KENNEDY: When opportunity knocks
A thoughtful revamping of the I-65/I-70 split can improve traffic flow, restore community connectivity and spur new economic development downtown.
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HILL: IndyGo plans must evolve
This is important stuff, way more so than whether we sell alcohol on Sunday.
OWENS: Let’s make an Amazonian commitment
Regardless of how this pitch and Amazon’s decision work out, let’s use this excitement and momentum to envision an Indianapolis positioned well for the next 50,000 jobs created, whether those jobs come in a smiling box or not.
FAIMON & LIENHOOP: University + community = collaboration
The city of Columbus and Indiana University in Bloomington have partnered to implement a new vision for architectural education that will build upon the community’s rich history of modernism and leverage it as a living laboratory for design discovery and invention.
MYSOGLAND: Baby-boomer biz owners might start selling
The baby-boomer generation is healthier and more active than its predecessor generations. Today, the average life span has increased to 76.2 years for a male and 81.1 for a female. So, if one is healthy and mentally and physically capable at 65, why exit?
SMITH: Demystifying university endowments
To ensure donor endowment gifts generate income that keeps up with inflation, we do not spend all the investment returns each year.
GUY: When scholarships are like ear muffs
In the context of annual higher education expenses of $15,000 to $60,000, these grants represent little more than lunch money and minor relief for parents.
MUSGRAVE: Buyers in for the long haul care about firm culture
Sure, you can have a profitable company with a toxic culture, but for how long?
KENNEDY: 2017—Goodbye and good riddance
I’m very happy to bid farewell to a depressing year in which I’ve watched America being dismantled to benefit the president and his cronies.
FELTMAN: More good Trump in 2018, please
Here’s to a less riddled, mysterious and enigmatic 2018.
ROSS: A tax credit that works for Indiana
Compared with new construction, rehabilitation projects spend a larger percentage of costs on skilled labor, tend to keep wages and materials dollars within the community, and result in renovated buildings that tend to last longer and retain value longer than comparable new construction.
PITTSFORD: Don’t skip succession planning in family businesses
Only 30 percent of family businesses make it to the second generation, and only 15 percent make it to the third generation
GIGERICH: Make changes to venture capital tax credit
By making the tax credit refundable or transferable, investments in Indiana companies would become more attractive to investors at a time our 20 percent tax credit value is lower than that of many “best in class” entrepreneurial states.
ZWIRN: Tax bills betray GOP principles
The Republican tax bills stand among the most backward-thinking pieces of tax legislation since the 1920s.
FELTMAN: Why an avid IBJ reader became an owner
To ensure IBJ’s future, you will see us take chances and go in new directions in the coming months and years.
GUEVARA & KETZENBERGER: Boost economic development from within
Economic development requires strategic investments in people, networks and non-traditional collaborations to bring about great innovation, entrepreneurship and sustained, competitive growth.
VIEWPOINT: When government abdicates responsibility
Consumers Union is only one of the numerous consumer organizations opposed to repealing net neutrality. These organizations warn that, without net neutrality, internet service providers will raise prices and—even more troubling—give preferential treatment to favored sites and apps.
THANAWALA: Women in IT—from the classroom to the boardroom
Simply put, girls need to see more women in IT.
PATCH: Uncertainty puts damper on manufacturing
Even with all this optimism, many manufacturers feel a chill in the air as a result of a lack of clarity surrounding a few big issues.
McROBBIE: Delivering value beyond school walls
This fall at IU, we have seen a record 5,066 students enrolled in more than 115 online degrees and over 2,000 online courses offered by IU, a 4 percent increase over last year’s record.