It was 2013 and I had only been writing this blog for a year or so.  Fishers was still a town and Scott Fadness was the Town Manager.

I clearly recall the Indianapolis Business Journal (IBJ) honoring Fadness with recognition as part of the newspaper’s “Forty under 40” list.  Now, the current Mayor Fadness has been honored by IBJ as “Forty Under 40” Alumni of the Year.

Scott Fadness has come a long way from a grad student at Indiana University that interned for the Town of Fishers and very quickly was promoted until he had the top job of Town Manager.

When Fishers voted to become a second-class city, there were six candidates running in the the Republican primary during our first city election.  Scott Fadness made the decision to shed his role as an administrator and take on the role of political candidate.  Fadness has been mayor here ever since and is running for another term in 2023.

The IBJ story about his naming as Alumni of the Year is written by Samm Quinn, a former “North of 96th” reporter for IBJ and now an editor there.

You may need to be a subscriber to read the story online, but here is the link.

Congratulations to Scott Fadness.