Zionsville MONTHLY - January 2018

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MONTHLY With the New Year it is common to look back at the past, measure where we are in the present and think about our future. It is with that in mind that we decided to produce this special issue of our magazine. Even though Zionsville for the past twenty years has chosen not to pursue development at the breakneck speed of surrounding communities, it is not without its own evolution. Many of the stories are intended to illuminate how far Zionsville has come in the past twenty years and also provide a brief peep into the future. This month we try to see where we are, how we got there and where we go from here. We hope you enjoy this special issue.

6 Business Spotlight; Nicholson Orthodontics 10 Business Spotlight: Simply Amish 13 Special Section: Senior Living 19 A Small Town Growing 22 Small Town Traditions are a BIG part of Zionsville 25 The Evolution of a Chamber/ A Vintage Town Treasure 28 ZFD: Decades of Dedication to the Community 31 The Next Generation of Zionsville 34 A Look at the Past and into the Future of Our Schools

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Front row left to right: Tamara Waites, Janice Hamilton, James R. Nicholson, D.D.S., M.S., Tammy O’Brien, Taylor Baggett. Back row left to right: Michelle Summers, Ashley Olmos, Renee Gamberg, Brandi Goode, Melissa Conwell

Nicholson Orthodontics

Building Better Smiles Since 1982 James R. Nicholson, D.D.S., M.S., has been providing his patients with exceptional comprehensive orthodontic care since 1982. Dr. Nicholson and his staff strive to give their patients the best orthodontic care available. At Nicholson Orthodontics, the staff is highly trained and experienced, which is just the beginning of what their office has to offer.

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icholson Orthodontics has two convenient locations in downtown Zionsville and in Lebanon, Indiana. Dr. Nicholson and his staff enjoy working with patients of all ages and are able to provide early orthodontic treatment to correct any upcoming issues that children may experience. They provide several different options of braces to

meet the needs of their patients. Their adult patients will find excellent results with an attractive smile and correctly aligned teeth that provides ideal jaw function and eliminates other related ailments as a result of the treatment. Dr. Nicholson offers both Invisalign® and ceramic braces for patients with aesthetic concerns. Invisalign® straightens your teeth without wires

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and brackets using a series of clear, customized, removable appliances called aligners. It’s virtually undetectable. The Invisalign System combines advanced 3D computer graphics technology with the 100-year-old science of orthodontics. Invisalign aligners are designed to move the teeth in small steps to the desired final position prescribed by

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Dr. Nicholson. Each aligner is precisely calibrated and manufactured to fit the patient’s mouth at each stage of the treatment plan. Each aligner is worn for about two weeks and only taken out to eat, brush and floss. As the patient replaces each aligner with the next, his or her teeth will begin to move gradually, week by week, until the final prescribed alignment is reached. An orthodontist who has been trained and certified by Align Technology can diagnose and treat with the Invisalign system. Invisalign is not appropriate for every patient. A skilled and experienced clinician can determine if this treatment is an effective option for you. “Any practitioner can use Invisalign, but how you use the computer programming to develop the treatment makes all the difference,” Dr. Nicholson said. “You can use the same tennis racket as Venus Williams, though you may not play tennis like her.” Patients of Dr. Nicholson also have access to the latest state-of-the-art technology in imaging and impressions. Gone are the days of the antiquated, messy and unpleasant putty impressions. Nicholson Orthodontics uses the iTero® digital impression system by Align Technology. Using a digital scanner, Dr. Nicholson’s experienced staff takes 3D digital images, of the patient’s teeth and bite. These 3D images help them formulate a personalized treatment plan that meets the specific orthodontic needs and desires of their patients. They can also use the scans/images to visually show the patient their treatment options and help them stay up-to-date on the treatment progress. “Generally, in five minutes or less, we can scan the entire mouth,” Dr. Nicholson said. “It is much easier and far more comfortable for our patients.” Dr. Nicholson is proud to offer his patients the highest quality orthodontic services that also includes the use of digital radiographs, or x-rays, in his offices. The radiographs provide him with invaluable information about the patient’s oral and dental health that he shares with his patients on a 55-inch screen. Staying on the cutting-edge of orthodontics and the technology that is evolving within the industry is a priority for Dr. Nicholson. He is an accredited orthodontist through the American Association of Orthodontics and maintains memberships in many prestigious organizations, such as the Indiana Dental Association. He is also a charter member of the Hoosier Orthodontic Forum Study Club. Accredited orthodontists like Dr. Nicholson have earned their dentistry degree

and completed an advanced post-doctoral course, accredited by the American Dental Association, of at least two academic years in the specialty of orthodontics. Dr. Nicholson’s passion for orthodontics began when he was a patient himself. Highly educated, he attended DePauw University before obtaining his Doctorate of Dental Surgery degree from the Indiana University School of Dentistry in 1976. Dr. Nicholson has been recognized by his peers as a top dentist numerous times. He then served with the U.S. Navy Dental Corps in Italy. After his tour of duty, Dr. Nicholson earned his Master of Science in Orthodontics from Northwestern University in 1982. Afterwards, he opened his first practice on the east side of Indianapolis. In 1992, he and his wife moved to Zionsville where they raised four sons. “A friend of mine introduced me to Zionsville back in 1972,” Dr. Nicholson recalled. “We moved to Union Township in 1992. I had opened a satellite office in Lebanon in 1986 and have always enjoyed Zionsville and the ‘Village.’” In 2002, he took over the practice where he is located in Zionsville, and in 2004, he sold his practice on the east side. He has been proudly serving Boone County for 31 years. Many of his staff members have been with him for more than a decade and share his passion for bringing comfort and confidence to their patients.

