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Flanner House is a social services organization, with a 2-acre farm, bodega, cafe, and orchard serving the Indianapolis community. [2] [3] It started in 1903 as an African-American community service center and was named for Frank Flanner. When Flanner died in 1912 and the organization fell on financial hardships, they changed the name from ...
Plano is an unincorporated community in Ashland Township, Morgan County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [1] History. A post office was established at Plano in 1889 ...
Indianapolis elected seven new faces to the 25-member City-County Council on Nov. 7, one Republican and six Democrats, who will be sworn in Jan. 1.
When the Unigov provision was enacted, the First Class City population threshold was 250,000. Indianapolis had a population of over 500,000 people in 1970, more than double the threshold. The next most populous city was Fort Wayne with a population of 174,000; as such, Indianapolis was the only city affected by the legislation.
The Government of Indianapolis—officially the Consolidated City of Indianapolis and Marion County—is a strong-mayor form of mayor-council government system. [2] Local government is headquartered downtown at the City-County Building. [3] Since 1970, Indianapolis and Marion County have operated as a consolidated city-county government called ...
2007 Indianapolis City-County Council election; 2011 Indianapolis City-County Council election; 2015 Indianapolis City-County Council election; 2019 Indianapolis City-County Council election; 2023 Indianapolis City-County Council election
In 1857, the first schoolhouse in the county, named Spring Creek School, was established along its banks near present-day Plano. [1] The surrounding area developed into several communities, including Spring Creek Colony (northwest of Plano) and Barksdale (northwest of Lebanon [ 1 ] ).The creek served as a source of water and sustenance for ...
The Plano Police Department is an accredited agency [89] and Plano's principal law enforcement agency. The department is led by Chief Ed Drain. [ 90 ] The department has authorized staff of 414 sworn officers, 178 full-time civilian employees, and 79 civilian part-time employees. [ 90 ]