Busy news week coming up for Fishers

A look at the Fishers Events Center. 29 days before opening

There will be no shortage of news events this week around Fishers.

Friday, The Fishers Event Center will host its first event, a concert by the Turnpike Troubadours.  That morning, area media will be invited to see the completed product.

Monday, the Fishers City Council will have its regular monthly session with many items on the agenda.  There will be a public hearing on annexing an area of southeast Hamilton County into the City of Fishers.  This area is close to the Hancock County town of McCordsville.  The public hearing is part of the process to annex 2,000 to 4,000 additional residents into the city,

The Hamilton Southeastern Schools and Hamilton Southeastern Education Association jointly announced Friday that they have reached agreement on a new contract covering the district’s teaching staff.  Teachers will vote to ratify the new pact Tuesday.  If ratified, the school board will meet Thursday at 5pm to conduct a public hearing on the agreement.  The contract provisions will be revealed to the public at that session.  At 6pm, the district will conduct a community forum on a proposed charter high school at Launch Fishers.  You can register to attend the forum at this link.

The debate is heating up over that proposed charter school.  Opponents of establishing the charter will begin placing signs throughout the school district voicing opposition

And those are just the items we know now.  No way to forecast what else may come up in a busy and growing place like Fishers, Indiana.