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“Having the opportunity to have a positive impact on the lives of young people at a formative time is what attracted me the most to orthodontics,” Dr. Nicholson emphasized. “My staff and I share the common thrill of treating and caring for people and seeing the changes that we make in their smiles and in their lives. We have a compassionate staff that is dedicated to serving people.” Dr. Nicholson and his staff’s level of care goes above and beyond the boundaries of their office. As part of their commitment to serve Zionsville and West Carmel families, they offer free transportation in the Brace Bus. That means they can get your child from school to their appointment and back without inconveniencing you! Interested in learning more about what Dr. Nicholson Orthodontics can do for you? Call to schedule an appointment or visit drnicholson.com today!

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Not So Simple Furniture: Simply Amish offers style-forward, higher-end quality products

If you’ve passed by the Simply Amish store in Castleton and thought Amish furniture is not your style, you really should go inside and see for yourself. The minute you walk in the door, you will be surprised at the variety of style, and your perceptions will change completely.

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imply Amish is the brainchild of Kevin Kauffman who, in 1979, along with his four brothers, started working in his father’s newly-opened woodworking shop in Illinois. Raised Amish himself, Kauffman spent 10 years building furniture. Then in 1989, at the age of just 20, Kauffman and his uncle decided to start a company that builds and distributes Amish handmade furniture all over the country. Today, that company is Simply Amish, and it distributes to around 400 stores in 49 states and another 25 stores in Canada. In addition, there are six retail stores, five

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of them licensed, and the sixth is the store at 5612 Castleton Corner in Castleton, owned and operated by Kauffman, president of Simply Amish. While having a retail store in the Indianapolis area since 1995 and at the current Castleton location for 10 years, Kauffman says the main part of the business is the manufacturing and distribution of furniture. There are 50 craftsman shops in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois that build heirloom pieces of furniture by hand exclusively for Simply Amish. Most of the shops are owned by Amish or people with Amish backgrounds. In fact, many are relatives of Kauffman’s, including his father and 4 brothers who own shops that build furniture for Simply Amish. Everything is locally made in the Midwest. Kauffman, who also designs many of the pieces, says not all Amish furniture is created equal. Simply Amish, however, has high standards and is much better made than other furniture. “Once people buy Simply Amish furniture, they typically become fans of it and don’t want to go anywhere else. Even though it’s not inexpensive, it’s not that much more expensive than other nice furniture that you’re looking at,” he says. Kauffman believes in using high-quality materials. “We always use the best materials that we can get our hands on, even if it’s a little more expensive,” he says, explaining that drawer slides are a perfect example. “We could buy a cheaper version from China that would cost us about a quarter of the price of these, but we know that these will last a lifetime. We offer a lifetime warranty on our furniture,” he says. “We decided 15 years ago that we put so much effort into making sure that this furniture will last a lifetime, why not just warranty it for a lifetime?” All craftsman shops that build for Simply Amish agree to build to their standards, and all agree to use the same quality of wood, same drawer slides, same pulls, same finishing material and same steps in finishing, something that Kauffman describes as critical. Whereas

the quality may be the same, the style and variety are unlimited. “Amish is not a certain style. We have all kinds of designs. We’re not limited by design, and we can build almost anything,” he says. Recognizing that Amish has a certain style perception, Kauffman emphasizes that Simply Amish is not what people think. “We’re a very style-forward, upscale, higher-end, quality product. It comes down to style. We’re quality, and we have lots of different styles,” he says. “Design is a very important thing to us. For a lot of our competition, price is the most important thing. They’re trying to make it as cheap as they can, and they sacrifice design in order to get to that.” Simply Amish has seven different catalogs, each reflecting its own different style, including Modern Farmhouse, Traditional, Arts and Crafts, Transitional and a more contemporary line called 200 North. The store itself is divided into style categories, and you can see the vast array of choices upon entering. Most of the furniture is made on demand and can be ordered in any type of wood, color, size or fabric with literally 100 different wood choices and 1,000 fabric choices. “Here you can knock yourself out and be as creative as you want to be, but we also have a very experienced staff that has been with us many, many years that will help you get through that custom end of things,”

says Kauffman. The wait time is usually eight to 10 weeks. But if you don’t want to wait, you don’t have to. If you find something on the floor that you like, you are able to purchase it. Simply Amish keeps 100 different pieces of inventory in what is called their “Express” program. Besides being able to customize furniture pieces in the Simply Amish lineup to suit specific needs, space and tastes, you can also have something designed and created just for you, something you are not going to find at other furniture stores. Whether it’s a unique piece or a special order, all pieces go through quality control and receive a silver label on the back. The label includes the name of the person that the piece was made for and the signature of the craftsman, making it truly an heirloom. Every piece of furniture at Simply Amish has been created by a true craftsman and are all bench-made. Kauffman says for the quality, Simply Amish furniture is a great value and is the best furniture around. “I’d put our furniture up against anybody in this town,” he says.

