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

    0%

    Start Date:

    January 1, 2016

    Completion Date:

    December 31, 2019

    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

    0%

    Start Date:

    January 1, 2016

    Completion Date:

    December 31, 2019

  • 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

    50%

    Start Date:

    March 1, 2016

    Completion Date:

    March 31, 2018

    Status update:

    November 21, 2018: The Re-entry Entrepreneurship Development Initiative, the Business Ownership Initiative, and the Central Indiana Women’s Business Center all provide funding or assistance in accessing funding to start and strengthen businesses in the Central Indiana region. The Chamber is working to develop further resources documenting the full range of capital lending available to businesses in the region.

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

    Indy Chamber

    100%

    Start Date:

    September 1, 2016

    Completion Date:

    December 31, 2020

    Status update:

    November 21, 2018: The Indy Partnership, Develop Indy, and the Business Ownership Initiatives (BOI) all assist with business retention and expansion (BRE) efforts. BOI has also been certified as a US Small Business Administration intermediary institution.

  • 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

    30%

    Start Date:

    January 1, 2017

    Completion Date:

    March 31, 2017

    Status update:

    November 21, 2018: The Indianapolis Anchor Revitalization Partnership continues to progress with the “Buy Indy” strategy. Supply and demand studies are underway to generate insights into the vendor/buyer landscape in Indianapolis, and the Indy Chamber is hiring a Director of Procurement to oversee Buy Indy Projects. In addition, several anchors – such as IU Health and Community Hospital East – have already incorporated local vendors into their food purchasing programs.

  • 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

    50%

    Start Date:

    March 1, 2016

    Completion Date:

    December 31, 2020

    Status update:

    November 21, 2018: The Indy Chamber is hiring a Director of Procurement for the Anchors Partnership who will also assist in linking businesses to anchor opportunities. The Business Ownership Initiative also continues to connect local vendors to these contracts, in addition to holding “How to do Business With” events, spotlighting best practices for obtaining anchors as customers. Finally, the Indy Chamber continues to partner with 16Tech and support the corporation’s development of an Indianapolis innovation district.

    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.