Indiana Business Magazine articles from April 2006

Indiana Business Magazine archives from April 2006

Indiana's job growth: only slightly below the U.S. average, and above most of our Midwest neighbors.(INDIANA INDICATORS)
April 1, 2006... THE DEPARTMENT OF Workforce Development just made available revisions to the monthly employment and wage data for Indiana and its major cities for the last two years. Revisions put the state's job growth at a more healthy 1.3 percent over the...

85 Wonder-ful years: Indiana's culinary gift to the world.(wonder bread product )(Company overview)
April 1, 2006... INDIANAPOLIS WAS THE birthplace of Wonder bread 85 years ago. It may be derided by some these days because of its lack of wholegrain nutrition, but it was truly an innovative product that grew into an American pop-culture icon. Back in...

The toughest eighteen: Indiana's most challenging golf courses.(Cover story)
April 1, 2006... IN SEARCH OF A GOLFING challenge? We checked in with the Indiana Golf Association to learn which Indiana courses are the toughest, based on slope rating. Here's what we found: Wolf Run Golf Club, Zionsville Topping our list with a 148...

Living on the links: come home to your own golf resort.(INDIANA GOLF)
April 1, 2006... GOLF-COURSE LIVING. Country-club living. No matter what you call it or the specific location, it's one of today's most popular lifestyles. Part its allure lies in the growing popularity of the game itself. "Golf is booming thanks to the...

Golf outing tips: planning your corporate golfing event.(INDIANA GOLF)
April 1, 2006... THERE'S A LOT MORE TO throwing a corporate golf outing than finding a venue that meets your budget and schedule. Here are some tips from the pros to help make your next golf outing a SUCCESS. "You can never plan too early," says PGA pro...

Work on your short game: detour on the way to the driving range.(INDIANA GOLF)
April 1, 2006... DUSTING OFF THE CLUBS after a long winter's respite? Don't head for the driving range just yet. You're better off tuning up your short game first. That's the word from Jon Stutz, head golf pro at the Purgatory Golf Club near Noblesville....

Indiana meeting planners guide: Conrad Indianapolis opened in March.
April 1, 2006... You're holding the 2006 edition of the Indiana Meeting Planners Guide, a resource for meeting planners preparing for events in Indiana. The Indiana Meeting Planners Guide is distributed with the April issue of Indiana Business magazine, and is...

Fuel from farm: Indiana's bold biofuel goal: one billion gallons of ethanol and biodiesel annually.(AGRIBUSINESS)
April 1, 2006... THERE'S MORE TO DO with corn in Indiana... and soybeans too. In fact, those Hoosier staples of agribusiness are on the leading edge of the state's rising profile as a leader in biofuel production. As oil prices have risen to record levels...

A monster deal? The company behind Monster.com was to create a state-of-the-art online job search and recruitment system for the Indiana Department of Workforce Development but the contract was nixed.(WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT)
April 1, 2006... ON FEBRUARY 1 THE Indiana Department of Workforce Development announced it "awarded a contract" worth $2.8 million to Monster Government Solutions, a subsidiary of Monster Worldwide, to provide Indiana with "a new, state-of-the-art, online job...

In-store banking: branches in a grocery or discount store at 10 to 20 percent of the cost. Watch out for Wal-Mart.(BANKING)
April 1, 2006... "LETTUCE BE YOUR BANK," might be the greeting of Centier Bank employees as they offer you a salad sample featuring a dressing that's on special, says Carol Highsmith, senior partner, Crown Point. That's just one of the unique marketing...

Central Indiana update: the region's top business stories.(Festool headquarter moves to Lebanon)(NSK Corp moves to Franklin)(Integrity Biofuels begins production at Morristown)
April 1, 2006... CENTRAL INDIANA IS welcoming two new corporate headquarters to the state: Germany-based FESTOOL is moving its U.S. headquarters from California to Lebanon, and NSK Corp. moved from Chicago to Franklin. A power-tool manufacturer, FESTOOL is...

Location, location, logistics: Hendricks County has 24 million square feet of distribution space and counting.(CentraLogistics development )
April 1, 2006... WITH THE JANUARY announcement that Plainfield will soon be home to the 807-acre, 11-milion-square-foot CentraLogistics Industrial Park, it's understandable why the Indianapolis Private Industry Council Inc. is citing logistics as a strong...

Johnson County: well-planned, community-minded growth.(REGIONAL REPORT: CENTRAL)
April 1, 2006... A STREET FESTIVAL IN MAY, concert series in the summer and classic movies year-round at the 1940s Artcraft Theatre give Franklin a friendly, hometown-feel. But it's no sleepy town--nor is Greenwood, Edinburgh or any of Johnson County. Just...

Acquiring commercial real estate: a brief overview of the critical elements.(ADVICE/ SMALL BUSINESS)
April 1, 2006... REAL-ESTATE OWNERSHIP provides small-business owners an opportunity to build wealth independent of their business. The acquisition process, however, presents a host of unique challenges and identifying a suitable property is just the beginning....

We need local government 2.0: our state has 1,008 townships in 92 counties. It's a drain on Hoosier taxpayers.(VIEWPOINT)
April 1, 2006... "CHANGE IN GOVERNMENT comes about at glacial like-speed which is insulting to glaciers," said political satirist P.J. O'Rourke. In Indiana we have held onto a system of local government, called townships, which were created in 1851....