On the Road to Becoming the RAB Capital of the World

“I had campaigned on the idea that we wanted parks and trails,” Brainard stated. “My predecessor [Johnson] said [Carmel] could not acquire the Monon land, and I said, ‘Yes, we can, and we’re going to use eminent domain.’ So, we filed against both claimants. It was a huge project. They were reversionary deeds, and there was a class action suit against the train company involving the property owners along the trail. We had several people working on this full time, and we couldn’t have done it without the support of the Carmel Rotary Club and the Monon Greenway Committee that started campaigning in 1995. I did have the backing from the city council for the Monon Greenway project.”

LOCAL POPULAR RESTAURANTS AND NOTABLE STORES/BUSINESSES

Dooley O’Tooles

Muldoon’s On Main

The Glass Chimney

Steak & Ale

Clay Terrace

Established 1985

Established 1981

Established 1976

Redeveloped

Opened in 2004

Mandarin House Opened 1997

Max and Erma’s Carmel Opened 2000

Sunrise Cafe Carmel Opened 1985

Carmel Community Pool at the former Carmel Junior High (Now Carmel Middle) – Closed Keystone Square Mall (now Merchants Square)

Woodland Theatre (where Mellow Mushroom and Baskin-Robbins is now)

Illusions

Closed in 2003; popular restaurant with magicians

Greek Tony’s Opened 1984