Indy-Based Liberty Fund is Prolific Publisher

A wide variety of titles is available from the Liberty Fund, including Origins of the Common Law by Arthur R. Hogue, an eight volume set of Collected Works of John Stuart Mill and The Lamp of Experience: Whig History and the Intellectual Origins of the American Revolution by Trevor Colbourn.

Indianapolis-based Liberty Fund is a private educational foundation established in 1960 to encourage study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals.

An Aerophare for Indy?

According to The Indianapolis Business Journal, an audacious vision is being floated for downtown Indy.

“Aerophare” is a French-designed structure taking visitors up (and down) in a basket below a balloon within a 20-story, helical tower.

Indianapolis-based AeroPhare America has had initial discussions with management of White River State Park, IBJ's Chris O’Malley reports in the current issue of the business weekly.

AeroPhare America owners Tim Coughlin and Tony Sandlin are to present their vision to the park’s board later this month.

C-C Council District 6 Town Hall Meeting

A town hall meeting for residents of City-County Council District 6 begins at 10 a.m. tomorrow (6 December) at Flanner and Buchanan Community Center, 2950 North High School Road, Indianapolis.

Speakers are Tom Creassor, Chief Deputy for Marion County Treasurer, and Scott Newman, Public Safety Director. Organizer is Janice McHenry (317:298-5285), the district's City-County Councillor.

Attendees are asked to bring a canned food item for a local food bank.

Motorsports Industry Show Moves to Indy

Indianapolis will be home to a new motorsports trade show next year. The International Motorsports Industry Show is scheduled for 2-3 December 2009 at the Indianapolis Convention Center, reports Inside INdiana Business.

It will include exhibitors and vendors as well as education and training programs. Indiana Motorsports Association Executive Director Tom Weisenbach says the trade show is projected to have an economic impact of more than $5 million in its first year.

Beech Grove Goes Wireless

Inside INdiana Business reports that the City of Beech Grove has become the first community in the state to provide a completely wireless program within city limits.

Officials have launched the network called Hornets' Net, which will provide online access to residents, businesses and visitors for a fee.

(Beech Grove is one of those "excluded communities" that's within Marion County but not part of the City of Indianapolis.)

Ivy Tech to Host National Convention

The Lumina Foundation for Education has awarded Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana a $130,000 grant to fund a national convention of public community colleges, reports Inside INdiana Business.

The convention, to be held in or near Indianapolis between March and May of next year, will focus on increasing access and success for working adults in post-secondary, associate degree level education.

The conference will explore ways the schools can make education more accessible to working adults including cohort learning, access to student services and holding classes at convenient times and locations.

Public Meetings About Rising Sewer Rates

The Indianapolis Department of Public Works will hold three public meetings to inform the public about potential sanitary sewer rate increases for 2009 through 2013 to fund the city's Clean Streams-Healthy Neighborhoods program.

The majority of the proposed increase is needed to keep Indianapolis in compliance with a federally mandated consent decree to address the city's raw sewage overflows.

4 December: Auditorium, Family/Recreation Center, Brookside Park, 3500 Brookside Pkwy South Drive, Indianapolis -- 6:30 p.m., Formal presentation; 7:30 to 8 p.m., Open house.

9 December: Room A, Carson Government Center, 300 East Fall Creek Parkway, Indianapolis -- 6:30 p.m., Formal presentation; 7:30 to 8 p.m., Open house.

11 December: Multipurpose Room, Garfield Arts Center, Garfield Park, 2432 Conservatory Drive, Indianapolis -- 6:30 p.m., Formal presentation; 7:30 to 8 p.m., Open house.