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Indianapolis Star
16-07-2025
- Business
- Indianapolis Star
Midland Trace continues to attract development with two more projects in Noblesville
Two new apartment complexes could be coming to the Midland Trace trail in Noblesville, an increasingly popular destination for developers. Both developments were introduced at a Noblesville City Council meeting on July 15. Janus Developmental Service and Real America, a non-profit that builds low-income housing, are partnering on a development to build 60 units in one and two-story buildings, with 15 units available for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and the rest for low-income residents. The project would be east of Willowview Road and south of State Road 32 on property owned by Janus, a Hamilton County non-profit that provides job training and transportation for people with disabilities. 'With Janus being the owner of the land and being right next door and the need, what better location than this?' said Michael Surak, president of Real America, told councilors. 'Transportation is huge for this community.' A dog park and a trailhead with bathrooms would be part of the development, as would Bee Free, a bakery that would provide job training for Janus clients in a new cafe. The Midland Trace runs parallel to State Road 32 between Westfield and Noblesville downtowns. The complex would cost an estimated $18 million, assisted by an $11.5 million federal Low Income Housing Credit. Real America will apply for the credit in July and if it is approved, should receive it in the fall. The plan next goes to the Plan Commission for approval of a zoning change. Developer Flaherty & Collins introduced a proposal for a four-story, 222-unit apartment building with first-floor retail spots and parking garage between south 8th and 9th and Mulberry and Walnut streets south of downtown. The $64 million development will also abut the Midland Trace, as well as Nickel Plate Trail, and include a trailhead with lockers. The Granary will be at the former Noblesville Milling Company's granary site, built in 1872, and expanded in the early 1900s. The property had a grain elevator and 10 concrete silos. The silos were torn down in 2015 but the mill was the inspiration for Noblesville High School's nickname, The Millers. The manager of the plant, C.B. Jenkins, donated basketball uniforms to the team in 1925 in exchange for naming the team the Millers. The development will return to the City Council for a vote before it is formally approved. Noblesville city planners and developers see the Midland Trace as a lucrative draw for homes and businesses, the same way Carmel has made development on Monon Trail an economic engine for the suburb. Several developments along State Road 32, north of the trail, are in planning. Midland Pointe, on the east side of Hazel Dell Parkway, will be a commercial mall facing State Road 32 with a subdivision behind it fronting the trail. Epcon Communities, of Ohio, is proposing 110 houses called The Courtyards of Hazel Dell on the east side of Hazel Dell Parkway next to the trail that would be for residents 55 and older. And The Village at Trail Crossing, with 180 townhouse, will be south of State Road 32 and west of Hazel Dell Parkway.
Indianapolis Star
18-06-2025
- Business
- Indianapolis Star
Bakery, dog park and homes for people with disabilities planned on Noblesville's Midland Trace
A housing project for people with disabilities, dog park, trailhead and a cafe is being planned along the Midland Trace in Noblesville next to Janus Developmental Service. The project would be east of Willowview Road and south of State Road 32 in a swath of land owned by Janus, a Hamilton County non-profit that provides transportation and job training for people with disabilities. Under a pending agreement, the city would buy six acres of the land for an apartment building, which would be constructed by Real America, a non-profit that builds low-income housing. A dog park and a trailhead with bathrooms would be part of the development, as would Bee Free, a bakery that would provide job training for Janus clients in a new cafe. Real America President Mike Surak said the apartment plan is for 60 units in one and two-story buildings, with 12 set aside for people with disabilities and the rest for low-income residents with earnings between 30% and 80% of the median for the area. The complex would cost an estimated $18 million, assisted by an $11.5 million federal Low Income Housing Credit. Real America will apply for the credit in July and if it is approved, should receive it in the fall. Surak said the development will be similar to South Pointe Village Apartment in Fishers, another partnership with Janus, which was the first of its kind in Indiana to combine living units for low-income individuals and people with disabilities. 'That project has gained national recognition,' he said. The project joins a list of residential and commercial developments planned along the Midland Trace leading from downtown Westfield to downtown Noblesville. Less than a mile to the west, three projects with hundreds of homes are in the works: Midland Pointe, the Courtyards of Hazel Dell and the Villages at Trail Crossing. Included in the development is a strip mall with a Crew Car Wash, Wawa convenience store and gas station and a restaurant. Additional development is also going on north of SR 32 in that area, within walking and biking distance of trail. The Noblesville Plan Commission was scheduled to consider a zoning change June 16 that would allow the project to move forward, but it was postponed until July to allow the staff more time to review the site plan.
