Center Grove Community Newsletter - 2012-06

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June 2012 Vol. 1, No. 3

4 Publisher’s Welcome

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5 The Gardening Nana: The Sunflower Fort

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6 The Big Chill: Croygenics of Indiana

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On the Cover: From left to right: Jody Veldkamp, Dick Huber, MD, Ryan Rohten, Cassie Burnett, Pat McDonald, Cristopher McFall, Dann Veldkamp, Bill Reisa.

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Why should center grove become a toWn? Center Grove has 29,000 residents, but no local government deciding how our tax dollars are spent.

Center Grove has more residents than Franklin, Zionsville, Greenfield, Brownsburg and most other suburban communities. public meeting • June 12 • 7pm Center Grove Community Schools Administration Building 4800 Stones Crossing Road West Greenwood, IN 46143

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meeting topics: • What are the advantages of becoming a town?

• How does Center Grove become a town?

• What will the town government look like?

• Who will care for our streets, and provide police protection?

• What area will become part of the town?

• How can we afford this?

• What happens to property taxes?

• Does this affect Center Grove Schools?

• How soon would we become a town?

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Publisher’s Welcome

By Dann Veldkamp This is a very special edition of Center Grove Community Newsletter.

The focus is on the effort to incorporate the Town of Center Grove. A group Dann and Jody Veldkamp called Citizens for Center Grove (C4CG) has been working on this since the “death” of the Reorganization effort about two years ago. They are now ready to present their finding to the community at a June 12 meeting. (Full disclosure: I am one of the board members of C4CG.) While the primary focus is on the efforts of this group, you will also find opinions from residents as well as the Greenwood Mayor and a member of the Greenwood Common Council. We are proud to present the most comprehensive coverage of the incorporation effort available anywhere.

group. He also was very active in some of our initial research.

However, he had to leave the group when he decided to return to graduate school. We were fortunate to bring on Cassie Burnett.

Her financial experience has been a very valuable addition to the organization.

I hope you spend lots of time reading these articles and carefully considering the future of the Center Grove community. I encourage you to participate in the discussion on the C4CG Facebook page: www.facebook.com/C4CenterGrove.

In addition to the articles related to becoming a town, Kate Rhoten, our financial columnist, brings an additional contribution this month celebrating the Girls Inc. of Johnson County “Woman of the Year” award. Of course, we also have our regular features The Gardening Nana, Making ¢ents, and Word Search.

We hope you enjoy the magazine and look forward to seeing you at the June 12 meeting. cg

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The Sunflower Fort When you think of Holland you think tulips and it is a wonder to see the fields of tulips from the air as you fly into Schiphol airport. But another flower, the Sunflower, also has a Dutch connection. Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflower paintings are the most recognizable and copied of his works of art. When we lived in Amsterdam my daughter’s preschool was next to the Van Gogh museum so it is fitting that I enlisted the help of the preschool at my church to plant the “Sunflower Fort.”

‘Teddy Bear’ and ‘Dwarf Sunspot’ around two to three feet tall.

The ‘Velvet Queen’ will get 5 feet and has a dark crimson color.

The seeds & sprouts are planted and watered. Now we wait in anticipation of the next steps when we can train the morning glories up the sunflowers and over the twine that we will string between the taller sunflowers.

Creating a “Sunflower Fort” is a work in progress and the first step was to start some seeds inside. Before we had the children plant their seed in a Dixie cup with potting mix, we read the book, A Seed is Sleepy, by Dianna Hutts Aston and Sylvia Long that has great illustrations of the sunflower seed as it sprouts and then pictures of it as a huge flower. All the seeds sprouted! Now it was time for the kids to plant their sunflower.

Sunflowers (Helianthus annuus) are called “sunshine on a stem” and are food for all kinds of wildlife all year. We’ll be watching! cg

Back to Vincent van Gogh, he had several kinds of sunflowers in his paintings and one of the sunflowers was the puffball like flower called the ‘Teddy Bear’ sunflower. The typical sunflower has the brown, seed filled center with a ring of yellow flowers but the ‘Teddy Bear’ has double yellow flowers with a green center.

Scientists say this flower is a genetic mutation.

Nancy’s love of flower gardening intensified while living in Holland and was perfected with Master Gardener courses.

Some of my gardening friends helped me prepare the site for the “fort,” we dug a trench about 4’ by 8’ in a “U” shape which leaves an opening on one end.

