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Eagle Township (Zionsville)

With its brick-paved Main Street lined with street lamps and clapboard homes punctuated with American flags, Zionsville is the Rockwellian picture of idyllic.  It's an image the suburb has worked hard to earn, and one it will work even harder to keep.

So far, this small but vibrant city has managed to buck the suburban trend of becoming overrun with cookie-cutter houses and strip malls.  Development, however, is knocking at the door:  As of late, the newest addition to Zionsville's landscape is Anson, a new 1,700-acre mixed-use development west of town that will include residential areas, parks, offices, a bank, a drugstore, a school, big-box stores, and more.  Yet local independent businesses are still revered here; just ask Fortune Small Business magazine, which ranked the town among its "100 Best Places to Live and Launch" in 2007 (Or Wal-Mart, whcih has twice been thwarted by residents who blocked its attempts to build a store here).

Some of those small business successes are in Zionsville's retail district and the surround residential area (known by locals as "The Village").  Upscale restaurants, an independent coffee shop, one-of-a-kind retail stores, and the newly refurbished Brick Street Inn (and the new adjoining Lobby Lounge) pepper The Village.

Yet for all its community-minded charm, its no secret that he town's successes have made it increasingly exclusive, and residents of Zionsville are among the wealthiest in the state.  High property values, a low crime rate, and schools that boast some of the best attendance and graduation rates and highest standardized test scores in Indiana should continue to lure new residents for years to come.  But please, the locals would say, not too many more.

The Best Bits:

Ice Cream:  When you order a decadent scoop at Traders Point Creamery, you can grab a seat on the deck overlooking the farm fields and gaze at the cows that produced your treat.

Music:  With lawn chairs and picnic blankets in tow, music-lovers crowd into Lincoln Park in the summer for free Wednesday-evening concerts.

Museum:  Robert Carter, the owner of the Carter Toy Museum, has amassed a collection of vintage toys, gaes, rides (including carousel), and a memorabilie.  An adjoining diner and old-fashioned ice cream parlor up the nostalgia factor.

Golf:  Lauded as one of the toughest courses in the nation, Wolf Run is an ultra-challenging series of holes dissected by Eagle Creek.  The most difficult is Hole 15, which measures a daunting 463 yards from the back trees.

Antique Store:  Zionsville has so many to choose from, but the venerable Brown's on 5th has been the go-to spot since 1945.

Location:

The town of Zionsville is located in Boone County, approximately 14 miles northwest of downtown Indianapolis, and 12 miles southeast of Lebanon, the county seat.

Population:

Zionsville has a population of 8,775.

Recreation:

Zionsville recreational facilities include six parks, hiking trails, riding stables, baseball diamonds, basketball courts, tennis courts, volleyball courts, soccer fields, picnic areas, children's playgrounds and a public golf course.

Schools:  

Zionsville Community Schools

Utilities:

Gas	Water	Electric
Vectren	Indianapolis Water	Duke Energy
1.800.227.1376	317.631.1431	1.800.521.2232
www.vectren.com	www.indianapoliswater.com	www.duke-energy.com
Telephone	Cable	Sewage
AT&T	Comcast	Boone County Utilities
1.800.742.8771	1.800.266.2278	317.873.2469
www.att.com	www.comcast.com

Public Services:

Police	Fire Protection	Zionsville Public Library
317.873.5967	317.873.3364	317.873.3149
Zionsville Chamber	Post Office
317.873.3836	317.873.1380

Newspapers:

Zionsville Times Sentinel	Lebanon Reporter	Indianapolis Star
317.873.6396	765.482.4650	317.444.4000
Indianapolis Business Journal
317.634.6200