Indy boasts innovations others could copy
It’s tough to look at your own community and figure out what it’s doing that no one else is. But IBJ gave it a shot. Here are four things other cities could copy from us.
Cultural Trail
Bike-share program adds two stations with room for 26 bikes
The Indiana Pacers Bikeshare system is adding two new stations next month—and it’s hoping for a much larger expansion down the road.
LOU’S VIEWS: Artist Don Gummer brings his world to Cultural Trail
Built from steel, bronze, aluminum and glass, the sculptures tend to grow larger the higher they get.
Rider and bike data gives Pacers Bikeshare officials info to study, share
All 251 bikes are outfitted with GPS equipment, so staffers can identify their location. And data collected from sign-ups for daily and annual passes helps staffers determine usage patterns.
Central Indiana showcased as 200 mayors come to town
Mayors, their staffs and policy experts from across the country—about 1,200 conference attendees in all—will attend the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ annual summer gathering that runs Friday through Monday.
DINING: Subito stakes a claim on Cultural Trail
When the Subito sign went up across the street from an otherwise quiet stretch of the Cultural Trail, I expected another inconsequential lunchery. I was wrong.
DINING: Mockable Milktooth proves itself with creative, homey fare
I’ll confess that my guest and I had some good laughs on our way to lunch at the new Fletcher Place eatery. The jibes ended quickly, though, once the food arrived.
Manager of Cultural Trail plans HQ project
The not-for-profit that oversees the Indianapolis Cultural Trail and the Indiana Pacers Bikeshare program plans to shed its training wheels and renovate a former service station along the trail as its headquarters.
DINING: Cultural Trail lands quirky hops stop
A strip of restaurants has turned a previously anonymous stretch of real estate into a culinary destination. The latest neighbor: Chilly Water Brewing Co.
‘Swarm Street’ sculpture not worth the wait
Had it been ready along with the rest of the commissioned artwork, the latest addition to the Indianapolis Cultural Trail might be seen in a more positive light.
Bikeshare program to launch downtown on Cultural Trail
The program has been dubbed Indiana Pacers Bikeshare, due to a gift from the team’s owner. Users will be able to rent bikes from 25 locations along the Cultural Trail.
DINING: Ember attempts Cultural Trail culinary spark
Former chain pizza place transforms into neighborhood eat/drinkery. First in a month of theme-free restaurant reviews.
Cultural Trail opens, fuels development
The trail officially opened in May at a cost of $63 million, including $6 million for a maintenance endowment.
Gene Glick was a soldier, a builder and a philanthropic giant
Gene Biccard Glick, who died at home following a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease, built affordable housing sprawling across 10 states—a business empire that paved the way for tens of millions of dollars in donations to causes ranging from medicine to recreation.
DINING: Rook doesn’t go by the book
First in a month-long series of game-piece restaurant reviews.
Bike sharing lined up for downtown Cultural Trail
The city is prepared to award $1.5 million in federal funds to Wisconsin-based B-Cycle LLC, which would provide the service along the 8-mile route downtown.
DINING: Sandwich shop Fresco no mere supermarket sidebar
Third in a month-long series of Cultural Trail restaurant reviews.
DINING: New yogurteria eschews parlour trappings for lounge atmosphere
Second in a month-long series of Indianapolis Cultural Trail restaurant reviews.
LOU’S VIEWS: To learn about the Cultural Trail, walk it
While I’ve been bullish on the Cultural Trail, I realized recently that I haven’t actually walked it—at least, not all of it. Time to change that.
DINING: Second City-inspired pizzeria wants to be second to none
First in a month-long series of Indianapolis Cultural Trail restaurant reviews.