We planted a variety of sunflower seeds - ‘Russian Mammoth’, ‘Velvet Queen’, ‘Teddy Bear’ and ‘Dwarf Sunspot’; then blue morning glories. The “walls” of the fort will be the sunflowers and the “roof” will be the morning glories (Ipomoea spp.).

The children’s sprouts are the tallest sunflower the ‘Russian Mammoth’ (12 ft) with the The seedling sunflowers, that will form the wall of the fort, are just starting to emerge.

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Business Spotlight

The Big Chill: Croygenics of Indiana A Center Grove man saves WRT Fire Department $30,000

By Dann Veldkamp When many of us think of cold, an image of winter, snow, and ice comes to mind. Cold temperatures change the nature of materials.

Water freezes, oil gets thick, your car tires harden, resulting in a rougher ride for a few miles. These are examples of “everyday” cold, perhaps -10 degrees Fahrenheit. Some of us have experience with temperature as low as -120°F. That’s the temperature that carbon dioxide freezes and becomes dry ice. However, cryogenics gets much colder.

The process uses liquid nitrogen. It boils at −320.4°F. When materials are cooled to these temperatures fantastic changes happen and some of these changes can save thousands of dollars. Welcome to the world of Deep Cryogenics.

Brian Tomlinson, a resident of the unincorporated community of Center Grove, lives in this world. Brian knows cold. He and his partners own Cryogenics of Indiana, a firm in Lebanon that treats a wide variety of industrial tools, race car components, brake drums, aluminum baseball bats, bearings and more. When one talks with Brian, you start to believe that there are few things that can’t be improved by a “dip” in liquid nitrogen.

The great part is Deep Cryogenics can improve the performance and wear life of nearly any metal. For example, brake maintenance on their various vehicles is a major expense for the White River Township Fire Department (WRTFD). The large, heavy trucks are driven hard and that means they are hard on brakes. In fact, Jeff Bowden, the Head Mechanic for WRTFD, says when the trucks return to the firehouse the brakes are so hot you can smell them and it is not a pleasant odor. Commonly they replace the brakes on a fire truck every six months. Using brakes treated by Cryogenics of 6

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Brian Tomlinson and Jeff Bowden. Mr. Bowden is the head mechanic for WRTFD and a major advocate of deep cryogenics. Inset: A brake drum ready for treatment.

Indiana, they only need a brake job every three years! You don’t bring a fire truck into a car shop and ask for the $49 special on brakes. This brake job takes two days and cost about $7,000. So there is not only the direct cost of parts and labor, but you have a vital piece of equipment out of service for days. Joe Marsh, the Director of Maintenance for WRTFD expects to save up to $30,000 this year by using Cryogenics of Indiana. Since the fire fighters are also responsible for mowing the lawns around the

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fire station, they also have their lawn mower blades treated so they hold a sharp edge longer and are more easily sharpened when the time comes. Brian is trying to get the Center Grove Community School Corporation to start using Cryogenics to further help save our community even more money.

Brian Tomlinson explained the process. The brake drums and rotors are carefully cooled in a computer-controlled chamber chilled by liquid nitrogen, where they are held at -320°F for 28 to 40 hours. They are then slowly raised to room temperature and then heat treated to finish the process. At the end of the process, you have a set of brakes that may last as long as three years, as opposed to six months. Because they distribute heat more efficiently, the firefighters no longer have to deal with warping or heat cracks and the stench of burned brakes is gone.

Because the process has become more economical over the years, it is now cost effective to treat a wider variety of materials.

For example, treated golf balls will go 20to-30 yards farther. (Sorry, it won’t help your slice.) Metal baseball bats are stiffer and have demonstrated the benefits with longer hits. Treat razor blades, yes, the kind you use on your face, and they last much longer. But for now most customers have a fleet of vehicles or are heavy users of tools where sharpness is critical, such as

This computer controlled freezer at Indiana Cryogenics cools parts to -320 ° F.

wood workers, tree trimmers, and grounds keepers.

However, it can also help the common person by enhancing the life of household items; a longer lasting cutting edge can mean a significant savings.

If you work with anything metal that needs frequent replacement or sharpening, you are likely to benefit from a bit of cryogenics. You can reach Brian at BrianTomlinson@CryogenicsofIndiana.com or check out their web site www.CryogenicsOfIndiana.com. cg

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Building Bold Girls

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McGuinness, Mayor of Franklin and Mark Myers, Greenwood’s Mayor.

