Fishers has had another busy week. Let’s recap the major developments.
Mayor Scott Fadness was joined by Hamilton Southeastern School Superintendent Allen Bourff and Representatives of the Community Health Network to announce the Fishers Mental Health Initiative. You can read more about this ambitious program at this link. Getting this program off the ground has been a priority for Mayor Fadness since he first assumed office on January 1st.
Mayor Fadness plans another in his series of Mayor’s Night Out events. This one will be held at Lantern Road Elementary School cafeteria, 6:30pm, on December 1st. The mayor normally makes a presentation and answers questions from the public.
Fishers City Controller Oscar Gutierrez is smiling this week, as the city went from a credit rating of “AA” to “AA+” from the bond rating company, Standard and Poor. The better the city’s credit rating, the less interest the city must pay when incurring debt.
Launch Fishers has always been known to provide one of the fastest wireless Internet connections around. Once Launch moves into new digs late this year or early in 2016, the first-class Internet connection should be even better. The new Launch Fishers building has been certified as being AT&T Fiber Ready. It is just the second site in Indiana to receive this certification, and the first coworking space. Launch Fishers provides space for start-up small businesses.
The IKEA store coming to Fishers in 2017 continues to draw media interest. The latest is a front page story by Chris Sikich in Saturday’s Indianapolis Star. Sikich focuses on the city’s gamble that the road infrastructure to help support IKEA’s added vehicular traffic will be completed on time. If not, Fishers would be required to hand IKEA a $1.5 million tax abatement. This story can be accessed at this link.
Lindsey Erdody has a story in the latest edition of the Indianapolis Business Journal about the city’s planned efforts to jump-start commercial and residential activity along Allisonville Road in Fishers, between 96th Street and 126th. You can access her story at this link.
What is next for Fishers? There are rumors of more announcements pending in the coming weeks. We will see.
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