The city’s economic development agency details 67 successful projects in 2019, creating 4,044 new jobs and $516M in capital investment; focus on ‘opportunity industries’ in preparation for Inclusive Incentives INDIANAPOLIS — Mayor Joe Hogsett and Develop Indy, the City of Indianapolis’ economic development agency housed by the Indy Chamber, reported…
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As the economic development organization for the City of Indianapolis and Marion County, Develop Indy focuses on business attraction, retention, and expansion to support the people, communities, and companies that make up our economic landscape. The Develop Indy mission is simple: guide businesses large and small in their growth so…
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New recommendations aim to broaden access to opportunity for all Indianapolis citizens through a repositioning of current economic development incentive programs INDIANAPOLIS – Mayor Joe Hogsett, leadership of the Indy Chamber, and community stakeholders gathered today at Ivy Tech Community College to unveil a new roadmap for economic development that…
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Annual awards ceremony celebrates Indy region’s built environment (INDIANAPOLIS) – The Indy Chamber is accepting submissions for the 2019 Monumental Awards starting today, recognizing excellence in landscape architecture, interior design, real estate development, architecture, engineering, construction, neighborhood revitalization, reuse and public art. 2019 marks the 42nd Monumental Awards, highlighting the most…
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This past may, our Develop Indy team experimented with pop-up retail as an economic development solution for activating vacant and underutilized space around Downtown Indianapolis. Since May in Indy is a very distinct time, we wanted to capture the energy and enthusiasm for our city while showing visitors a…
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(INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., June 15, 2019) Tonight the Indy Chamber announced the winners of its 6th annual Indy Civic Hack presented by AT&T Indiana at Launch Indy, located in the Union 525 tech venue in downtown Indianapolis. The hackathon enlists teams of volunteer participants from Indy’s tech community to use public…
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The theme of this week’s message from your Business Advocacy team is regionalism – unifying behind a long-term vision for an Indy Region with a stronger climate for commerce, more vibrant quality of life, and more compelling appeal to people, employers and business investment. We’re all in this together; we…
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New study finds robust hospitality market, cites eye-opening 250%+ increase in residential income and retail spending potential downtown since 2000 (INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 15, 2019) The future looks bright for current and potential retailers across downtown Indianapolis, according to a report being released by the Indy Chamber in partnership with…
View MoreEffective July 1, 2019, with the signing of HB1405 into law, Indiana will offer aggressive incentives for data center development, including data center equipment, defined by statue as “computer equipment or software purchased or leased for the processing, storage, retrieval,…
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Through the last three quarters of 2018, Develop Indy and the Department of Business & Neighborhood Services teamed up with Katts Sapper Miller Consultants (KSMC) to conduct a thorough look at the BNS permitting process. Together, they outlined the process of how businesses interact with the city, identified pain points,…
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