Girls Inc. is a national non-profit organization that provides an environment for girls to become stronger, smarter and build the boldness to be themselves. Locally, the organization provides after school care as well as camp opportunities for girls to learn new skills, be more independent, and find their own self-worth.

The national organization dates back to 1864; locally, the Johnson County Chapter has served girls in our community for 72 years.

A silent auction and an opportunity to mingle with others kick started the evening. As everyone settled in for dinner, the program began with a welcome address and dinner. Laurel Goeringer gave the keynote address and shared her invaluable experiences as a summer member of Girls Inc. from six to 12 years of age. Laurel was involved with the organization again through her involvement with AmeriCorps while attending Franklin College. She worked there nearly four years. Laurel is currently studying law at Indiana University.

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were recognized as role models. One of these women would be named “Woman of the Year,” presented by Barb Miller. This year’s recipient was Erin Smith.

It was a special night for Erin as her husband, Trey, and her mother, Cheryl Gilkerson, were present for the honor she received at the gala. “It is such an honor to be recognized by your peers,” Smith said in her opening remarks after receiving the award. Smith continued, “This is a Girls Inc. thing, and as she [Barb Miller] mentioned, I have two boys.”

She went on to say that she knows people wonder why she’s involved in promoting women and making them understand that they can excel.

She believes it is important for every one to support girls and boys alike while they are growing up and let them know that they can make a difference in the world.

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The evening concluded with the announcement of the silent auction winners, a live auction for items as well as the opportunity to give additional funds to help sponsor programs.

Girls Inc. of Johnson County needs financial assistance to provide field trips, transportation, after school programming or summer camp to girls in need.

Sonya Ware-Meguiar, CEO of Girls Inc. of Johnson County shared these thoughts about the event, “Thank you to community members that supported our “Building Bold Girls” Gala at Dye’s Walk on May 5th. We appreciate your support and belief in our mission and vision for girls and young women in Johnson County. Your financial support allows us to provide scholarship assistance to over 67% of the families we serve.”

Congratulations to all who were honored and to Erin Smith for the “Woman of the Year” honor.

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Birth of a town the road to incorporation: center grove

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reetings fellow Center Grovians! Or would you prefer Center Grovites? If you live in the Center Grove area as I do, how do you answer when asked where you live? I tell people I live in Greenwood, but technically, that’s not correct. I have a Greenwood mailing address, but a Whiteland phone number and I’m on Bargersville water. When I take yoga classes at the Greenwood Parks and Recreation building I have to pay the non-resident fee. The fire department has been called to my house, and it was the White River Township Fire Department that showed up. Police and street services are provided by Johnson County, but my kids went through Center Grove Schools. So, I’m a little confused. I feel a bit like a person without a real community of my own, and yet, I’ve lived here for more than 30 years and there is everything I need right here to live comfortably. The Center Grove area is a large thriving upscale community. But what exactly are we? Not a city and not a town. We are unincorporated. We are an island.

To put this in perspective, as of the 2010 census the city of Columbus has just over 44,000, the city of Franklin has fewer than 24,000, Beech Grove has only 14,000, and Greenwood has fewer than 50,000 residents. There are nearly 29,000 of us on this Center Grove “island” and that is not a small number. In addition, it is growing.

As an area in which to live, work and go to school, Center Grove is certainly desirable. Both Bargersville and Greenwood have annexed portions of it in recent years. The reorganization effort, which would have united with Greenwood and unincorporated White River Township, collapsed for various reasons.

That’s when a small group of Center Grove residents stepped up and decided to see what it would take to incorporate the Town of Center Grove. If incorporated the local residents would assume control of their own future. Citizens for Center Grove (C4CG) was formed with four board members and about 20 volunteers.

The board consists of brothers Jody and Dann Veldkamp, Ryan Rhoten, and Cassie Burnett. Sitting down with Jody and Dann to discuss the group’s mission is like getting a lesson in civics. My eyes glazed over a few times as they cited state codes, surveys, hearings, and petitions that are required by law.

