Gov. Mike Pence on Wednesday afternoon signed a bill that would permit an expansion of mass transit in central Indiana, if voters approve an income tax hike.
The legislation, titled Senate Enrolled Act 176, authorizes officials in Marion, Madison, Johnson, Hancock, Hamilton and Delaware counties to seek voter permission to raise income taxes to fund a regional bus system. The goal is to add more buses and more routes to connect more areas of central Indiana. Read more…
Joe Cox picked a winning location for his bicycle shop in Fountain Square, and he hopes to do it again on East Washington Street.
Cox plans to move Joe’s Cycles into a historic Oddfellows lodge, which he’ll buy from the Englewood Community Development Corp. after a major renovation.
On a two-block stretch of Winthrop Avenue in South Broad Ripple, the craggy street and eroded sidewalks have long been lined with vacant warehouses on one side and drooping homes on the other.
Chris Baker will leap into the void this summer when he opens a 12,000-square-foot microbrewery and eatery with outdoor seating along the Monon Trail. Read more…
Legislation to permit a mass-transit expansion in central Indiana – if voters approve a tax hike – passed the House and Senate and is headed to Gov. Mike Pence for consideration.
GILBERT, Ariz. — In many American suburbs, outward signs of life are limited to the blue glow of television screens flickering behind energy-efficient windows. But in a subdivision of this bedroom community outside Phoenix, amid precision-cut lawns and Craftsman-style homes, lambs caper in common green areas, chickens scratch in a citrus grove and residents roam rows of heirloom vegetables to see what might be good for dinner.
The University of Indianapolis is negotiating with developers to finance a $22 million to $30 million health sciences center adjacent to its south-side campus. Read more…