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Beech Grove Railroad Shop

The Amtrak railroad system uses the Beech Grove Railroad Shops to overhaul and rebuild locomotives and other railroad rolling stock. Once referred to as the “greatest locomotive hospital in the… Read More »Beech Grove Railroad Shop

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana, also known as BBBSCI, is a not-for-profit human service agency formed in 2002 following a merger of Big Brothers of Greater Indianapolis and… Read More »Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana

Big Car Collaborative

Big Car Collaborative, a nonprofit arts organization based on the near southside of Indianapolis, uses tools of culture and creativity to build community and connect people as a way to… Read More »Big Car Collaborative

Bindley Western Industries

Founded in Indianapolis in 1968 by Terre Haute native William E. Bindley, the company was the fifth-largest supplier of pharmaceutical, health, and beauty products in the United States in the… Read More »Bindley Western Industries

BioCrossroads

Established in 2003, BioCrossroads is a Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (Cicp) initiative that grows, advances, and invests in Indiana’s life sciences industry, which generates $77 billion in economic activity statewide.… Read More »BioCrossroads

Board of Trade

In 1853, 36 of the city’s leading businessmen formed the Indianapolis Board of Trade to promote the benefits of Indianapolis. The next year the board published a circular detailing the… Read More »Board of Trade

Bobbs-Merrill Company

The firm’s roots can be traced to a bookstore opened by Samuel Merrill in 1850. There has been some dispute over that date—Jacob Piatt Dunn’s Greater Indianapolis gives two different… Read More »Bobbs-Merrill Company

Bohlen, Meyer, Gibson and Associates

Four generations of Bohlens practiced architecture in Indianapolis, and the firm, begun by the patriarch in the mid-19th century, was once one of the nation’s oldest continuously operated architectural enterprises.… Read More »Bohlen, Meyer, Gibson and Associates

Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre

The Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre is the largest and oldest community theater in the Indianapolis area and the longest continuously operating community theater in the U.S. In 1914, several community… Read More »Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre

Bosma Enterprises

An organization that provides jobs and education for the blind and visually impaired, Bosma Enterprises has its origins in the State of Indiana’s Board of Industrial Aid for the Blind,… Read More »Bosma Enterprises

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