Sometimes the problem is that the law is not very clear. The Veldkamps have been working on this for three years and have learned, the hard way, the long and winding road towards town incorporation in Indiana. It’s not an easy or an inexpensive process. So, what would motivate someone to put that much time and effort into something that is not even a sure thing? It isn’t for some future reward they say. If it’s a power play, there’s no such thing as mayor of a town. Jody summed it up by saying they’ve invested three years of their lives on this because “we’re interested in the community. After looking around the country at other unincorporated communities near urban areas and what ended up happening to them and seeing the problems they faced, we said we need to do something. After the reorganization effort failed our only option is to incorporate.” For those of you wondering why anything has to be done at all, Dann says as Center Grove continues to grow, change is inevitable. “The idea that we can do nothing is mistaken. The area will continue to grow; the question is who will manage that growth?”

preparing for change There are several reasons that we cannot stop change but only manage it. C4CG has found that isolated, unincorporated areas bring more cost and expense to the county. That means either service will decrease or county taxes will increase to maintain the level of service. In addition, as we’ve already seen, both Greenwood and Bargersville have annexed desirable commercial areas that add to their tax base. It’s sort of a cherry picking, if you will; take the commercial but leave the residential. That leaves the county to pick up the tab for residential services with less tax revenue to pay for it. As our neighbors continue to carve out the desirable commercial land, it leaves the rest of us on an island surrounded by municipalities. County government is not set up to govern densely populated, isolated, unincorporated areas. This has become such a problem around the country that several states have laws against it, and others are providing incentives to cities to eliminate their unincorporated islands.

Then there’s the inevitable boom when SR-37 becomes I-69.

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“Center Grove has its own unique flavor in Johnson County and it just makes sense to become our own town and accentuate our good qualities.”

– cassie burnett, CPA and citizens for center grove board member in a rural area has as much say as to what happens in the unincorporated community of Center Grove as people who actually live in the Center Grove area. We have no more or less say as to what and where development occurs in our community than anyone else in the county. C4CG Board member Cassie Burnett is a CPA and familiar with utility issues and tax numbers.

She thinks the Center Grove community should be keeping an eye on the I-69 project. She sees incorporation’s biggest advantage is that it will bring about $2-million tax dollars, that we already pay, back to the area. “When I run the numbers, it just makes sense to take ownership and take responsibility for our

area. Center Grove has its own unique flavor in Johnson County and it just makes sense to become our own town and accentuate our good qualities,” Cassie says.

Why incorporate?

Which brings us to what members of Citizens for Center Grove say are the major reasons in favor of incorporation: First, it will allow for local control of planning and development. Second, the town will control its own ordinances; meaning, we will have the most responsive level of government possible. The town council will have the ability to decide on ordinances with the input of fellow citizens. Third, it will recapture nonproperty taxes that are already being paid by members of the community. In fact, according to analysis conducted by C4CG, about one half of the town’s proposed budget will come from taxes that are already being paid, largely to the state, on items such as gas, cigarettes, riverboat gambling, vehicle registration, and alcohol. The state distributes those taxes to counties and other municipalities around the state. Incorporation would bring a significant amount of money directly to the Town of Center Grove.

So, if about half the town budget comes from existing taxes the next natural question is where does the other half come from? If you guessed property taxes, you are right. Center Grove residents do not currently pay any town property taxes and that will change if it is incorporated. However, the Citizens for Center Grove say current projections indicate the tax rate will be less than half of the town rate paid by our neighbors, Greenwood and Bargersville.

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Part of the reason for that is because as a new town, there are no legacy costs for things such as bonds, pensions, and infrastructure for water or sewer. What you will get for the small increase in property taxes will be accountability. As an incorporated town, Center Grove will control when, what, and how things get fixed. If your neighborhood streets could use a new layer of asphalt, you have a much better shot at getting that done on a local town level, proponents say, than at the current county level. Citizens for Center Grove Board member Ryan Rhoten says “if at some point we have to pay higher taxes why wouldn’t we be willing to in order to have more control and more say?” If we are annexed into another community our taxes will increase but citizen’s influence will be diluted by the current residents of the annexing city.

If you are wondering about the services that Center Grove residents currently receive such as police, fire and street construction and maintenance, there will be minimal change.

