, gradually, to reverse, but the higher rates could add to the cost of issuing debt for pending city projects.
City seeks firm to manage events on the Central Canal
The city put out a request for proposals seeking companies that would schedule and oversee events such as weddings and Fourth of July celebrations on the city-owned portion of the walkway.
City offers another parks facility for lease
Indy Parks & Recreation officials on Monday issued a request for proposals from entities interested in leasing the Riverside Marina facility near 30th Street and White River Parkway.
Vote on North of South project’s bond financing delayed
The city’s Economic Development Committee, which was set to vote on the downtown project’s $98 million bond financing package on Tuesday, chose to wait until February after making a few changes.
City push on building codes draws gripes
A vigorous effort by city officials to enforce building-safety codes has some concerned that it’s becoming tougher to revitalize older properties.
Universal curbside recycling program looks iffy
Finding a way to cover the cost of expanding the program with revenue from sales of recycled goods such as aluminum, plastic and glass has proved tough, even as commodities prices rise with the improving economy.
Evans exits mayor’s race, supports Kennedy
Democratic City-County Councillor Jose Evans follows Indianapolis businessman Brian Williams out of the race to challenge Republican Mayor Greg Ballard.
Mayoral contender Kennedy to leave day job
Democratic mayoral candidate Melina Kennedy will leave her attorney job at law firm Baker and Daniels on Friday to begin campaigning full-time next month.
Water employee: Veolia falsified records to get bonuses
Testimony is part of effort to deny Veolia Water $29 million contract termination fee as part of utility sale. Group claims salaried employees owed millions of dollars.