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A Look Back at the Last 20 Years Writer // Janelle Morrison • Photography // Julie Curry Photography

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s we turn the page on 2017 and look at what’s to come in 2018, we decided to produce a unique issue this month and dedicate a portion of the magazine to a retrospective collection of stories and happenings that have contributed to building the

community that Zionsville is today. We reviewed areas that were just as important to the community in 1997-98 (schools, local government, business community and the culture of living in Zionsville) as they are to residents and businesses today. We spoke with a couple of local

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POPULATION BY DECADE (PER U.S. CENSUS)

• 2000 – 10,288 • 2010 – 14,160 • 2017 – 26,784 *Estimated census

multi-generational families who have businesses and/ or are representatives of the town and discussed what it is about this town that entices succeeding generations to come back “home” and raise their children here above any other neighboring communities. Zionsville Mayor Tim

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Haak and other community leaders have shared their stories from the past two decades and their visions of the future in this special feature segment as well. We hope you enjoy a brief trip down memory lane and that it evokes a sense of pride for the community and the town that we call home.

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2007

• Britain’s Princess Diana was tragically

• Al Gore wins the Nobel Peace Prize

killed in an automobile accident

for work on climate change

• The first “Harry Potter” book

• Apple unveils the iPhone

hit the shelves

• The final “Harry Potter” book is published

• Hong Kong was returned to China

• The presidential elections heat up

after years as a British Crown colony

between then-candidates John McCain

• Tiger Woods won the Masters

and Barack Obama

Golf Tournament • Pathfinder sent back images of Mars

2017 • Britain’s Queen Elizabeth becomes the first British monarch to reign 65 years and counting • A total solar eclipse occurred over the continental U.S.; the last one to cast a shadow over the U.S. was 38 years ago • Scientists discover a new human organ;

• The U.S. housing bubble bursts when,

the mesentery connects the intestines to

year on year, home prices drop up to

the abdominal cavity Airbus launched a

15% in areas of the country, causing unprecedented numbers of foreclosures

flying car prototype • Hollywood icons passed away; Debbie Reynolds one day after

Main Street prior to redevelopment

daughter Carrie Fisher

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A SMALL TOWN GROWING Writer // Janelle Morrison

The town of Zionsville has seen many monumental changes over the last two decades, including a growing population and an expanded footprint. One of the more impactful changes happened in recent years when the town swore in its first mayor, Jeff Papa, in 2015.

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ter much controversy, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled that the reorganization plan with Zionsville and Perry Township should be allowed, and this gave the town the ability to have its first mayor. Zionsville and Whitestown had been in the courts for nearly a year regarding the legality of the reorganization plan before the decision from the appellate court came down. Boone County Superior Court II Judge Becky McClure, now retired, ruled in Whitestown’s favor before Zionsville won on appeal. A year after Papa was sworn in on an interim basis as the first mayor, Tim Haak, a lifelong resident, was sworn in as the second mayor of Zionsville.

“When I came onto the Zionsville Town Council, the position and office of Mayor did not exist,” Haak said. “There was no way that I ever thought that I would eventually become the Mayor of Zionsville. The position and I just happened to find one another. I have been very active and have enjoyed being on the council, so when the opportunity arose to do this job on a full-time basis, I jumped to take it.” Haak was first elected to the town council in 2008. He has served on multiple boards, such as the safety board and board of police commissioners, and other committees like the infrastructure committee, economic development committee and some of the planning committees that have focused on updating the town’s

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transportation and master sewer plans. We sat down with Mayor Haak and discussed how the town has evolved from his perspective as a resident, councilman and now as mayor and what projects lay ahead for the town in the next decade and beyond. “Nearly 10 years ago, a group of us on the council saw that the development pressure on the Northwest side of Indy was going to come faster than everybody had thought, and Zionsville was not prepared,” Haak said. “There were some decisions that were being made at that time that were going to be to the detriment of Zionsville.” Haak cited the purchase of the Indianapolis Executive Airport by Hamilton County in 2002 as an example of a missed opportunity for the town of

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Zionsville. “When I first came onto the council in 2008, things were changing, and [the council] didn’t want to be caught sleeping at the wheel.” Haak and his fellow council members had to contend with the newly-passed property tax caps in 2008 while maintaining a business-friendly culture in Zionsville. “We strived then as we continue to do now to provide businesses with the tools to succeed here,” Haak emphasized. “We instituted the micro-loan and façade grant programs, and we’re still in the midst of a very robust infrastructure improvement initiative with paving, stormwater, etc. We reinstalled most of the sidewalks on Main Street. One year, we completely redid the sidewalks on the west side of the street. The town paid for it. Though not all of the sections are ours, we can’t draw a line where the sidewalk belongs to the town and where it becomes the property owners. It changes with every parcel.” Haak said he has seen many cycles of the local businesses over the years and many uses of the buildings that have stood in the town for a century change with those businesses. He shared his memories of businesses from the past 20 years that were some of the town’s most notable destinations.

“I remember the Hardee’s that once stood on the corner of Main and Sycamore where Old National Bank stands today,” he recalled. “Where Elm Street Green is, there was a butcher shop, Jones Meat Market, where they processed and prepared everything onsite. The Donut Den was a popular hangout, and McKamey’s was your pharmacy and convenience store. It was your coffee shop in the morning and where you got your lunch. Cheri’s [McKamey] spinach melt and grilled cheeses were popular favorites. I also remember Claghorn Custom Flooring used to be a grain elevator and seed and feed store. People could also pick up the salt for their water softeners there too.”

