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Organizations

The groups that have shaped Indianapolis.

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Big Car Collaborative
Big Car Collaborative

Big Car Collaborative, a nonprofit arts organization based on the near southside of Indianapolis, uses tools of culture and creativity… Read More »Big Car Collaborative

Bindley Western Industries
Bindley Western Industries

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

BioCrossroads
BioCrossroads

Established in 2003, BioCrossroads is a initiative that grows, advances, and invests in Indiana’s life sciences industry, which generates $77… Read More »BioCrossroads

Board of Trade
Board of Trade

In 1853, 36 of the city’s leading businessmen formed the Indianapolis Board of Trade to promote the benefits of Indianapolis.… Read More »Board of Trade

Bobbs-Merrill Company
Bobbs-Merrill Company

The firm’s roots can be traced to a bookstore opened by in 1850. There has been some dispute over that… Read More »Bobbs-Merrill Company

Bohlen, Meyer, Gibson and Associates
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… Read More »Bohlen, Meyer, Gibson and Associates

Bridgeport Brass
Bridgeport Brass

Olin Brass began as Bridgeport Brass, which was founded in 1865 in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The company remained in that state… Read More »Bridgeport Brass

Browning Day
Browning Day

Also known as Browning Day Pollak, Inc. (1969-1982), and Browning Day Mullins Dierdorf, Inc. (1983-2019), the architecture firm founded by… Read More »Browning Day

Burger Chef 
Burger Chef 

In 1957 Frank Porter Thomas, an uncle of famed musician and Peru, Indiana, native, Cole Porter, opened a pilot restaurant… Read More »Burger Chef 

Burns and James
Burns and James

In 1926, Lee Burns and Edward D. James formed an architectural partnership. Both men were Butler University graduates, and although… Read More »Burns and James

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