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Fishers, Indiana is a growing town in Hamilton County, Indiana that has the distinction of being one of the best places to live, according to Money Magazine. Located about 20 miles northeast of Indianapolis, Fishers is a conveniently located suburban town with plenty for visitors and residents to see and do. With a rich American history, this now modern town boasts community and economic growth of grand proportion.
Fishers was first settled by William Conner in 1802 as a trading post along the White River. Originally named Fisher’s Switch in 1872, when the area’s first post office was established, the apostrophe and “Switch” were dropped and the name officially changed to Fishers in 1908.

A century later, Fishers is a booming community with a population that nearly doubled between 2000 and 2008. Home to the Conner Prairie Living History Museum, the highly acclaimed Fishers Freedom Festival, and a slew of other Fishers events and Fishers attractions, Fishers is, according to residents and neighbors alike, a great place to live.

Fishers Art

Various venues for artistic expression exist throughout the town of Fishers, though the lights of the big city always beckon from nearby Indy. One of the most popular and widest-ranging places is The Artists’ Studio. This is a true center for performing arts and attracts creative souls like a magnet.

The Fishers Chamber Orchestra also does its share of attracting lovers of the arts, presenting concerts at different locales all around Fishers, including the extremely popular Conner Prairie and Fishers Freedom Festival.

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Fishers Attractions

Fishers is full of attractions design to delight, entertain, and education visitors. Probably the most famous of these is Conner Prairie, an Indianapolis museum that brings Central Indiana’s pioneer history to life with interactive exhibits, a full scale pioneer village, and more. Other Fishers attractions include Pinheads Entertainment Center and the Fishers Train Station.

Downtown Fishers, Indiana

Downtown Fishers, Indiana Downtown Fishers is in the process of receiving a facelift, to the tune of about $350,000. The new Liberty Plaza Project will be situated directly in front of Fishers Town Hall, on its wide expansive of manicured lawn. This is also the site of the family favorite Fishers Summer Concert Series.

The Liberty Plaza Project, scheduled for completion by the end of 2009, will change the look and feel of downtown Fishers. Comprised of graduated rectangular blocks set in a spiral topped off by a golden eagle, the monument will be Fishers’ lasting memorial to all those who gave so much for the freedom and liberty America enjoys.

Fishers Events

A main event that takes place every year in Fishers and draws folks from miles around is the Fishers Freedom Festival. This celebration of independence has been going strong for more than two decades. It stretches across a two-day weekend in summer, includes everything a festival should include and is held at the beautiful Roy Holland Memorial Park.

Another perennial crowd-pleaser occurs in summer as well. The Fishers Summer Concert Series, which convenes on the well-maintained lawn in front of downtown Fishers’ Town Hall, offers live music from assorted Indianapolis bands every Tuesday night under the stars.

Fishers Health

Fishers is well-serviced by local healthcare agencies, as well as the many excellent facilities only a hop, skip and jump away in Indianapolis. Fishers clinics and hospitals are abundant and always there in case of emergency.

Fishers Hotels

The elegant and charming city of Fishers boasts some of the nicest hotels in Indiana, and plenty of them. Be sure to check out the Hotel Indigo and the Frederick-Talbott Inn on the Prairie, two outstanding and vastly different hotels in Fishers that represent both sides of the same coin of superlative quality.

Fishers History

From the early settlers and their solid pioneer background to the railroads that brought sudden growth and prosperity, the history of Fishers reads a lot like that of other communities in Central Indiana. There are a few items, however, that make the town stand out.

Fishers was the home of the now-famous William Conner, whose farm has been turned into a famous living museum.

Fishers Media

Fishers, Indiana is home to many graphics, website and print media management companies, as well as marketing and advertising agencies. One radio station is located in Fishers, WRWM 93.9 FM, an easy listening station that switched to jazz in 1996.

Fishers Nightlife

In the swiftly growing community of Fishers, there is no shortage of nightlife, close to home or in any number of nearby communities, such as Carmel, Geist Reservoir, Noblesville and, of course, state capital Indianapolis. Great Fishers restaurants such as The Ram and Peterson’s make their homes right there in the suburb, and one can even find live music and dancing at places like Fionn MacCool’s Irish Pub, where you’re just as likely to hear hard rock as you are to hear Irish folk music.

Notable People of Fishers, Indiana

Famous residents of Fishers include Tony Gwynn, All-Star hall-of-famer and right fielder for the San Diego Padres baseball team; Los Angeles Clippers NBA player Zack Randolph; Reggie Miller of the Indiana Pacers, Tomas Scheckter, a World Champion race car driver; and Alan Henderson, a basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers.

The body of film actress Frances Farmer, famous in her own right and made doubly so by the mega-hit movie, Frances, lies in state in Fishers’ Oaklawn Memorial Gardens.

Fishers Parks

The Fishers Parks and Recreation Department was created in 1990 to organize, maintain and promote the 376 developed acres that comprise the total of Fishers’ twelve parks. Everything a community could want in the way of recreation resides within their leafy glades. Covered picnic shelters, rentable buildings of varying sizes, athletic fields, a cool splash pad, a fishing pond and trails galore are just some of the things available at the parks of Fishers, and everything is surrounded by a lush, Central Indiana-style beauty.

Fishers Restaurants

The town of Fishers offers a long list of dining establishments to tempt residents and visitors alike. Apart from the usual assortment of fun fast-food places, Fishers sports many restaurants that are upscale and unique enough to attract hungry Hoosiers from nearby Indianapolis, Carmel, Lawrence and other cities in Indiana. A few favorites are Peterson’s, King Chef Chinese Restaurant and Sahm’s Restaurant and Bar.

Fishers Real Estate

Fishers, like its fast-growing neighbors Carmel, Greenwood and Noblesville, is a great place to relocate right now. Named by Money Magazine as one of the best places to live in the nation, this sleepy Indy suburb is sleepy no more. Fishers subdivisions are diverse and plentiful, offering a dream house for anyone. With a population explosion of 600% over the past decade, this community is attracting the best choices, the best values and the best real estate agencies around.

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