Yahoo
03-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Mark Lima
Mark Lima is vice president and Washington bureau chief at CBS News. As the Washington bureau chief, Lima oversees the newsgathering and management of the Network's largest bureau that is also home to the "CBS Evening News" and "Face The Nation with Margaret Brennan." Lima joined CBS News in 2020 as West Coast bureau chief. During his time leading that bureau, CBS News covered major stories of national importance, including the California recall election of Governor Gavin Newsom, California's deadly wildfire seasons of 2021 and 2020, and the general election of 2020. Prior to joining CBS News in 2020, Lima worked at Univision/Fusion, where since 2013 he served as vice president of news, overseeing news coverage and impact programming in English for Univision/Fusion. While there, he served as the executive producer of the Edward R. Murrow Award-winning weekly Facebook Watch program "Real America with Jorge Ramos," which pushed the boundary of multiplatform and digital storytelling and featured prominent political interviews ahead of the 2020 election, with candidates including Joe Biden, Democratic Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey, and Julian Castro. In 2016, Lima was an executive producer of Fusion's prescient Emmy-nominated documentary "The Naked Truth: Trumpland," an in-depth look at Trump voters across the country ahead of the election. He also coordinated Fusion/Univision's coverage of President Obama's visit to Cuba and daily coverage of the 2016 political conventions. Before joining Univision/Fusion, Lima worked at ABC News for 15 years, most recently as a senior producer at "Nightline" where he participated in coordinating coverage of key special events, including "Nightline's" coverage of former President Barack Obama's 2008 inauguration and the network's 2012 election night coverage. He also produced affiliate coverage of the 2000 political conventions as well as election night coverage from the Bush campaign headquarters in Austin, Texas, and the subsequent recount from Tallahassee, Florida. Lima served as ABC News' deputy bureau chief in Los Angeles from 2004 to 2008 and was the director of sports and special projects at ABC NewsOne, the network's affiliate newsgathering service. Lima has been honored with the Peabody Award and multiple News Emmys. He is a graduate of Penn State University. January 6 defendant refuses Trump's pardon Everything we know about the Boulder attack on Israeli hostage march Murphy presses McMahon on canceled mental health program, Harvard demands
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
OAN Will Provide News Feed Services to VOA
One America News will act as a news feed service for Voice of America and other USAGM networks. Kari Lake, tsenior adviser to the U.S. Agency for Global Media, announced the news on Wednesday. 'This is an enormous benefit to the American taxpayer, who is the sole source of funding for USAGM's news outlets, which broadcast only to international audiences,' Lake said in a statement posted on social media. 'I can ensure our outlets have reliable and credible options as they work to craft their reporting and news programs,' Lake added, noting that she does not have editorial control over VOA content and OCB programming. 'Every day, I look for ways to save American taxpayers money. Bringing in OAN as a video/news source does both.' According to Lake, the conservative-leaning network will provide its news feed service at no cost to U.S. taxpayers. No timeline was offered for when VOA and other USAGM networks-including the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB) and Radio Martí-would start to feature OAN's feed. In March, the Trump administration laid off hundreds of staffers and canceled VOA's contracts with major news services, including AP, Reuters, and Agence France-Presse. David Seide, an attorney representing employees challenging their dismissal from the agency, told the AZCentral publication that Lake's move is 'illegal.' 'USAGM by law cannot interfere with Voice of America's statutory mandate to be an independent media source,' he said. 'OAN calls itself one of Donald Trump's 'greatest supporters.'' In an interview with NPR, former U.S. Agency for Global Media Chief Financial Officer Grant Turner described Lake's actions as 'a mockery of the agency's history of independent non-partisan journalism.' OAN's primetime programming includes the political talk show, The Matt Gaetz Show, which launched in January. The former congressman is also the co-host of a weekly video podcast, Real America with Dan Ball. In April 2024, OAN settled a defamation case brought by Smartmatic for an undisclosed sum. The lawsuit's origins date back to the 2020 presidential election, when Smartmatic accused several news networks-including Fox News, Newsmax, and OAN-of repeatedly publishing reports claiming that the company and its software altered votes to ensure former President Joe Biden's victory.
Yahoo
24-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
CNN Confronts MAGA ‘Journalists' Trump Brought to White House
CNN Senior Correspondent Donie O'Sullivan confronted a trio of Trump-friendly media figures with White House access, asking one directly: 'Do you consider yourself a journalist?' O'Sullivan spoke with Real America's Voice Chief White House Correspondent Brian Glenn, LindellTV White House reporter Cara Castronuova, and Bannon's War Room Co-Host and White House Correspondent Natalie Winters for a segment that aired on the network Wednesday. When O'Sullivan asked Winters if she viewed herself as a journalist, she replied that she did. 'Yes,' she said, adding at another point in the discussion: 'Our bias is not to be sycophants for President Trump. Our bias is for our audience, which is the working class of America—the people who want to put this country first." O'Sullivan followed up by asking whether she would 'call it out' if Trump 'messes up.' 'Yeah, and we have, I think time and time again, particularly on of immigration,' she replied. 'We are not for stapling green cards to diplomas.' Winters, a self-described 'populist nationalist' who has said she agrees with 'most of what Trump does,' emphasized in a New York Times profile that she is not a 'cultist.' A staff writer for Bannon's podcast in her first year at the University of Chicago, Winters began making on-camera appearances in 2020. 'The pandemic's really where she got her sea legs,' Bannon said of the 24-year-old. O'Sullivan also asked Winters about those who are skeptical of her credentials. 'To the people—and I'm sure you see this online every single day—who say you don't deserve to be here because you're not a real journalist, what's your response to them?' he wondered. Winters replied, 'Well, I'm pretty sure the group of people in there spent, what was it, four years, covering for someone who was essentially dead—and that's being charitable in my description of him—a president by the name of Joe Biden‚" she said. 'So to all those people who are apoplectic over having new media voices, you guys failed, and that's why we're here.' O'Sullivan also spoke with Castronuova and Glenn, whose contributions as members of the White House's shakeup of the briefing room and press pool include Glenn insulting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for not wearing a suit, and Castronuova asking about Donald Trump's 'fitness plan' while commenting admiringly that the president 'looks healthier than ever before.' Castronuova, a self-described Trump fan, claimed she too would have no issue holding Trump to account. 'I'm sure things will happen that I disagree with,' she said. When pressed if she could name any such instances thus far from Trump's second term, she didn't do so. 'I'm not going to—let me put some thought into that for a second,' she said, pausing. 'Um, I'm just overwhelmed with how well I perceive things to be going.' As for Glenn, he insisted his comment about Zelensky's attire was earnest. 'I'm not a troll. Never have been,' he told O'Sullivan. 'That was a legitimate question that I just wanted to ask. I didn't mean to get everyone fired up like they did.'