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Longtime residents will remember the Adam’s Rib restaurant, a destination location back in its day. “You could order zebra, shark and lion off the menu,” Haak said. “My brother ordered a trout that came with the head on it. Way before our time, they used to make wagon wheels and buggies at The Friendly, and now they make tenderloins. The businesses on Main Street have evolved over the years, and Main Street doesn’t close at 5 p.m. anymore. Businesses like the Salty Cowboy and Rush on Main have changed that culture. There are many nights, especially when the weather’s favorable, that it’s just as busy at 7:30 p.m. as it is at 1:30 p.m. in downtown Zionsville.” He emphasized that with change and growth, the town has always maintained a “small town” feel and believes that it will continue to in the future decades. “Whether it’s a town of 2,500 or 25,000, it still feels like a small town. Our trail system comes right into downtown, connecting the neighborhoods that we’ve done a great job maintaining over the years,” he said. “Colony Woods is a prime example. It’s a highly sought-after neighborhood and is cycling now to younger families with children moving in, some who are buying their parents’ homes and the parents are opting to stay in Zionsville. We have developed products for the residents who are downsizing, so they can stay in town and be close their families and/or continue to enjoy

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the town’s amenities that they become accustomed to.” When asked about the past, present and future developments, the mayor shared his knowledge and insights. “Some will remember what was originally the Chevrolet dealership, and then the Love Furniture building is now a multitenant building in South Village. As a result of South Village being developed, residents and employees who work in town are enjoying the businesses that have located there. It all relates to the realignment of 106th which set the stage for all of this.” Haak continued, “In the heart of Zionsville, you’ll see more of the same. The CITGO property will eventually be redeveloped. There are areas of town that are already being redeveloped, such as the mobile home park. We’ll see Michigan Road and 146th Street developed. In another 20 years, the area around the airport will have been developed as well.” In addition to the improvements to Zionsville Road, Ford Road and 106th Street, the mayor said the town will be building a north/south connector in 2019, which is going to go from the Enclave north, straight through the Johnson property to the South 875 East intersection. The natural alignment goes around the existing residential structures which will get bermed and landscaped. The original plan for this road was conceived in 1983. “The housing developments in that area won’t have to come through town to come in and out,” Haak said. “Residents will be able to use the new road and then disperse. The new road will take a lot of pressure off of Ford Road, especially around the Boone village area.” He continued, “We are being careful and thoughtful about our planning. When people arrive in the heart of Zionsville, they will know that they’re here by the look and feel of it and not just by the welcome sign. Eventually, one day when the Pittman property along Michigan Road and Sycamore is developed, it will be a new gateway into Zionsville. The Pittmans were very careful to plan it that way.”

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of Zionsville Writer // Janelle Morrison • Photography // Submitted

Zionsville may be a small town, but it is big on festivals and long-standing holiday traditions. The addition of some popular local events over the last 20 years has only added to the menu of family-friendly traditions that people enjoy from all over central Indiana and beyond.

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ne of the many popular traditions and tourist attractions is the Lions Club Fall Festival. The festival held its 64th year in 2017. Zionsville families continue to participate in the weekend’s lively festivities that draw in visitors from all over the state. The Fall Festival has evolved and grown throughout the years, and today, it brings people from much farther regions to partake in the event. It kicks off with its VIP Carnival on the first Friday of the festival. The VIP Carnival celebrated its 10th year during last year’s festival. This unique opportunity provides a night of fun for special needs individuals, their families and caregivers. In partnership with the HAWK Foundation, the Zionsville Lions Club offers this opportunity every year and draws in families from all over the state. The Lions Club also hosts an All-American July 4th Celebration in Lions Park every year, and it is the second largest fundraiser for Lions Park. The club also hosts an annual EGGnormous Egg Hunt at Lions Park. It hosted the 26th annual egg hunt in 2017. Thousands of colorful eggs are scattered throughout Lions Park along with the traditional “Rubber Duckie Scavenger Hunt” where children find a rubber duck in the park and return it to a local participating merchant for a prize. The attendance over the last 20 years continues to grow as new families move into town and as the generations of families that still live in or nearby their families in Zionsville expands. While Christmas in the Village has been celebrated in some fashion since the first settlers arrived, the organized festivities that take place in the Village of Zionsville have seen some big changes over the last several years. Many who have lived in the town since before 2013 will remember the town Christmas tree being placed in the middle of Oak and Main Streets. For many years before a permanent tree was planted on the corner of Main and Pine Streets, people would enjoy the annual contest put on by Grapevine Cottage where they would collect predictions on

when and how the tree would go down and award a gift basket if someone actually predicted correctly or had the best short story on the tree’s demise. Many a year, the tree would be taken down by a large SUV or by some poor soul who couldn’t navigate the space around the tree properly. Nonetheless, the traditional tree lighting continues to occur in conjunction with the Christmas in the Village Parade. In 2013, the long-lost “Santa House” was found, in pieces, stored away in the Carter Storage building just south of town. It was refurbished by the Snider family and Victor Gosnell, owner of Bites by Confectioneiress. It has been completely restored and is a permanent fixture during the Christmas in the Village festivities. Another Main Street event that has grown substantially over the last few years is CruZionsville. The event celebrated its seventh annual event last year. It is designed for car lovers of all ages and raises funds for Alzheimer’s research. It is the largest gathering of Porsche cars, nearly 100, in the state and involves car judging, kid’s activities, food and family fun. Last year, this charity event raised $20,000 for the Alzheimer’s Association, and its gifts over the last five years have reached in excess of $70,000. One of Zionsville’s popular attractions, Traders Point Creamery, has become a place for holiday and summertime traditions as well as a popular brunch location since opening The Loft in 2006. Traders Point Creamery started bottling certified organic milk and selling direct to customers in the central Indiana region in the summer of 2003 as the first USDA certified organic farm in Indiana. Visitors of the creamery are often delighted to watch upon the Brown Swiss cows that graze on the creamery’s 400 acres of open pasture. Traders Point officially opened their doors in 2003, thanks to husband and wife, Fritz and Jane Elder Kunz. Jane inherited the land from her grandparents in 1997 and began the transition to a certified organic operation in 2000. The family still operates the farm to this day. The creamery hosts events, such as

