State Budget Committee OKs funding for Hulman Center project

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bluebill said:
If you think Terre Haute is a 'dump' why not move to Indy or Georga, or some other paridise....and ...QUITCHERBITCHIN'. We palinly have a mediocre university with mediocre athletic programs at the present time. Complaints from non-rersidents fall on deaf ear as they should.:razz:
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Terre Haute is a dump! I live here but not in the city limits. Just drive around most areas of town and you will see for yourself. I have no idea what your statement about a mediocre university is all about. If you don't like ISU then go cheer for some other college team and pretend you got your degree them there. Complaints from non-fans are not appreciated.
 

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Gotta overlook the "Double B" sometimes, as his gills get clogged w/ the polluted Otter Creek water, making everything he says or write sound a bit "fishy.":geezer:
 
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Terre Haute is no different than most small-to-mid sized rust belt cities that didn't move quick enough as residents and jobs headed South. ITF is 100% spot on about needing innovative leadership that doesn't have their hand put in the cookie jar. Unfortunately, what Terre Haute also needs is an injection of youth in those ranks. Instead of letting the bright minds at State, Rose and SMWC pack up and leave, you've got to find a way for them to stay and inspire them to get involved.

Here is my proposal to solving it. Turn Terre Haute into a Smart City. I'm serious and not just claiming it as a marketing gimmick.

Create a joint program between Rose and State along with the larger tech and financial businesses Joink/Terre Haute First/etc to create the vision to make it happen. Pitch it to Microsoft who is already working on creating one in the future in Arizona. Let Terre Haute be their reclamation of an existing city, a former blue-collar factory city in the Midwest. Between the technology, business and other highly ranked programs at both State and Rose, you're not telling me you can't find enough brilliant minds to be involved. You also could likely get some of those minds invested enough to stay and open businesses centered around it.

Additionally, moving to this vision would require a complete government overhaul. The underlying technology of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency, blockchain, is going to be the next huge technology to revolutionize the world. China is currently starting the planning and building of smart cities surrounding it. One of the tenets behind the technology is the speed, cost savings, decentralization and transparency of operations.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/...ge-the-way-governments-function/#73d94401313d

Just some ramblings on a Thursday afternoon.
 
sycamore tuff said:
Terre Haute is a dump! I live here but not in the city limits. Just drive around most areas of town and you will see for yourself.
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Let's be honest with ourselves; Terre Haute, Bloomington, South Bend, Muncie, and Lafeyette are all pretty comparable as cities themselves (not the nicest places on earth). The difference is Lafeyette, Bloomington, and South Bend have a university with a HUGE enrollment or alumni with deep pockets that frequent the city and help clean up the area.
 
IndyTreeFan said:
See the first publicly released renderings of the proposed Hulman Center expansion/renovation. Looks nice enough. But what are they gonna do with Larry???

http://www.tribstar.com/news/local_...cle_04176653-36f6-56ea-93c8-f0557c474bed.html

I wish we could see what they have planned for the interior and arena space. I guess that will come when the state approves the project. Which, of course, means it will never come. Sigh...

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Since the university is moving forward with the HC project, I'm incredibly interested and anxious to see any new renderings that will be available.
 
treeman said:
Let's be honest with ourselves; Terre Haute, Bloomington, South Bend, Muncie, and Lafeyette are all pretty comparable as cities themselves (not the nicest places on earth). The difference is Lafeyette, Bloomington, and South Bend have a university with a HUGE enrollment or alumni with deep pockets that frequent the city and help clean up the area.
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Additionally, those cities also have our alumni that frequent the city and spend their discretionary income on their collegiate sports teams, bars and restaurants.
 

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I agree w/ both ITF & 'Boda's earlier ideas. The key to both is the control of that "cookie jar," which TH history has shown not to be very compromising. Look at the recently proposed HC-Convention Center which floundered...just one example.

If you've been following the TH election nominees, there are a number of qualified and comparatively youthful candidates throwing their hats in the ring for office, which is a sign of hope. If they can somehow surface above the inherent cronyism in the local electoral process, things MIGHT change. Don't hold your breath...
 
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sycamore tuff said:
Terre Haute is a dump! I live here but not in the city limits. Just drive around most areas of town and you will see for yourself. I have no idea what your statement about a mediocre university is all about. If you don't like ISU then go cheer for some other college team and pretend you got your degree them there. Complaints from non-fans are not appreciated.
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Sure, there are areas in the city that are dumpy. Just like there are areas of Evansville, Indy and other cities. But, the downtown and areas around ISU and Union Hospital are getting better all the time. Just not as fast as we'd all like. Most of these dumps are low income people or slum rentals. These people need a place to live too. I don't know what the answer is, but I like Boda's ideas.
 
Most of the city is a dump. There are very few areas within the city limits that are not dump. Very few people have any pride in their dwelling. It may be a result of not actually owning the properties. I am not a big fan of heavy handed regulations by government at any level and I believe Bloomington has taken it too far. That being said, Terre haute may need to adopt some of the types of codes bloomington has in order to force landlords to keep their rentals to a level much higher than is presently the norm. Clean the city up one parcel at a time and then maybe companies might consider doing business in the area or having a gathering at a convention center.
 

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Hulman Center ? ? ?

So for those around Terre Haute .....has anything actually happened construction wise at HC ?

I heard JMV doing his show from there a week or so ago, but only caught the last couple of minutes -- what happened and was discussed ?
 
Westbadenboy said:
So for those around Terre Haute .....has anything actually happened construction wise at HC ?

I heard JMV doing his show from there a week or so ago, but only caught the last couple of minutes -- what happened and was discussed ?
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Nope. Bid for the job is suppose to go out first week of May. Construction would not start until after college and HS graduations..So I'm guessing early June for major construction to start.
 
Westbadenboy said:
So for those around Terre Haute .....has anything actually happened construction wise at HC ?

I heard JMV doing his show from there a week or so ago, but only caught the last couple of minutes -- what happened and was discussed ?
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As far as I'm aware, the project has not started yet.
 
If the bidding is in process at this time, the plans for the final project must be completed and available. So really, what do we know about the HC at completion? Do we know seating capacity, suites, seating arrangement, Varsity Club provision--are any of these and other similar topics known? Have I missed all of this? Have I missed final plans, working drawing, anything letting us know what the project will look like when finished??
 

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