Archive for Center Grove

Creating the Town of Center Grove

by: Dann Veldkamp January 26, 2012

A group of White River Township residents has organized to form the Town of Center Grove. Many times during the Greenwood/White River Township reorganization effort the question was raised “Why are you not investigating idea of creating a new town?”  (See video of question here) The simply answer is, state law requires that incorporation efforts be [...]

Greenwood “Ok” with Town of Center Grove

by: Jody Veldkamp October 12, 2011

A front page story in today’s Daily Journal says that Greenwood’s city council members would allow the town of Center Grove to be created. Greenwood, as city, has the ability to prevent a town from forming within three miles of its border. Quoting the article, written by Joseph Pete, “A majority of council candidates who [...]

The Town of Center Grove: A New Beginning

by: Dann Veldkamp September 30, 2011

After a couple of years of the “high drama” of the reallocation, citizens are now taking things into their own hands. A group called Citizens for Center Grove (C4CG) is investigating forming the Town of Center Grove. After nearly a year of work, they now believe that it is viable to form a town. They [...]

Board questions merger bill

by: Jody Veldkamp September 11, 2011

When White River Township entered into a reorganization study with Greenwood the Indiana statute required that the expenses be divided based on each areas population. Now the bill has arrived and the WRT Board has questions. Greenwood submitted a number of invoices for services such as accounting and legal services utilized by the reorganization committee. [...]

WRT Board Meets to Review Budget

by: Jody Veldkamp August 30, 2011

Two weeks ago the White River Township board got a look at Trustee Mark Messick’s budget for 2012. The budget was very different from past years. It was split into more detail as recommended by the state trustee association recommended. Expenses were divided by what they were actually spent on, rather than lumped together. For [...]