The Do it Best Foundation in Fort Wayne has announced four finalists for The Big Give fundraising event. The Big Give is a philanthropic initiative designed to make a positive impact that awards a charitable grant of up to $150,000 to a local nonprofit organization.... Read More
A small satellite manufacturer in Grant County and its affiliated nonprofit will Thursday mark two milestones. NearSpace Launch Inc. and NearSpace Education will cut the ribbon on its new location in downtown Upland and celebrate sending more than 100 of its satellites into orbit.... Read More
Indianapolis-based product development firm Glassboard has named Grant Chapman chief executive officer, while also touting company growth over the past year. ... Read More
A new cultural development not-for-profit on Wednesday announced it has received a pair of $800,000 grants to support projects along Indiana Avenue and in other communities of color across central Indiana and the state.... Read More
Walmart is expanding health care coverage for employees who want to enlist the services of a doula, a person trained to assist women during pregnancies, to address racial inequities in maternal care.... Read More
The Arc of Indiana, a nonprofit advocacy organization for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, has announced the addition of two new chapters. Wabash Center in Lafayette and LOGAN Community Resources Inc. in South Bend are now affiliated chapters of The Arc of Indiana and The Arc of the United States.... Read More
The pandemic has created enormous issues for all industries, but according to the latest Site Selectors Guild survey, investment in megaprojects remains strong. Megaprojects are those with an investment of more than $1 billion, more than 1 million square feet of space and hundreds to thousands of jobs. ... Read More
Governor Eric Holcomb is calling the Indiana General Assembly back into a special legislative session to clear the way for $1 billion in state reserves to be returned to Indiana taxpayers... Read More
Indiana Department of Workforce Development Commissioner Fred Payne is stepping down from his post next month to take over as president and chief executive officer of United Way of Central Indiana. ... Read More
Indianapolis-based Premium Audio Co. LLC and Chicago-based Resonado Labs have announced a partnership to develop a new line of Klipsch home audio products... Read More
Ivy Tech Community College has appointed Dr. Tia Robinson-Cooper as chancellor of its South Bend-Elkhart campus. Robinson-Cooper, who most recently served as president of Contra Costa College in California, was selected following a national search.... Read More
Companies interested in buying or operating Grand Park Sports Campus in Westfield will have an additional month to submit proposals.... Read More
Washington, D.C.-based Sol Systems LLC has acquired a 91 megawatt solar development project in Spencer County, known as Grandview, from Orion Renewable Power Resources LLC in California. When complete, the company says the project will produce enough solar energy each year to power more than 13,000 homes and offset the equivalent of more than 23,000 passenger vehicles’ emissions.... Read More
Manager Ashley Ford strode the perimeter of one of Indianapolis' five open swimming pools, monitoring kids as they jumped off a diving board or careened into the water from a curved slide. Four lifeguards, whistles at the ready, watched from their tall chairs stationed around the water.... Read More
Two Indiana agriculture organizations are among several urging Congress to pass immigration laws that address the nation’s labor shortages, especially among the farming industry. Indiana Dairy Producers and the Indiana Poultry Association warn failure to act could lead to higher food prices and pose a threat to the food supply. The organizations say the current H-2A guestworker program needs reform.... Read More
Eight Indiana counties are included in U.S. News & World Report's ranking of the 2022 Healthiest Communities. The publication, in conjunction with CVS Health (NYSE: CVS), ranked 500 counties across the country based on 10 categories, including population health, equity and environment.... Read More
The chief executive officer of Kentucky-based Churchill Downs Inc. (Nasdaq: CHDN) says he is excited about the economic boost the Queen of Terre Haute Resort will bring to the community. Bill Carstanjen tells our partners at WTHI-TV the casino and hotel will bring a $190 million economic impact to the city.... Read More
The University of Notre Dame has begun construction on a new men's residence hall. The university says the four-story, nearly 80,000-square-foot building will house about 260 students when it opens in the summer of 2024.... Read More
Do it Best Corp. has sat atop IBJ’s list of the 50 biggest private companies in Indiana for years. But the member-owned hardware, lumber and building materials cooperative has remained under the radar—even to some degree in its hometown of Fort Wayne.... Read More
A veteran of Kosciusko County’s orthopedics industry has been named chief executive officer of Warsaw-based OrthoWorx. Bob Vitoux will lead the nonprofit that supports the cluster of orthopedic businesses in the region and state.... Read More