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Christmas on the Farm in December. One of the summertime highlights for the town is the annual Street Dance that is presented by the Zionsville Chamber of Commerce. While the origin of this dance began with local merchants dining and dancing on the historic bricks several decades ago, in most recent years, the chamber and the local merchants have grown the event to new heights, drawing in crowds of thousands and bringing in local popular entertainment, such as The Bishops and Polka Boy. The tradition goes beyond 20 years ago, and it will likely go beyond 20 more. A newer tradition for Zionsville is the Zionsville Half Marathon and 5K. The inaugural event was held in 2016 and has continued to gain momentum and new participants every year. Prize money is awarded to the top three overall male and female and first place finishers in the half marathon. Medals are presented to all finishers in both races. Age group awards

are given in both the half marathon and 5K run. Overall awards are given to the winners of the 5K. The half marathon will be a two looped course, starting and finishing downtown on the bricks. The race runs through several scenic Zionsville neighborhoods, goes partially along the Zionsville Rail Trail and then back into the village. This year’s race will take place Sunday, April 15, 2018, in Zionsville. While we have only highlighted a few of the many annual events and traditions, there are many more to explore and participate in throughout the year. For more information on local events and happenings, contact the Zionsville Chamber of Commerce, the SullivanMunce Cultural Center, the Zionsville Lions Club or Zionsville Town Hall for a listing of annual events.

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The Evolution of a Small-Town Chamber in the 21st Century Writer // Janelle Morrison • Photography // JJ Kaplan

The Zionsville Chamber of Commerce has seen a period of rapid growth over the last decade, and as a result, it has evolved from volunteer and part-time staffing to having a full-time executive director, office manager and member support administrator. Its most recent addition was an event coordinator, all of which report to the chamber’s board of directors.

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he chamber has called a few locations along Elm Street “home” over the decades and is now moved and settled in at its permanent residence within the Zionsville Town Hall. We sat down with Tracy Phillips, executive director of the chamber, and discussed how the chamber has remained relevant over the decades and how it plans to evolve going further into the 21st century. “As the chamber moved into its new home at Town Hall and were unpacking,

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we found several items packed away, including the original certificate of incorporation from 1961,” Phillips shared. “Much like moving a home or any business, it gives you the opportunity to discover things again. It is important that as we move forward, we don’t forget where we started and what brought the charter members together that night in 1961.” The chambers of the past operated on a very low-tech level because they obviously didn’t have the technology that has become available in the last decade. To-

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day’s chambers still advocate for signage, zoning and businesses issues but are now engaging in other economic development discussions that are relevant to today’s business climate. “The purpose of a chamber of commerce has morphed over time,” Phillips affirmed. “Even though things have changed over time, we’re still serving our business community. We are a servant organization and are here to serve you and take care of your business issues. The networking component has been consistent within the Zionsville Chamber, but now, there are additional opportunities that help promote chamber members’ businesses as well as their events, fundraisers, job fairs, etc. “With the use of social media and websites, we are able to engage a much larger audience, though old-fashioned meet-and-greets are still advantageous methods of getting to know one another’s businesses. It’s about having a mix, and one method is not better than the other. Our job is to make sure that our members have easy access to all of the resources that are available to them.” As the chamber continues to grow and looks toward planning for the future, the board approved the development of the chamber’s brand-new website that is slated to roll out just in time for the chamber’s annual award banquet. “This is another big step for the chamber,” Phillips enthused. “This [website] is the standard, and we have to be at the standard and above. We are also looking at our partnerships and who we want to partner with. Our board has made the decision that we want to be with our peer organizations and aspirant organizations, such as OneZone, Westfield, Noblesville and Indy Chambers. We want a cross-pollination of businesses and not a duplication of efforts. “As my friend and colleague with the Westfield Chamber, Jack Russell, president, said, ‘Business has no boundaries. You set them for yourself.’ And I like what Mo Merhoff, president of OneZone, said, ‘Chambers are a very collaborative group of people.’ We are all working for

our businesses today and actively planning for tomorrow.” Phillips stressed that while they will continue to steward the town’s annual events such as Street Dance, which will feature Polka Boy in 2018; Brick Street Market; and Christmas in the Village, an annual holiday celebration that looks like Norman Rockwell came in and painted a live scene throughout the town; the chamber will also be heavily focused on economic development. “The work that my predecessors and the board have done with Creekside Corporate Park is remarkable,” she said. “DK Pierce is there now, and Kite Harris

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is going to be developing there, so we’re now going to be running full speed on that. The town has declared the airport area as an economic development area, so that’s the next mission for us. We will work with the developers and with the town on infrastructure, trying to see what kind of combination of businesses would best serve the community.” When asked about the future of Zionsville and if it would look vastly different 20 years from today, Phillips replied, “About 15 minutes into the 2017 Street Dance, I had a gentleman approach me and say, ‘This is what Zionsville is all about. We’re all gathering on Main Street

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on the Saturday before school starts, and what is it that has brought us all together?’ The man then looked down at his feet and said, ‘It’s these bricks. These bricks are what make us different from any other community.’ That is true, and that is never going to change. “If you look at our Christmas in the Village and other events that occur in this town, what makes us different is authenticity. We are not building something new. We continue to accentuate what we already have in Boone Village, Creekside Corporate Park and in the future developments. However, 20 years from now, our small town Main Street will still be our anchor. I believe that it always will be.” For more information on the Zionsville Chamber of Commerce and a complete listing of its 2018 events, visit zionsvillechamber.org.