Part of the legwork that the Citizens for Center Grove has done includes canvassing all service providers to make sure that they will continue to provide those services. The difference is that they will be under contract and paid by the town, with the town deciding the required level of service. Utility services won’t change and schools are completely unaffected.

student assistance Citizens for Center Grove did not undertake this massive project alone. The group learned that graduate students in Indiana University’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) choose a Capstone project to work on every semester. The students can gain real-life experience on a municipal level in this project. There were seven students in Professor Orville Powell’s class during this most recent semester. Center Grove’s project was the first to be submitted to them and according to Professor Powell, they were so excited, they didn’t want to look at any other submissions.

The next official step in becoming a town is to present a petition to the Johnson County Commissioners. That is targeted for this July. The SPEA students addressed all the items that need to be included in the petition and presented them to the Citizens for Center Grove Board at a recent meeting. It was a huge, multilevel undertaking that involved researching history, studying borders, looking at growth and demographics, analyzing tax rates and budgets and adhering to all Indiana code requirements. The ,00 0 po pu lat ion 29 students put in hundreds of hours on the project and their services were worth around $60,000. “Their wood contribution has been invaluable green and helped us move much more quickly,” says Dann. Their report Whitelan d becomes the framework of the

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These are the seven students from the Indiana University’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs that assisted in the Citizens for Center Grove incorporation project: Front Row, left to right: Jessica Rogers, 25, from Houston, Texas is graduating in May with a Masters in Public Affairs with a concentration in Public Finance. She has a job in the city of Dickinson, TX as a management assistant in city administration.

Sara Jane Smallwood, 26, from Clayton, Oklahoma is graduating in May with a Masters in Public Affairs with a concentration in local government. She has a job as Legislative Coordinator for Natural Resources Policy for the Choctaw Nation and will be working with the state of Oklahoma and federal government on environmental issues.

Alyssa Silhacek, 24, from Pierce, Nebraska is graduating in May with a Masters in Public Affairs and Policy Analysis. She is currently looking for a job back home in Nebraska.

Back Row, left to right: David Hortemiller, 25, from Batesville, Indiana is graduating in May with a Masters in Public Affairs with a concentration in Local Government and Public Finance. He works part time for the city of Indianapolis as a revenue/budget analyst.

Joel Hood, 27, from Palmdale, California is graduating in May with a Masters in Public Affairs with a concentration in Public Management. He has been accepted into the Brigham Young University law school to work in public private partnerships.

Corey Schmidt, 24, from Fenton, Michigan is graduating in May with a Masters in Public Affairs with a concentration in Local Government. Corey is looking for an entry level city manager position with emphasis on budget preparation, performance measurement, administration and writing grants.

Chuck Mason, 23, from Charlevoix, Michigan is graduating in May with a Masters in Public Affairs with a concentration in local government management. He will be interning again this summer with the Department of Public Safety in Kalamazoo, Michigan working with the Fire Marshall in fire safety and prevention.

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“This is the largest issue facing the area. It is very significant. Pass or fail, it will determine the future of center grove.”

– Dann veldkamp, citizens for center grove board member petition to the County Commissioners who then will vote on whether they want the town to incorporate.

The County Commissioners aren’t the only ones who can kill the proposal. If the Greenwood Common Council votes against it, all of this effort would be jettisoned. Greenwood gets to say yea or nay because of a state law that allows cities to rule on incorporation within three miles of their border. (This does not apply to towns, such as Bargersville.) Indianapolis has to approve as well, but there’s no reason to believe Center Grove incorporation would make any difference to Indy. It could affect Greenwood though, but so far, there doesn’t seem to be a movement opposed to it. Greenwood 4th District 0 ,00 29 ion lat Councilman and Council Vice President po pu Ron Bates says he voted against the original merger of the Center Grove/ White River Township area with wood green Greenwood because he feels that the residents of Center Grove should be Whitelan d given a chance for self-determination.

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and he adds, “I still believe you have the right to chart your own destiny.” Ron doesn’t think there will be much opposition to incorporation from Greenwood City Council members and he says Greenwood appears to have given up on the idea of annexing the area and instead is focusing east and south.

mayoral concerns That doesn’t mean everyone thinks Center Grove incorporation is a good idea. Take the new mayor of Greenwood, Mark Myers, for instance. He questions how everything is going to be paid for and thinks that there could be problems in the future with paying for repairs to infrastructure. The mayor says a study was done of White River Township infrastructure such as streets, sanitation and storm water and it was not in good shape. He thinks there are millions of dollars worth of repairs on the horizon and he wonders how the new town of Center Grove would pay for it.

