The Metropolitan Development Commission voted Wednesday afternoon to release nearly $4 million to
improve
the historic building in downtown Indianapolis.
Concluding a year-long evaluation and public bidding process, mayor chooses Oracle’s PeopleSoft to replace local government’s
1970s-era financial IT system and New York-based Zanett Inc. to lead the implementation.
The city of Indianapolis has put its plan to ban traffic around the city's iconic Monument Circle on hold following opposition
from residents, businesses and arts groups.
The proposal follows complaints by hotel managers that many travelers—particularly those in town for conventions—say
they cannot understand the city's taxi drivers.
The firm was a pioneer in the energy savings niche more than a decade before green became cool or was perceived to be a viable
market.
American Structurepoint has been tapped by the Department of Public Works as program manager for the city’s “RebuildIndy”
infrastructure-improvement initiative.
Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce and Builders Association of Greater Indianapolis support sale of water, sewer utilities.
Details of a plan to assist the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library have yet to emerge, but city leaders are pledging
their support to shore up a widening budget gap.
City would use $425 million expected from selling the city’s water and sewer utilities to Citizens Energy Group to upgrade
city streets, sidewalks and bridges.
Too few of the city's revitalization projects are connected by attractive sidewalks, streets, gardens and plazas.
Replacing the existing Wishard Memorial Hospital is so critical to the well-being of the sickly construction sector that one
industry official likens the project to a "lifeline."
The waterworks board’s plan to hire outside consultants to study the proposed sale of Indianapolis Water could delay the deal.
The grant announced Wednesday is part of $452 million in stimulus funding nationwide for projects meant to make buildings
more energy efficient.
City expects environmentally friendly overhaul of downtown headquarters to provide net savings of $250,000 per year.
City-County Building energy-efficiency upgrades are set to be unveiled Tuesday afternoon. The nearly 50-year old landmark is the centerpiece of the city's greener-building initiative.
The city’s Department of Public Works plans a record $88 million in transportation improvements, including road, bridge
and sidewalk projects.
Mayor Greg Ballard’s potential lease of more than 15,000 street, surface and garage parking spaces could create turnover downtown
and in Broad Ripple, boosting retailers and restaurants.
Citizens Energy should have completed the majority of its due diligence of the city’s water and sewer utilities, which
it plans to acquire, by the end of this month.
So far, in discussing his plan to sell the city’s water and sewer utilities, Mayor Greg Ballard has
emphasized the impact on utility rates, the $1.5 billion in city debt Citizens would assume, and the chance
to improve streets and sidewalks. But Ballard also has another key objective: business attraction and
expansion.
A $1.9 billion proposal to sell the city’s water and sewer utilities splashed into public view last month, but some
financial details settling at the bottom line could make the deal harder to swallow.
