(INDIANAPOLIS) The Indy Chamber, in partnership with the City of Indianapolis, will be working with a leading consultant and local partners to develop a music strategy for a more diverse, vibrant cultural scene in Indianapolis. The music initiative will work in conjunction with the ‘Create Indy’ program unveiled by the …
Read More »Holcomb Dedicates New Basketball Court at Governor’s Residence
INDIANAPOLIS – With the help of the gold medal-winning DeKalb County Special Olympics basketball team, Gov. Eric J. Holcomb dedicated the newly-constructed basketball court Saturday at the Governor’s Residence. Traditionally, each family that lives in the Governor’s Residence finds a lasting improvement to make to the buildings or grounds. This …
Read More »Community Foundation Grant Supports DCS Teambuilding Event
The Hendricks County Community Foundation (HCCF) through the Deedee Daniel Opportunity Fund awarded the Indiana Department of Child Services’ (DCS) Hendricks County local office $750 to fund a professional development day for staff members. The grant was used to rent a park shelter and buy teambuilding games, a catered lunch …
Read More »July Indiana Employment Report
INDIANAPOLIS (Aug. 17, 2018) – Indiana’s unemployment rate stands at 3.4 percent for July and remains lower than the national rate of 3.9 percent. With the exception of one month when it was equal (October 2014), Indiana’s unemployment rate now has been below the U.S. rate for more than four years. The monthly unemployment rate …
Read More »Agriculture photo contest winners announced
INDIANAPOLIS (August 16, 2018) — Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch and the Indiana State Department of Agriculture announced today the winners of the 2018 Indiana Agriculture photo contest. The winning photographs will be displayed in the offices of the Lt. Governor’s Family of Business in Indianapolis. “I want to congratulate this year’s winning photographers, …
Read More »Last weekend of the 2018 Indiana State Fair and the Dairy Bar
Brownsburg – It’s the last weekend of the 2018 Indiana State Fair as well as the Dairy Bar by the American Dairy Association of Indiana. That’s where you can get the inside-out grilled cheese. ADAI’s Jeanie Browning talked with WYRZ on opening day to tell us what she enjoyed making …
Read More »Hendricks County Soil & Water Conservation District Fall Tree Sale Opens
Orders are now being taken for the annual Fall Tree Sale of the Hendricks County Soil & Water Conservation District. Native trees and shrubs container-grown locally can be planted in the fall and will continue growing until the winter freeze. In the spring, their established root systems resume growing quickly. …
Read More »Task Force for Assessment of Services & Supports for People with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities to meet in New Albany and Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS—The next meetings of the Task Force for Assessment of Services & Supports for People with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities will be held on Wednesday, Aug. 22, in New Albany, and Wednesday, Aug. 29, in Indianapolis. The meeting in New Albany will take place at Indiana University Southeast in the …
Read More »Ten Arrested on Warrants Related to Illegal Drug Activity
Greene-Sullivan Counties-For nearly the last four months, Indiana State Police Drug Enforcement Section investigators and the Greene County Drug Task Force have been working tips and other investigative information related to illegal drug activity in the Greene and Sullivan County area. At the conclusion of the investigation, felony arrest warrants …
Read More »Huntington Bank Foundation grants $25K to Indy Chamber Childcare Project ‘The Village:’
(INDIANAPOLIS) The Huntington Bank Foundation has awarded the Indy Chamber’s Business Ownership Initiative (BOI) a $25,000 planning grant. “The Village” project concept is to develop a comprehensive, scalable plan that makes quality, home-based child care accessible and available in low-to-moderate income (LMI) neighborhoods in Marion County with emphasis on partnerships …
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