The Indy Chamber is partnering with local music production company Forty5 to offer complimentary access to summer concerts at Rock the Ruins in the latest endeavor to showcase the area to young professionals.
The collaboration offers concert access to interns and college students participating in the Indy Chamber’s Fast Forward event series and to newcomers relocating to Indianapolis through the Make My Move incentive program.
“Music creates connection, and that’s exactly what this partnership is all about,” Indy Chamber CEO Matt Mindrum said in a Tuesday news release. “Whether you’re a college intern exploring Indianapolis or a remote worker making the leap to a new city, we want you to feel like part of this community from the moment you arrive. There are few better backdrops than Rock the Ruins to show off what makes Speed City so special.”
Fast Forward is an Indy Chamber initiative that coordinates select summer events, such as an Indianapolis Indians minor league baseball game, a trip to the Indiana State Fair and a job expo at Lucas Oil Stadium, for summer interns and college students. Participants who also joined another livability showcase initiative called Life in Indy received access to James Arthur’s June 26 concert at Rock the Ruins, the venue west of Broad Ripple in Holliday Park.
MakeMyMove, another company with which the chamber is a collaborator, offers incentives such as passes to sporting events and coworking spaces to welcome newcomers to central Indiana. MakeMyMove participants also will receive complimentary concert access through the collaboration with Forty5, which also operates The Vogue theater in Broad Ripple.
“We’re excited to work with the Indy Chamber to give people not just a reason to move here but a reason to stay,” Forty5 CEO Jenny Boyts said in the release. “Rock the Ruins and frankly all Forty5 venues have become a symbol of what makes Indy unique—creativity, hospitality, and an unmatched sense of place.”