Business Growth & Startups

Fostering an innovation-rich environment

Bicentennial Plan Themes

Bicentennial Plan Actions Affiliate Projects

  • Strategy

    Spur business growth through implementing place based investment in innovation zones and entrepreneurship districts.

    Actions:

    Identify place-based innovation and entrepreneurship districts. More details

    Department of Metropolitan Development

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    Start Date:

    January 1, 2016

    Completion Date:

    December 31, 2017

    Status update:

    January 12, 2016: One of the first steps for completing this action step will be to identify a lead entity for each zone/district

  • Use planning and zoning tools to support and enable innovation zones and entrepreneurship district. More details

    Department of Metropolitan Development

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    Start Date:

    January 1, 2016

    Completion Date:

    December 31, 2017

  • Strategy

    Strengthen business retention and expansion resources through a professionally staffed business retention and expansion program/division.

    Actions:

    Identify and help secure sources for local flexible funding (separate from city funding) to support business growth and retention goals which cannot be met with existing incentive programs and existing capital pools. More details

    Indy Chamber

    0%

    Start Date:

    March 1, 2016

    Completion Date:

    March 31, 2018

    Status update:

    February 13, 2017: In process. Pending review on funding resources.

  • Expand and enhance the number of staff people devoted to Indianapolis business retention and expansion efforts. More details

    Indy Chamber

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    Start Date:

    September 1, 2016

    Completion Date:

    December 31, 2020

    Status update:

    February 13, 2017: Through the Indy Partnership, there is regional staffing. The Indy Chamber is working with other partners in organizing industry based round tables on a geographic basis. There will be 4 geographic bases and 2 industries per round table. The first round table was October of 2016. The goal is 1 per quarter. Currently, efforts towards expanding the responsibilities of the staff is in progress. The Indy Partnership is expanding into the Business Retention Efforts (BRE). The next step will be bringing on additional staff.

  • Strategy

    Leverage the purchasing power and professional services needs of Indianapolis' anchor institutions in support of business growth and startups and innovation.

    Actions:

    Create a system for identifying local goods and services that meet anchor institution purchasing needs, and provide the technical assistance and access to capital to support local supply chains and specialized industry clusters that can meet anchor purchasing needs. More details

    Indy Chamber

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    Start Date:

    January 1, 2017

    Completion Date:

    March 31, 2017

  • Strategy

    Spur business growth through the innovation and entrepreneurship opportunities created by business needs of anchor institutions.

    Actions:

    Provide technical assistance and access to other needed supports for innovators and other small businesses linked to innovation districts. More details

    Indy Chamber

    0%

    Start Date:

    March 1, 2016

    Completion Date:

    December 31, 2020

    No affiliate projects were found for the Business Growth & Startups theme. Please contact GIPC at [email protected] to learn more about partnering with Plan 2020.