Hancock County utilities set to proceed with merger
Consolidation of Central Indiana Power and Hancock Telecom will become official on Jan. 1. It took a change in state law to allow the merger to proceed.
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Greenfield apartment market heats up with sales, development activity
The Hancock County community is drawing interest because of recent hiring in the area and a strong population of seniors.
Stanley moving production to new Greenfield plant
Connecticut-based Stanley Black & Decker Inc. plans to combine two of its manufacturing operations at a new facility in Greenfield, transferring about 100 workers from Shelbyville and adding as many as 80 jobs in the next two years.
EnerDel parent nets $20M from Russian investor
New York-based Ener1 didn't disclose how it will use the funds coming from Ener1 Group Inc., a company led by Russian industrialist Boris Zingarevich.
Alliance aims to boost adult learning in Hancock County
Three separate colleges will hold classes in Hancock County—if a business-led education alliance can finance the space. The Hancock Community Education Alliance has lined up a vacant retail building on State Road 9 in hopes that Ball State, Purdue and Vincennes universities can offer classes next spring.
Linking Indianapolis-area bus systems becoming priority for planners
Connecting rural bus systems with one another and with IndyGo must happen before commuter rail becomes a reality.
Federal agents raid University Loft headquarters
Agents descended on the contract-furniture maker to execute a sealed search warrant. A spokeswoman for U.S. Attorney Tim Morrison said no arrests were made.
Process begins to change name of Mount Comfort Airport
Suggested moniker of Indianapolis Regional Airport needs approval from the Federal Aviation Administration.
Mount Comfort Airport revs up growth plans
For the six general aviation airports that ring Indianapolis, landing business jets is like finding silver dollars in a bucket
of pennies. Though relatively few compared with the number of piston-engine planes, jets consume three times as much fuel
at the area's small airports.
Private water, sewer utilities propose sale to Cumberland
Gem Utilities Inc. and Gem Water Inc. have offered their sewer and water operations to the town of Cumberland for $6 million.
$15M loan brings EnerDel closer to launching production
The locally based battery maker serves as collateral on the financing lined up by its New York-based parent, Ener1.
EnerDel has more deals in the works
Lithium battery maker EnerDel will need more business than its existing relationships with Think and Volvo to justify the $237 million investment
it announced Thursday.
EnerDel hopes to hire 1,100 at new manufacturing plant
Lithium battery-maker will get incentives worth $53.1 million for expansion into Hancock County.
EnerDel expected to announce new manufacturing plant
Lithium battery-maker had requested a Hancock County zoning exemption to establish a manufacturing operation in the Mount
Comfort business park.
Hancock County to consider battery plant proposal
Hancock County officials will consider a request by lithium battery maker EnerDel to set up operations in a business park
near Indianapolis.
Greenfield chain makes gas stations a family affair
In high-turnover industry of gas stations and convenience stores, Greenfield-based GasAmerica builds loyalty under the guidance of CEO Stephanie White-Longworth.
Hancock Regional Hospital goes after Geist market
The $7.8 million medical office building in McCordsville will allow the hospital to tap patients with private insurance.
Suburban counties building outer loop to avoid Indianapolis
Counties wanting to speed traffic among suburbs are building highways to avoid having to travel into Indianapolis. The result,
a 100-mile outer loop beyond Interstate 465, won’t be completed for years, and it won’t be built to consistent standards,
but it might help ease congestion.
Study recommends upgrades for public transportation in counties surrounding Indianapolis
IndyGo, for all its faults, is the Cadillac of transit systems in the Indianapolis region. Service breaks at county lines
and the absence of passenger shelters are among the deficiencies facing transit systems in surrounding counties.
Public transportation entities in Indianapolis region might be reorganized
The Central Indiana Regional Transportation Authority, IndyGo and other Indianapolis-area transit groups are the subject of
a study that could result in them being reorganized.