Mayor Myers suggested residents might have to pay fees in addition to higher property taxes. He adds, “How long can the town survive contracting out all its services? At some point, it may have to start its own police department and utilities.” As for Greenwood’s interest in merging or annexing the area, the mayor says he has no interest in it at this time because, “there’s so much division out there and with so much misinformation, it has caused so many hard feelings that I don’t want to take it on.”

Nevertheless, he adds, “the people of White River need to have their voices heard. Starting a new layer of government though is not the answer.”

Some of the C4CG volunteers. Front row: Cassie Burnett, Anna Marsh, Andi Robinson. Back row: Ryan Rhoten, Bill Reisa, and Cristopher McFall.

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Mayor Myers also indicated that most of the comments he hears are negative about the possibility of incorporation while Citizens for Center Grove Board member Ryan Rhoten says he hears all the time from people that it should have been done a long time ago. Rhoten says, “It should be done now. The community is tight-knit and most people don’t know that we’re not a town already. If we wait another five years down the road, opportunities will pass and the community feeling may be gone, so something needs to be done.”

get involved If you want to learn more, there will be a public meeting on June 12 at 7 PM at the Center Grove High School Administration Building. Come with questions. If you’d like to support the effort, come with your checkbook and credit cards too.

Citizens for Center Grove has been financing this effort through donations. Prior to the public hearing that will be scheduled by the County Commissioners, the group must send out a certified letter to all homeowners in Center Grove. That alone will cost more than $45,000. For more information go to www.

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ost fair weathered Sundays, my daughter and I are invited to walk over for a backyard bar-b-que with the Wilder family. We all live in Deerwood in southwest Center Grove, a very close-knit community with mature trees, gently rolling hills, pool parties, community garage sales twice a year, matching mailboxes, the Deerwood Does book club, tennis meet up every Thursday, and kids everywhere wearing soccer shoes, lacrosse pads, and – right now – prom gear.

The Wilders are a typical Center Grove family. They have a nice house, three cars, and 2.5 kids (have to count the dog, Fifa, named after the soccer association, not Eva Gabor’s

Yorkie). They are involved in their community and generous.

One commutes to the Circle everyday and the other works from a home office for a global company. Most weeknights and weekends are spent carpooling kids to sports and school functions.

On these lazy Sunday nights, we usually catch up on what’s going on with the kids, the schools, the neighborhood, summer plans, etc. It wasn’t a surprise when master griller, Bill Wilder, with steak still hanging on the meat fork midair asked if I’d heard about Center Grove wanting to become a town.

“I like the idea in theory. . . depends on the taxes.”

– Bill Wilder, Center grove resident

The surprise came when I got an email the next morning asking me if I’d heard about Center Grove wanting to become a town and if I’d be willing to write an article about public response.

My assignment, if I was willing to accept it, was to find out what my friends and fellow “Center Grovians” know and what do they think. I live and breathe Center Grove and Johnson County, so I didn’t hesitate to begin the mission.

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What I found was a wide range from “great” to “don’t know” to “I couldn’t care less.” But, most often was “what will it cost?”

Since I knew they were in the know already, I decided to go back to the Wilders for a midweek across-the-table discussion.

Teresa Wilder says she’d like to have the identity as a town. “We already have it as Center Grove, but we are just not a town.”

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Mark Otten is on the fence. He’s part of the many in the area who moved here for the school system but has now raised his two kids (The .5 remains, Bella, the neighborhood Golden Retriever that makes her daily rounds.). Otten considers moving to be closer to his girls and soon to be grandchildren in Fishers. “I guess I worry about

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“I guess I worry about the utilities most. I would have to think about it more.”

– Mark Otten, Center grove resident

“i haven’t heard much about it. what i want to know is what’s in it for me?”

– stacie mander, Center grove resident the utilities most. I would have to think about it more.”

Teresa is worried about services too and industry. “It seems much of the business development has already been annexed.

Center Grove would have no utilities. How much more would residents pay for water, sewer, other utilities?”

Stacie Mander, fellow soccer mom at South Central Soccer Academy (formerly Center Grove Soccer Club), who has three children and purposefully moved to Center Grove six years ago from Wisconsin after researching all schools in central Indiana says she couldn’t care less. “I haven’t heard much about it.

What I want to know is what’s in it for me?”

