⛵Rental Caps coming?

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Good Friday Morning. This is Fishers Digest. The newsletter that makes local news feel like an easy-to-follow recipe.

In today’s digest:

• 10% rental caps in Fishers

• Your new school board

• Making a trip to Europe for the first time at 60

• Curated event picks

This issue is 1,130 words, a 3.5-minute read.

The Digest

One out of two single family rental homes in Fishers is owned by someone who… doesn’t live here

The City of Fishers is exploring a new program that will cap rentals in Fishers at 10% per subdivision - stemming from their 2022 housing study.

Currently, rentals make up 8% of Fishers' single-family homes (2,522 houses). Existing rentals would be grandfathered in, and HOAs could set stricter limits.

This is all early talk, and will be officially proposed sometime this spring, with a rollout in 2026 if their timeline adds up. Listen to the 40 minute work session for more details.

Your 2025 School Board

Meet the team leading the HSE School Board this year:

• Dr. Juanita Albright - President

• Tiffany Pascoe - Vice-President

• Dawn Lang - Secretary

HSES does a great job with providing everything you would want to know on what the School Board is up to on their website. This is what you need to know to get involved:

• Meets every second Wednesday at 13485 Cumberland Road at 6 pm

• You can watch board meetings live if you can’t make it

💵 Money Snacks: Early 60s IT manager worth $2.2M making first Europe trip after lifetime of saving

Money Snacks - People Stories is a weekly series showing how people in Fishers/Hamilton County approach money. You will see a huge variety of approaches and stories in the coming weeks. Participate.

Net worth: $2.2 million. We lost a bit of money when we were trying to manage our finances ourselves. Putting money at risk after that was hard.

Local Hack: Take advantage of coupons or specials. When we were starting out, we only drank water when we ate out. Culver’s kids meal is a good deal.

#1 Splurge: When we took vacation with the kids we always let them each pick something they wanted to do. We try to do things out of our comfort zone: white water rafting, climbing via ferrata, ropes courses, etc.

On your mind: Travel. We are making our first trip to Europe. It is exciting and scary.

What’s “rich” in Hamilton County: Driving down certain streets you can see houses that are basically mansions.

But being rich is simpler than that….

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The Happenings

Curated picks 📆

The coolest stuff we found that deserve more than just a time/date.

Ignite round 2 🏐 🔥

Victory in their debut! The Indy Ignite kicked off their inaugural season in style with a commanding 3-1 win against Orlando's Valkyries.

If you missed the historic first match in Fishers' pro volleyball era, don't worry - the team is back in action this Thursday at 7 pm when they host the Grand Rapids Rise. Seated tickets start at $30 (at time of writing).

💓 Find love, locally

Valentine’s Day is exactly one month away and if you’re single and looking for more, check out FIND Indianapolis. Quoting their page:

“Find love in Indianapolis with in-person speed dating, singles, and matchmaking events curated by locals. When you're tired of the apps, meet people IRL.

They host events all over the Indy area (including outside 465), and categorize each event by age group and the type of love you’re looking for.

Be sure to check out their list below as most of their events sell out early.

Check out their events list.

Load up your calendar

Stuff you saw last week that’s coming up this week/weekend. If it’s interesting, hit the link and see if it fits your schedule. I’ll try and keep it a mix of free/paid!

🪩 Boutique Bargain Bash - The Hamilton County Fairgrounds will turn into a discount exhibition of your favorite local boutiques. Entry is $5. Kids 12 and under free. First 50 get a free goodie bag tote. Details.

❄️ The Festival of Ice at Carter Green - which will feature ice carvings, sculpturing voting, chili cookoffs, and more. Details

🏀 Harlem GlobeTrotters this weekend - Basketball with dunks, alley-oops, looooong shots, magic, history and laughs. Tickets start at $39.

☃️ Build a Snowman + learn to make ice cream - A few hour free experience hosted by the City of Noblesville at Strawtown Koteewi Park. Details.

📚️ 12th Annual Comic Book in a Day - Head to the Fishers library to collab with professional artists while competing with peers making your own comic book. Details

👾 Pokémon Trivia - Show off your knowledge for the popular media franchise of all time at Books and Brews. Details

🏒 Pucks 4 Bucks 2025 - All you can drink beer, food, and wine while watching the Indy Fuel. Tickets

Coming soon

These events are all happening after next week or beyond, plan ahead!

🍽️ Devour Indy - Starts next Monday! You can get a sneak peek at the menus here. Menus.

🚒 Fishers Fire Department 2024 Awards Ceremony - Watch Ky Ragsdale get pinned as the new Fire Chief of Fishers, and awards given out for best ofs in the department. Details

🏠️ An excellent Del Webb Ranch….*

Speaking of homes, check out this beautiful ranch in Fishers' premier 55+ community (Del Webb of course).

You'll love the glass-covered patio, permanent green space on one side (no neighbor!), and all the high-end kitchen upgrades. Plus, there's an oversized garage and dedicated home office.

View the listing and get in touch with The Kelly Dather Real Estate Group | KW Indy Metro Northeast | Fishers, IN | 317-827-2066

*This is a paid ad

Rapid Fire Hits

Quick headlines and things to know from all around 🌐

One car accident per day since the start of the new year at 96th Street/Allisonville Road roundabout. (Noblesville Scanner Facebook)

Check your trash route, and if you have any issues like missing bins, WM hasn’t picked yours up, etc. Check out the Fishers website as they have forms and details for what to do (City of Fishers)

MLK Day is designated as a national day of service. Fishers makes it stupid easy to find volunteering opportunities throughout the year. Here is the list of volunteers needed for next week’s MLK day (Volunteer Fishers)

🐕‍🦺 💘 Want to have a Valentine’s gift basket delivered by a puppy? Puppy Love Valentine’s from ICAN are for sale with deliveries on Feb 13/14. They do this every year and trust me… there may not be anything cuter than these. (ICAN)

A six planet alignment may be possible to see soon. Check out WTHRs guide for seeing it (WTHR)

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