⛵Welcome In 👋

Good Friday Morning. This is Fishers Digest. We're halfway through January, which means we're this close to patio season. Hang in there 🌞

In today’s digest:

• Fishers annexing 1000 acres

• Lilly Scholarship award winner

• Cracker Barrel and Donut business news

• Curated events and upcoming

This issue is 982 words, a 3.5-minute read.

The Digest

Flat Fork Subdivision 👋 

About 1,000 acres of the Flat Fork subdivision will be brought into Fishers.

The last step before becoming official is a short period until May for anyone who doesn’t want this to happen to protest.

The Fishers website has everything you could possibly want to know if you’re in this area and don’t already know what’s up.

💡 Fun Fact: The City of Fishers is the 4th largest city in the State of Indiana! This annexation will create more separation from South Bend and Carmel who are right behind. Source

💡 Fun Fact 2: At one point last summer, Fortville also expressed interest in acquiring the land, but Fishers had already worked with home builders to get non-remonstrates in place to build. So that petered out for them pretty quickly. Source 

HSE Senior Wins Lilly Scholarship 🎓

Japnam Kular just became HSE Schools' newest Lilly Scholar — marking the third straight year a Royal has earned the full-ride award. The New York transplant turned Mock Trial national champ is heading to IU next fall for finance and marketing.

Why is this award a big deal? It offers full tuition, required fees, and a stipend for books to attend any accredited Indiana public or private four-year college or university.

Congrats Japnam 👏 

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Local Business

Cracker Barrel Upgrades

Comfort food and rocking chairs just got a makeover. The Fishers Cracker Barrel has freshened up with a new menu ✅ new designs ✅. Plus a new large community table, probably for those post-game team dinners.

Indy is also currently a test market for some new food like:

• Spicy shrimp and grits

• Meatloaf sliders

• Hand-battered chicken tenders with new sauces

• Onion petals

Find them at 9340 Ambleside Dr, and see the new menu here.

Mochi Joy Donuts 🍩 

The popular pop-up donut shop is going permanent with a newly announced opening date:

February 1-2 at 8664 E. 96th St.

Owners Tom Nguyen and Rachel Burnett are expanding beyond their VFW events in Noblesville with a full storefront offering:

• Mochi donuts

• Full coffee bar

• Hawaiian snack mix

• Hawaiian-inspired cakes and cookies (coming soon)

Plus, they'll host local vendor pop-ups in the space. You can check out their menu at mochijoydonuts.com.

The Happenings

Curated picks 📆 

The Festival of Ice at Carter Green

Which will feature ice carvings, sculpturing voting, chili cookoffs, and more. Watch pro ice carvers do their thing, vote for your favorites, and warm up with Carmel Fire Department's chili cook-off. All the fun starts Friday and runs through Sunday.

Tickets not required. Daily times and events here.

Comic Book in a Day

Head to the Fishers library this Saturday to collab with professional artists while competing with peers making your own comic book. Split into two groups this year:

• Teens & Adults: 9am - 4pm

• Kids (12 & under): 10am - 2pm

Can't make it? They've added an online option for January 17th.

More events

Stuff happening this weekend, going into next. If it’s interesting, hit the link and see if it fits your schedule. Mix of free/paid!

🏘️ The Indianapolis Home Show - Everything related to homes at the State Fairgrounds running today through Jan 26th. Tickets

🪩 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.

🛰️ Star Wars Night Indy Fuel - The force is strong at Fishers Event Center as your favorite Star Wars characters arrive to watch the Fuel take on the Cincinnati Cyclones. Tickets

🎨 Snow Aurora Paint + Sip - The Hotel Nickel Plate restaurant, Dertailed, is offering an afternoon of painting and wine. Tickets

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

🎂 Mashcraft birthday party - Celebrating their seventh year in business here in Fishers with a party starting at 5 and live music at 7. Details

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

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

Coming soon

These events are all happening in the coming weeks. Plan ahead!

🎙️ State of City: Fishers - A 2 hour luncheon happening this February with Mayor Fadness providing updates and his vision for the city. Tickets

Rapid Fire Hits

Quick headlines and things to know from all around 🌐

A bill to bring in Illinois counties into Indiana was intro’d this week by House rep Todd Huston from Fishers (Axios)

The Indiana Fever are building a massive, $78 million 108,000 sq foot training complex in downtown Indy. It will break ground this summer, and open in 2027 (NY Times)

Watch: A pizza delivery driver in Brownsburg walking through a snowstorm for a $2 tip. The community outpouring for him has been amazing! (TikTok)

Recycle your live Christmas tree now through February 1st by bringing it to one of three local parks. Brooks School, Cumberland, and Holland Park. (Instagram)

Last year, the community pulled together over 20,000 lbs of food for the MLK day of service food drive. This year’s drive is going on until MLK day on January 20th, with multiple locations and times to donate food (Fishers Gov) You can also donate via an Amazon wishlist here (Amazon)

You have one more week to nominate someone for the 2025 Fishers Advisory Committee on Disability's Accessibility and Inclusion Awards. Winner will be announced in March! (Smartsheet)

Westfield is on fire with major news announcements lately. Grand Park Sports Complex is about to get much bigger. The plan is to turn it into a multi-use campus. Already the state’s largest sports complex, it will soon have the state’s largest ice rink. (WRTV)

CR Heroes now has a Happy Hour menu (Facebook)

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