As I have previously written, the 2022 Spark Fishers Festival dodged a bullet from the weather.  The street fair, parade & fireworks all went off without a hitch.  Now, local attention turns to an important anniversary.

Fishers will honor its place on the map as a municipality this year, with its 150 year birthday, meaning it will be a sesquicentennial celebration.  The city is spearheading a number of activities.

Fishers is searching for its oldest living resident.  If you know of someone that might meet that criteria, use this link to contact the city.

In a few days, I will be working with the City of Fishers to produce a series of podcasts about Fishers’ sesquicentennial and the history of our local community.  I am scheduled to record the first in that series of podcasts later this week.

Also, local publisher Tom Britt of Fishers Magazine mentioned a time capsule his organization plans to put together for the future.  He talked about that while serving as the announcer for the Spark Fishers Festival parade Saturday.

I have a feeling this is going to be great for our city, going all the way back to the start of Fishers in 1872.  I am looking forward to playing a small part of it.