John Widdifield and his family are invested in the area and thinks we should do it – as long as the taxes won’t go up too much.

“Greenwood or Bargersville only want into the area for the money.” That was Bill’s sentiment too.

Neither Wilder wanted to lose the Center Grove identity though. “Who even knows where Bargersville is? It’s too far from Indianapolis. Center Grove has a good reputation. If we merge, we can only increase their property value.”

Bill’s final solution? “Let’s go ahead and merge with Bargersville, just change the name to Center Grove!”

Hmmm, just might have something there, Bill. cg Sonya Hallett, adjunct faculty with The Fund Raising School, is a writer/editor and speaker on topics that include philanthropy, giving circles, planned giving, proposal writing, voluntarism and community involvement for many area organizations.Sonya served the Johnson County Community Foundation (JCCF) on its board of directors for ten years before becoming its president/CEO.

Calling ALL Center Grove Town Supporters!

Don’t let the cost of a certified letter (snail mail!!) slow the development of Center Grove!

If the County Commissioners accept the petition to create Center Grove, state law requires Citizens for Center Grove to send a certified letter to the residents and landowners within the proposed town. Each letter costs more than $3.50 to prepare and mail. The letter needs to go to about 13,000 homes.

The total cost will be over $45,000!

This is the single largest expense associated with the incorporation effort.

To raise the money Citizens for Center Grove is looking for donations small and large. As part of the campaign to raise funds, C4CG is asking Center Grove residents to visit their web site, CitizensForCenterGrove.org. There you can help offset the cost of a certified letter by donating as little as $5, effectively paying for your own mailing. If possible donate even a larger amount to help pay for a neighbor’s mailing, thus practicing random acts of kindness in our community!

While this is a great place for all residents to assist with the development of the town, it is unlikely to be enough. Therefore, C4CG is asking business owners or individuals who can afford to give larger sums such as $1,000, $5,000, or even $10,000 to contact the Board to discuss how you might help. You can contact them directly at Board@CitizensForCenterGrove.org.

Do not let the chance to become a town fail simply because we were not able to pay for a required mailing. The community needs your contributions now!

Indiana law is very clear; if the residents of an area want to incorporate a town, they are to pay the associated costs. To date funding has primarily come from members of the C4CG Board and volunteers. They have paid for the advertising, printing costs, the survey, and the miscellaneous costs associated with running the organization.

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Cash flow planning is where we start looking at what really happens with our money after the essential expenses are covered. Without a budget, you won’t know where the dollars should go and will wonder where they went. Cash flow planning is more in-depth. You take your discretionary money and decide where it needs to go. There are many categories. The list could include some of these: retirement savings, college savings, entertainment, fitness memberships, kid’s sport activities, dining out, as well as many others.

A zero-based budget will specifically plan how each and every dollar will be spent. In the budget, each dollar will be assigned to a different category. The result should be that there is not a single dollar left unaccounted for in the budget. If you have money left over, it can go to savings, charity, or another area like vacation funding. Find a cash flow plan on my website if you like or design your own. The goal is to work together with your partner and come up with a plan that both parties can agree to without feeling guilty or left out of the decision making process.

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My husband and I do this. The first few months were not easy; we would have to go back and tweak it more than once. Now, after many years of practice, it’s almost on autopilot. That’s not to say we don’t miss anything, because we most certainly do.

But after working on this as a team, it doesn’t really faze us.

We just discuss what expenses can be reduced or wait until the next month. That’s the importance of having the monthly budget committee meeting before the new month starts.

It’s surprising how often we have more money left than we thought we would because we are being more careful and have put thought into how we are going to spend our income. We don’t argue about money at all because we have a plan and discuss it regularly. Money is the number one reason leading to divorces, so wouldn’t it be better to have a budget committee each month? It just might work. Communication and a stick-toit commitment are what it takes. I’ve seen many folks struggle because there is not a plan. Through this process, you will talk more, share dreams and fears, and define your goals on your way to becoming a winning team financially. cg Kate is a financial expert of what to do and not do with money as well as owner of 4 Walls Financial, A Coaching Focused Company. She has attended and completed Dave Ramsey’s Counselor Training. Follow Kate on Twitter 4WFCoach, reach out to her via email at kate@4wallsfinancial.com or visit www.4wallsfinancial.com. Feel free to share ideas or questions for future articles.

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