The annual Fishers State of the City Address is now scheduled for Wednesday, March 15th, as part of a Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Forum Conference Center.  Mayor Scott Fadness had originally been scheduled to deliver the speech on February 15th, but asked the Chamber to delay the event.

During a podcast interview recorded January 10th, the mayor told local Fishers residents to “buckle up” for this year’s address.

“If everything falls into place, I think it’s going to be a really exciting speech,” said the mayor.  He expects “big, tectonic policy conversations,” with “6 or 7 ideas that will really transform Fishers.”

During the same podcast discussion, I asked Mayor Fadness whether Portillo’s is coming to Fishers.  His response?  “Yet to be determined.”  There have been, and continue to be, discussions between Portillo’s and Fishers, but nothing has been signed.  The mayor is aware of Potillo’s ads online asking for manager applications, and calls that “encouraging,” but repeated nothing is yet signed between the city and the restaurant chain.

You can listen to the entire podcast interview at this link.