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ZFD

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Twenty years ago, the Zionsville Fire Department (ZFD) was an all-volunteer department made up of dedicated volunteers who worked for or in town. It was originally located at 85 E. Cedar St. in what is now Zionsville Lighting Center and zWORKS. It wasn’t until later in 1997 that ZFD moved to its new fire station located at 100 Ford Rd. across from Boone Village.

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he town’s fire department was responding to the growing population and began to procure more custom and industrialized fire trucks, much like the ones owned by neighboring city departments. Prior to moving to the current headquarters at Station 91 on Ford Road, the fire trucks couldn’t fit in the old station and were parked in three separate locations throughout the Village. ZFD parked some of its trucks at the old Zionsville Street Department offices that were once located next to what is the Lemon Bar today. Additional trucks were parked at an ambulance building that was located behind Akard True Value Hardware in Boone Village.

“Prior to our move, we didn’t have any firefighters housed at the station,” explained Chief James VanGorder, ZFD. “Back then, everyone came from their homes or jobs when called to an emergency and had blue lights on top of their cars. The tornado sirens, as we know them today, would sound, and that would signify that there was either a tornado or that there was an emergency call and the firefighters needed to listen to their pager or come directly to the fire station. Most of them carried very large antiquated bricks on their hips to get notification of an emergency.” VanGorder, a lifelong resident of Zionsville, joined the department in 1992 and was elected chief by the members of the

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volunteer department in 1996. “We celebrated in 1997 when we moved to the new Fire Station 91. That was a new day for our department. It had some sleeping quarters. It had training room space, and we could house all of our emergency equipment in one area. There was an upgrade in our communications system. We had an upgraded generator and all of the things that we take for granted today. Those upgrades, at that time, were earth-shattering advancements for where we were.” VanGorder explained that the rules of the organization, at that time, required that there be no more than 40 members of the department. That was one of the antiquated things that, shortly thereaf-

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ter, were changed to allow a few more volunteers. “Before 2000, the department was 40 members. The town staff from the Street Department and Wastewater and volunteers who lived and worked in town were covering the daily needs of the department. We were going on about 500 calls a year; everything from fires, car accidents and various medical emergencies. At that time, we were the Basic Life Support (BLS) non-transport providers. We had a few firefighters that were trained in first aid and maybe a handful that were trained Emergency Medical Technicians

(EMTs). That was really about it.” The chief shared that the next big shift in the department occurred between the years 2000 and 2006 amidst the rapid growth of the town’s population. ZFD’s runs were increasing as a result. “Between 2000 and 2006, the fire department began a part-time program called the Stand-By Program,” VanGorder said. “The town hired some of the volunteer firefighters and paid them an hourly wage to staff the fire station, primarily to help the Street and Wastewater Department workers so that they could do their town-related jobs.”

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As the years went on, ZFD was hiring more firefighters and saw that its response time was much improved. In 2003, after a difficult budget process, VanGorder met with the town’s elected officials and expressed the desire to present the town council with a strategic plan that would take the department to the next level and increase its staff. In 2004, ZFD’s strategic plan was drafted. It was adopted and implemented in late 2004/early 2005. In this plan, it outlined a transition plan for the volunteer fire department to go to a full-time department. “In 2007, we created what is known as a fire territory and hired our first full-time firefighters,” VanGorder said. “We hired 17 full-time firefighters and one administrative assistant. In the same year, the ZFD started its Advanced Life Support effort, and we took over all of the ambulance service needs of the community and be-

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ABOVE Old Firestation

came a fire department-based ambulance service as opposed to a hospital-based ambulance service.” ZFD opened Station 92, which neighbors Zionsville West Middle School, as a response to the continuing growth of the community that was then expanding west towards I-65. “The first reorganization of the town took place in 2010,” VanGorder recalled. “It really didn’t change much for the department because we had always served this larger portion of Zionsville. What did affect us was the economic downturn that began in 2008. From 2012 until last year, we had not been able to hire additional firefighters to adequately fill the department as a result of the economic downturn. With the passing of the LIT Tax, a public safety income tax, in 2016, we were able to hire additional staff at the levels that we were used to prior to the downturn.” VanGorder continued, “In 2015, the second reorganization of the town occurred, and we added Perry Township, which

had its own separate nonprofit volunteer fire department. During the reorganization, we were very sensitive to that and approached Perry Townships volunteer fire chief and staff with the notion that it was not a takeover attempt but that we intended this to work as a partnership. We’re continuing to work with the Perry Township Fire Department and the residents, under the direction of Mayor Haak, in terms of how we continue to meet those needs going forward.” Along with the growing population, ZFD has adapted to advancing technology in its industry. VanGorder explained the most unique advancements have been made in the medical field. “In the first 10 years of my career, we saw some general advancements,” he said. “In the last 10 years, those advancements have doubled, and in the last two years, they

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have doubled again. Our firefighters are carrying $40,000 cardiac monitors that allow them to interpret things that are going on and communicate to the hospital staff in order to get the person from their house to the hospital and into surgery as quickly as possible.” ZFD continues to strive to provide the highest level of services with all of the latest equipment available while it also provides the community with several different outreach programs and safety/ education programs throughout the year. In order to assist ZFD with its services and programs, an annual fundraiser, The Zionsville Firefighters Ball, is held to celebrate the local fire department as well as the community it serves. The proceeds from the silent auction (also available online) benefit ZFD. This year’s ball will be held Saturday, February 3.

