Senate Bill 69 started as a welcome change. It gave homeowners more control over their property. Currently, a city such as Greenwood can annex a neighboring area with relative ease. It needs to define the area and show how it will provide services, but whether or not the area is annexed is largely in control [...]
Citizens for Center Grove, a not-for-profit organization exploring the options for the future of the unincorporated area (of which I am a member) had a shorter version of this letter published today in the Daily Journal. The longer version is reprinted here. The letter was written by C4CG memeber, Brian Smith. The incorporation of Center [...]
The idea of self-incorporation, creating a new town, has been floated around the Center Grove area for years. The unincorporated area of White River Township is the most populated unincorporated area in Indiana. About 35,000 residents reside outside of the city limits of Greenwood and the town limits of Bargersville. Today, four township residents announced [...]
Mayor Charles Henderson says he’s “done messing with a merger.”[i] A few days later he said “the merger plan included an artificially low tax rate and budget aimed at getting public support.”[ii] This week White River Township Board (WRT) president and Trustee-elect Mark Messick is quoted as saying “If the election board doesn’t schedule a [...]
We seem to get the same old story from everyone, you have two choices, vote for merger, or be left out in the cold to be gobbled up by Bargersville or become an island of unincorporated homes. What about incorporation of the Town of Center Grove? It’s been talked about, it’s been studied, people have [...]
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