Borrowed from wikipedia.com
Overview
Fishers is a city located in Fall Creek and Delaware Townships, Hamilton County, Indiana, with a population of 76,794, according to the 2010 census. A suburb of Indianapolis, Fishers has grown rapidly in recent decades: about 350 people lived there in 1963, 2,000 in 1980, and only 7,200 as recently as 1990. In 2011, Fishers was named the number one city for families by The Learning Channel and was selected as a Green Community by the Indiana Association of Cities and Towns.The city was named the safest in the nation in both 2011 and in 2012.In 2010, Fishers was ranked eighth in the best places to live according to Money magazine, America's best affordable suburb by BusinessWeek,and the eleventh best place to move in the country by Forbes. Fishers was also ranked the 24th best place to live in America by Money magazine in 2005, 33rd in 2006,10th in 2008, and 12th in 2012. After the passage of a referendum on Fishers' status in 2012, Fishers transitioned from a town to a city on January 1, 2015.
Government
Despite being a large municipality, Fishers, unlike nearby Noblesville and Carmel, did not have a mayor and city council for several years. Fishers instead used the council–manager government. The government of Fishers was led by a seven-member town council and a clerk-treasurer. The town council held both legislative and executive powers while the clerk-treasurer was responsible for financial matters. All were elected at-large for four-year terms. The council elected a council president and vice president yearly. The council employed and oversaw a town manager who is responsible for municipal personnel, budget, and day-to-day operations of the town government. Due to the changes approved in the November 2012 referendum, the town became a second-class city, with an elected mayor and city clerk and nine members of its city council.
Entertainment
Fishers's increase in population has brought about an increased demand for entertainment. Within the past 15 years, Fishers has added many new features to its once bare landscape. Local restaurants include Puccini's, Nickel Plate Bar and Grill, Sahm's Restaurant and Bar, and the more recent additions Fionn MacCool's, Bentleys Bar and Grill, Britton Tavern, and The Ram, among others.
The Artists' Studio in Fishers is a community theater that produces many children's and family friendly shows on Ford Drive. Ben and Ari's is a family owned mini-golf course, arcade, and duckpin bowling facility at State Road 37 and 141st street. Fishers is also home to the locally-owned Pinheads Entertainment Complex, which opened in August of 2005 and received the Fishers Chamber of Commerce Pillar Award for Business of the Year in 2006.
Fishers offers a growing number of hotels with nearby essentials for tourists. One of the main attractions of Fishers is Geist Reservoir, offering attractions from fishing to waterskiing. There are also many golf courses around the city.
Conner Prairie and Fairs
Fishers hosts the living history museum Conner Prairie, which presents Indiana life in three different periods of the 19th century.
Fishers also has the Indiana State Fair Train which runs from Fishers Station to Indianapolis. Fishers has two annual fairs: the Fishers Freedom Festival and the Fishers Renaissance Faire.
The Fishers Freedom Festival, abbreviated FFF, takes place every year at the end of June, to be right before Independence Day. A few annual traditions of the festival are the parade and a 5k run/walk named the Freedom Run. There are always art and food vendors and game booths. The FFF is located at Roy G. Holland Memorial Park.
The Fourth Annual Fishers Renaissance Faire partly symbolizes the connection of Fishers with Billericay, England. Some of the events are Jousting, Pirate shows featuring the Hey Nonny Nonny Players, The Rogue Blades, SCA fight lists and village, authentic Punch and Judy show, Shakespeare on the Run, the Living Chess Match, knighting and ennobling for the kids, Kids games run by the Kiwanis and Key Clubs, pony rides, and horse exhibitions.
Notable Residents
Seattle native and Hollywood actress Frances Farmer is interred at Oaklawn Memorial Gardens in Fishers. Her grave site was widely ignored until the late 1970s when the media and an Academy Award nominated film about the life of the actress shed light on her story making Farmer somewhat of a cult figure.
Other famous residents of Fishers include former Indiana Pacers players Reggie Miller, Austin Croshere, and Dahntay Jones, Zach Randolph of the Memphis Grizzlies, former Atlanta Hawks player Alan Henderson, NFL player Rosevelt Colvin formerly of the Houston Texans, Chicago Bears and New England Patriots, Joe Reitz of the Indianapolis Colts, Indianapolis Colts Defensive Line coach John Teerlinck, former San Diego Padres player Tony Gwynn,professional wrestler Kevin Fertig, and Cleveland Indians pitcher Justin Masterson.
Schools
Fishers is served by Hamilton Southeastern Schools.
Fishers's quickly growing population has created a need for a similar growth in the number of schools within the Hamilton Southeastern School District as well as additions to existing schools. In 1996 there were four elementary schools, one middle school, one junior high school, and one high school. With the openings of Riverside School and Fishers High School in the 2006–2007 school year and Thorpe Creek Elementary in the 2008–2009 school year, the school district has twelve elementary schools, three intermediate schools, three junior high schools and two high schools.The two high schools in the district are Hamilton Southeastern High School and Fishers High School. They both compete for the Mudsock trophy, named after the town's original name, won by winning against the other school in the most sports throughout the year.
Hamilton Southeastern District website: http://www.hse.k12.in.us/ADM/
Fishers also has several private schools including Community Montessori School (PK-5), St. Louis De Montfort (PK-8), and Eman Schools (PK-12). Additional private schools are located in surrounding communities.