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The Next Generation o f

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As part of the special section in this issue, we have reviewed a few stories and highlights about the town’s past and present. We sat down with a couple of longtime and lifetime members of the community to take a look at the next generations of families and family businesses that are part of the town’s tapestry. We asked them why they have chosen to remain in Zionsville (as opposed to the plethora of options around central Indiana and the country) and raise the next generation of their families in the town that raised them.

THE FRAMPTONS Fanimation began out of a garage in Pasadena, California, in 1984 by Tom Frampton. There he designed his first fan: The Punkah®. Today, Fanimation is an international brand available in more than 1,500 showrooms in 23 countries. Some years ago, Tom, an avid antique fan collector, joined the Antique Fan Collectors Association (AFCA). The AFCA membership has operated a museum since 1997, displaying fans on loan by the membership; this muse-

um was hosted by Vornado Fan Co. in Wichita, Kansas. The need to relocate the museum became apparent, and Fanimation made the offer to house it at its facility here in Zionsville. The museum officially opened in Zionsville on July 23, 2009. The museum houses some 450 antique fans, some dating to the early 1880s. Tom’s own unique collection of fans are now part of the museum collection as are hundreds of antique advertising-style hand fans and other memorabilia.

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As a family business, Fanimation is ingrained with a desire for innovation. Just as Tom redefined fans as a design element, his son Nathan, who now leads Fanimation, is leveraging technology and sustainability to transform fans once again. “My mom’s family is from northern Indiana, and my parents went to Purdue,” Tom said. “We used to visit here as kids. It was a visit here in 1992 that spawned the idea that [Indiana] is where we wanted to come to. It took two

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years to make that happen. It was only a two-person company back then, doing strictly commercial work back then – custom fans for hotels, restaurants, theme parks, movie sets and things like that, though our business was starting to transition to residential work just as we were moving to Indiana.” Fanimation relocated from California to Indiana in 1994 and moved its headquarters to Lebanon, Indiana, in 1997. The Framptons opened Fanimation’s new corporate headquarters in Zionsville in 2003 and celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2014. Nathan, president and CEO of Fanimation, began working for Fanimation in 2001 after graduating from IUPUI’s Kelley School of Business. Nathan, who is involved with the town and county’s economic development, is also a dedicated volunteer. He spoke on some of the reasons why he has decided to help his family’s company grow and raise his own family in Zionsville. “Over the last several years, the town leadership has been able to keep that small town feel that is Zionsville and yet diversify the tax base,” Nathan observed. “Creekside Park and 106th Street are examples of the town’s ability to grow commerce without harming the ‘feel’ of Zionsville. As a family business, we’ve all done a pretty good job of utilizing our skills and maintain our passion. This is not just a job, and [my father, two uncles and I] work surprisingly well together.” Nathan enjoys frequenting the local

businesses, such as Cobblestone and others along Main Street, and affirmed that there is indeed a nightlife on Main Street. “What I don’t want to see the town become is another Carmel or Fishers,” he emphasized. “As a town, we want to stay unique and family-oriented and continue to diversify the economic tax base in a smart way.”

THE APPLEGATE/TRAYLOR FAMILY One of Zionsville’s multi-generational

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families is the Applegate family. We sat down with Lindsay Applegate Traylor and her husband, Zionsville Town Councilman Bryan Traylor, to talk about what Lindsay remembers about growing up in the town and why they chose to raise their family here. “Growing up, it was smaller then, not in terms of the size of the town necessarily, but the community felt smaller,” Lindsay said. “I remember that at the Shell station, our family had a charge account there. I’d go there to fill up on gas, and the transaction was all on paper. I didn’t have to give them a card or I.D. because they knew whose kid I was, and they put it on my dad’s charge account. People knew each other pretty well back then.” She continued, “We enjoyed all of the activities that people attend and love

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today. The Fall Festival and the Fourth of July at Lions Park are events that we went to as young people. My mother and her friends who also went to school here looked out for each others’ kids. My parents raised our family here, and we are now raising our family here. Two of my dad’s three siblings still live here in the town that they went to school and were raised in. The town has grown a lot, but it still has that sense of community. Why would you want to live anywhere else?”

Bryan and Lindsay met in college. When they began discussing getting married and having a family, the two eventually decided to move to Zionsville. Bryan, who would often refer to Zionsville as “the bubble,” found himself becoming passionately involved with the town that has raised his wife and was now raising his children. “I grew up in a small town in eastern Kentucky and am not wired for a big city or even a medium city,” Bryan said. “I am wired for a small town. I love the

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convenience of being able to hop on I-65 and get to Indianapolis or Merrillville, where I go for work a lot, but also living in a town that offers so many lifestyle options and shares like-minded values. Since running and being elected to the town council, people often ask me what I want to change about the town. I didn’t run to change Zionsville. I ran because growth is inevitable, and I want to be able to help guide that growth in a responsible manner and maintain the culture of Zionsville.”

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We sat down with Superintendent Dr. Scott Robison and Michael Shafer, CFO of Zionsville Community Schools (ZCS), to look at where the school district has gone in 20 years and what they think the educational and funding landscapes will look like in the next decade or two.

