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PLUS: It's Super-Mardi-Vale-Lunar-Weekend

Skyler Braun
February 09, 2024

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Good Friday Morning. This is Fishers Digest. We are officially less than 60 days away from the 2024 total solar eclipse. Get hyped with some warm weather today ⛱️

☀️ Today's weather: Mostly sunny, with a high near 63°
⛅️ Saturday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 53°
☀️ Sunday: Sunny, with a high of 44°

In today’s digest:

Where is everyone from?
Loud music
Super-Mardi-Vale-Lunar-Weekend
Weekend preview

This issue is 1,503 words, a 5-minute read.

The Digest

🦅 Where’s everyone coming from

Source: Redfin housing market search data

Here’s a fun one. Redfin regularly surveys it’s 200m users to create profiles of cities. One of those charts is who is moving to and from Fishers. Based on their data, here’s what they’ve found:

👉️ Top 3 cities fueling Fishers:

Chicago, IL
Los Angeles, CA
San Francisco, CA

👇️ Top 3 places to leave Fishers to:

Cape Coral, FL
Sarasota, FL
Louisville, KY

It’s important to note that this data is only estimating moves based on intent. To be included in this chart, a Redfin user must have viewed at least 10 homes in a three-month period. For more fun to know stats from Redfin, go here.

Turn down the music

On Wednesday, after a lengthy convo the Plan Commission backed the rezoning of Traders Point Christian Church. The church plans to use the additional land to construct a bigger facility and parking lot.

This got more attention than your average rezone because this church is blastin the gospel. Neighbors mentioned there were concerns with the expansion, saying the music they play is too loud.

Which brought up an interesting piece of city code. You are not allowed to produce noise louder than 115db for more than 2 minutes per hour 10 feet from wherever it’s being played.

🧊 Be Bold, Get Cold*

The 25th Anniversary of Indiana's chilliest tradition is almost here! The 2024 Polar Plunge. This event is put on by and supports the Special Olympics. It’s a fundraiser meant to support traaining and competition opportunities for over 18,000 Special Olympics athletes in Indiana. And this year, they are dreaming big – a cool million big. I’ll see myself out..

But they can’t do it without your help. To participate, all you have to do is signup and raise $99 with your personal or team fundraising link. This gains you entry to the plunge and following celebration with costumes, cheers, and an After Splash Bash.

The event is soon on February 17th at Wolfies Grill on Geist. So if you’re ready to break records and ice register now at the Geist sign-up page.

This is a sponsored post

The Happenings

Weekend preview 📆

This weekend is packed with things happening. It’s Superbowl Sunday, Valentine’s Weekend, Mardi Gras Weekend, and the start of the Lunar Near Year. There should be something for everyone here. Let’s get it.

> The Spring Home and Outdoor Living show starts today and goes throughout the weekend. Hosted by SuburbanIndy in Westfield, this is the place to be to get inspired for this spring. Tickets here.

> One Man, Two Guvnors is a comedy performance directed by Andrea Odle here in Fishers at The Switch. Tickets here.

> Sun King Indy will be hosting a “how bizarre” vintage and handmade market in their taproom downtown tomorrow night. (link)

> There will be a special tour of the Eiteljorg Museum in honor of Black History Month on Saturday. Joining the program is part of your admission and museum members can enter free. Tickets here.

Superbowl Weekend

These are great bets for watching the game locally on Superbowl Sunday in no particular order.

Murphy’s Pubhouse
Ale Emporium
Parks Place Pub
Mashcraft Fishers
Wolfies Grill
Britton Tavern
King Jugg Brewery
Main Event

🧒 If you have young football fans and hosting at home, this broadcast of the Superbowl will be hosted by none other than… SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star. (link)

Valentine’s Weekend

🤍 Learn the art of mixology at the Balmoral House. You’ll be making “farm-fresh” Valentine cocktails and leaving with some cool swag. Tickets here.

💚Go to this small, but local Valentine’s market in Noblesville. There will be 14 local vendors participating from 8 am to 12 pm. Learn more.

🤎 Every woman gets a lock, every man gets a key. Match the right key with the right lock & you may win a prize! A fun way to meet your match at a speed dating event. Tickets here.

💘 The Heart Hike at Ritchey Woods is Saturday. This is a self-guided walk with signs to find all the heart shapes in nature. Learn more.

💙 Make a hand-made letterpress valentine at Indiana Artisan in Carmel. This is a free make-and-take event hosted at their gallery from 4-8 pm. Learn more.

🧡 Watch the Purdue vs IU game this Saturday, ideally somewhere local. Starts at 8 PM on Fox.

Mardi Gras

> 4th Annual Broad Ripple Bar Crawl (link)

> Indianapolis Bar Crawl (link)

> Tickets for The Quartet’s Mardi Gras Fat Tuesday Party are here. Hurricanes, Beignets, and more are on the menu.

Lunar New Year

2024 is the Year of the Dragon, and the week long festival celebrating the Lunar New Year starts tomorrow. Here’s a few events to celebrate

> Indianapolis Library is hosting a festival with the Chinese Perfoming Arts, Inc. Learn more.

> The Tube Factory artspace is hosting a festival tomorrow night. (link)

📲 Want to see your business here? Email me to get a highlight. It’s free!

Nothing in this section is sponsored. It’s just something you should know.

Rapid Fire Hits

Quick headlines and things to know from all around 🌐

Tuesday’s poll results

The results are in. On Tuesday, I asked who is more responsible for 1 part of the Andretti being denied. The feedback for both arguments was very good, but I think I am still just barely #teamF1sfault. Link in case you missed it and want to add your feedback.

Quote: “We aim to be the first company that harvests natural resources from the moon to use here on Earth,” - Interlune CTO Gary Lai, who just raised $15.5 million for their secretive moon company. (link)

Carmel is not renewing its membership with the U.S. Heartland China Association non-profit. (link)

Watch: This flyover of the new Fishers Event Center being constructed via drone. Amazing to see the progress and even funnier to see that only 1 or 2 of the shots were a sunny day. (link)

I’m looking for up to 3 readers to join our Special Olympics team doing the Polar Plunge. To join, simply reply to this email with how long you think you’ll last in the icy water. Premium subscribers will be added first. (link)

Tucker Carlson dropped his interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin on X. (link)

Weekly recap

Here’s what readers clicked the most this week 🏆️

Newsletter for elite dads (link)
NBA All-Stars LED Court (link)
IndyStar is closing their last printing press in Indiana (link)
Andretti F1 bid explainer (link)

Live Music

Sunday
It’s Superbowl Sunday!

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