EDITORIAL: East 10th Street project can be repeated
When people see what’s happening on and near East 10th Street—and they will, thanks to the Super Bowl connection—they’ll see what’s possible and, we hope, join similar efforts.
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‘Greener Welcome’ will be powerful
In just a few days, thousands of Lilly employees will descend upon Interstate 70. The purpose: a massive makeover we’re calling “A Greener Welcome.” It will naturalize 10 acres of vacant interchanges.
Indiana Sports Corp. intimidates IBJ
Make no mistake about it, we are calling you out, in your own publication. Indiana Sports Corp. has about 30 staffers; we both run the event and run in the event. We want to go head-to-head with Team IBJ next year!
Indiana missed stimulus opportunity
Kudos to Mary Dieter and IBJ for the investigative journalism that led to the [Sept. 27] publication of the disturbing disclosure that the Daniels administration failed to pursue up to $103 million in federal stimulus money that would benefit Hoosier small businesses and workers.
Duke Energy maintains trust
A [Sept. 27] IBJ article reported on a settlement Duke Energy and several customer groups have reached on costs associated with construction of the company’s clean-coal technology power plant in Edwardsport.
HACKER: 2012 Super Bowl offers chance to give
It’s exciting to think that, in 16 months, thousands of people will arrive in Indianapolis from around the globe to be part of Super Bowl XLVI. And millions more will watch from their homes. Indianapolis truly will be in the spotlight in February 2012.
MARCUS: Some data are too exciting for bedtime
he U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis,” I began, “has just released quarterly personal-income data through the second quarter of 2010. They show Indiana in third place among the 50 states—third from the bottom—for income growth during April, May and June.
NFL lockout risky
I hope NFL owners and players take into account, while contemplating a lockout, the effect on the fans.
Parking meter deal is boon for city
The proposed parking transaction with ACS is another example of the mayor streamlining government, maximizing the value of existing assets, and securing millions of dollars for infrastructure improvements.
FAENZI: We’re more connected, but less engaged
I am appalled at the number of businesspeople who have their heads down, texting and checking their messages or the latest stock quotes while in meetings, attending a lecture, making a call on a customer, or interviewing a potential employee.
DINING: The Bar at the Ambassador goes beyond ‘Nawlins
What’s now called the Bar at the Ambassador at Pennsylvania and Ninth streets may have swapped a familiar name for a generic one, but there are still plenty of reasons to stop in.
MARCUS: Does economy depend on manufacturing?
Bloomington, in 2009, had the state’s strongest private-sector earnings growth. But that was only a pathetic 0.1 percent.
LOU’S VIEWS: Lost & found at state museum’s ‘Titanic’ exhibit
What is it about the “Titanic” that continues to attract us—through books, films, a stage musical and, in the case of the touring show at the Indiana State Museum, an exhibition of artifacts?
MORRIS: Don’t fear diversity; embrace it
We cannot allow this failure of our government to tear apart the benefits of diversity that helped make this country great.
HETRICK: If only we could enroll the pols in leadership camp
We learned that if anyone in the group moved too slowly or too quickly—or stopped altogether—the ball would fall.
BENNER: Issue of women in locker room crops up … again
If I could add the wasted time I spent waiting outside locker rooms with the wasted time encountered once inside, I might be able to get three or four years of my life back.
ALTOM: Think before selling your old software
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has made it official: You don’t own your software if the software maker says you don’t own it.
EDITORIAL: Tough economy exacerbates charities’ needs
Recent economic times have been tough on many Americans. But those who already were suffering most often have taken the hardest blows.
HICKS: The end of a recession doesn’t feel like one
It is good to look back on the recession and think about where we’ve been and how this recession stacked up against others.
STYLE: Fashion students don’t want to be part of brain drain
While guest-speaking at a fashion history class at the Art Institute of Indianapolis, I became curious what the roomful of students planned to do with their education.<