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ooking back 20 years ago on the cultural and municipal fronts, there really wasn’t anything like what we see today of Whitestown,” Robison reflected. “All of Eagle Township is within our attendance area, and the municipality of Whitestown has a large footprint in the western part of our district. It also happens to be the area of our district that is the most culturally diverse now, and that’s a wonderful asset to have in a community.” Shafer, who has seen his 20th school budget cycle with ZCS this school year,

spoke about the changes he has seen since coming to the school district. “In the last 20 years, from the school’s standpoint, obviously the growth has been the drumbeat we’ve marched by,” Shafer said. “When I first arrived here, the official enrollment was 2,833. Right now, we’re knocking at the door of 7,000. There has been a lot of growth, new homes and new families. It’s all been very interesting to watch. We’ve been using the Indiana Business Research Center for demographic projections, and basically, every time that they come in to see us, they tell us to expect more of the same.

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“We don’t know what the future holds in terms of a lot of things in the next decade or two, but I would like to think that if you walked into one of our classrooms right now, as opposed as to what you would’ve seen in the fall/winter of 1997-98, I’d like to think that the students are more engaged. I’d like to think that the activities are more varied and interesting, and at the same time, they are learning just as much if not more.” When Shafer first arrived at ZCS, the school corporation was rated one of the top school corporations in the state. “We’ve maintained that status for 20

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years, and that’s quite an accomplishment,” Shafer said. “The school corporation has not only grown, but it has adapted and evolved, and I think that over the next 20 years, we will continue to evolve and adapt. If and when someone builds better mouse traps, we’ll be out there

trapping mice with them.” Dr. Robison shared his vision of what the educational landscape might look like, incorporating today and tomorrow’s technology advancements. “I think that the advent of ubiquitous computing and wireless capability is actually robust

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enough to drive instruction on the spur of the moment,” Robison said. “If a teacher has an idea about something and they want to go somewhere in the world that is accessible via the computers, they can get there now, not in tomorrow’s lesson. The genie that came out of the bottle, the personal computer, and subsequent to that, the computer that we call a smartphone, I don’t see that technology waning at all. If the community continues to want their young children to have the metaphor that we have right now, that is a safe, warm place with nurturing people who help the young ones grow into folks who can learn at high academic levels, then the people will continue to choose that. “I will not be the superintendent here in another 20 years, but I see in the future the need for our human guides, the teachers, for the students’ social and emotional learning. Once, the teacher really was the repository of most of all knowledge, according to the grade level, of the humans that were in that classroom, and that has gone by the wayside. We will still need those human guides in the future. I want the human perspective that can be provided by a David Rogers in AP History to really bring to life those

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human stories that are history. “Yes, we can find facts and figures on our smartphones and computer, but putting those into context, having it delivered eloquently as David and many others here in all subjects do, will still be a thing that we will still have. The question is will the community still want it to look like this metaphor that we’ve had since we were kids? I sense that people want these things. Our refinements will get us to more open spaces and more engagement through active instruction, big question inquiry instruction, projects and passions that kids find early and want to learn more about. These will enable them to have a real impact on the world, and yes, young children can have a big impact on the world.” Robison went on to say that if he could have one wish, he would like to see the 100 acres of the Holiday Property that will not be part of the develop-

ment of that property to become a farm school program if some willing sponsor would be inclined to see that project come to fruition. “I would love to see that segment of the Holiday Property become a farm school project,” he enthused. “Wouldn’t that be fun to have some farm-to-table items in our food service program that were grown by our kids? The students would learn about the farming industry and that food really doesn’t come from Kroger or Meijer but from the farm. We’d be wise as a community to help our youth come up knowing and appreciating that.” He elaborated that at the high school level, students are already participating in internship programs and external activities that prepare them for “real world” life after high school, but the idea of a local farm program would be another great addition to the school district’s programs.

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THE FUTURE OF SCHOOL FUNDING According to Shafer, the basic formula structure of school funding as we know it now, although it’s been tweaked a number of times, goes back to the early ‘90s. Since then, many things have been added and subtracted with different legislative agendas. The basic idea is you get a certain amount of dollars per students. If you have students in poverty, you need some extra dollars, and that idea has been around for more than 25 years. “There is no indication that this structure is going to go away anytime soon,” Shafer said. “Twenty years from now, maybe, but it’s been around more than 20 years, so right now, it appears that the State is heavily invested in that as a concept. When you start looking at that as a structure, you’re saying one size should fit all, but there’s some who need a little extra. The problem, of course, comes for schools like Zionsville and

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some of our surrounding peers where that little extra is determined solely on one factor – poverty or the lack thereof – so the one-size-fits-all amount that is in the funding formula really just isn’t adequate. No one can really get by on the base state funding. “As long as that structure is in place, and we’re essentially at the bottom of the totem pole, then there’s no foreseeable way that we get away from that structure in the legislature because there is a lot of invested interest that is deeply ingrained in it. The people who are getting an extra $1,000-$1,500 a child say they would have to shut their doors if they didn’t have that money. Meanwhile, we have to keep our doors open without that money. Unfortunately, one of the only ways that the legislature has said that we get enough money to keep the doors open, the lights on and the teachers paid is, in fact, through this referendum process.”

Robison concluded, “The only way that this district gets to just basic average funding in the state of Indiana is through referenda. That’s it. That’s the only way because we are the lowest funded school district. It’s just the way, politically, that the State has ordained that it’s going to happen through the legislature. [Legislators] have said this is how it works now, so we have to consistently pass operating referenda just to be at average or get near average in funding. We’re not sloganeers for political things, but we’ve said, ‘Give us average, and we’ll give you excellent.’ The only way we can do that by getting average funding and giving excellence is that excellence is delivered to us in the kind of families that value and stay in engaged with the education of their children. We are blessed to work with those families and children. Great schools don’t manifest in communities that aren’t also great.”

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