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Businesses on Meridian Street in the Old Southside in 2022. The Indianapolis Historic Old Southside is an historic neighborhood on just south of downtown Indianapolis, Indiana. It is bounded on the north by South Street, on the south by the CSX Railroad and Adler Street, on the east by Madison Avenue, and on the west by the White River. [1]
On January 1, 1970, the city-county consolidation of Indianapolis and Marion County resulted in the partial annexation of 16 towns, known as "included towns". [10] Under state statute, included towns retain some limited autonomy; however, they are legally considered part of the Consolidated City of Indianapolis and Marion County, subject to its laws and government.
In April 2019 Wing became the first drone delivery company to receive an Air operator's certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration to allow it to operate as an airline in the US. [9] In the first quarter of 2022, the service made more than 50,000 deliveries.
Land in the center of Avon, Indiana, was once home to a farming family. Now officials hope new development on the property will become a new central gathering place for the Indianapolis suburb.
Amazon Prime Air, or simply Prime Air, is a drone delivery service operated by Amazon. The service uses delivery drones to autonomously fly individual packages to customers, and launched in 2022. [1] The service currently operates in two cities in the US, with plans to expand into the UK and Italy in 2024. [2]
The company designs and manufactures its drones, [24] and builds and operates its distribution centers, which also serve as a drone airport. [25] Medical staff at remote hospitals and clinics place orders with Zipline, [26] a fulfillment operator receives this order and prepares the medical products into a special delivery package with a parachute.
In December 2020, The United States Air Force announced that The 60th Air Mobility Wing, 60th Security Forces Squadron, in conjunction with a commercial provider of autonomous drones, had developed and deployed the first automated drone-in-a-box monitoring and perimeter security system for a United States Air Force (USAF) installation [9]
Indianapolis's central location and extensive highway and rail infrastructure have positioned the city as an important logistics center. According to the Indy Chamber, the region was home to some 4,300 establishments employing nearly 110,000 in 2020. [193] Amazon has a major presence in the Indianapolis metropolitan area, employing 9,000. [194]