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Fishers Real Estate - State of the Town

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Real Estate Agent with Keller Williams Indy NE 317-290-7775 www.marchantteam.com

Originally posted at My Fishers Blog on 2/21/11

I was a sponsor at the Fishers Chamber on Wednesday where Scott Faultless, Town Council President gave the State of the Town address. With all of the talk about whether Fishers is a Town versus City versus Hybrid, it was a sold out house (no pun intended on the house!)  Scott opened with the 2010 census stating Fishers came in at 76,794 compared with 7500 in 1990!Scott Faultless at Fishers Chamber 2011  That is some serious growth!

Here are some of the other highlights:

While the State faces a $1 Billion shortfall; the town of Fishers finished 2010 with a general fund balance of over $10.7 Million

Housing permits were up 9% to 477 in 2010 while both Carmel and Noblesville were down.

Where many areas of the country are seeing double digit unemployment; Fishers is only at 5.9%

Fishers is looking to grow the business sector and has three of the main ingredients to make that happen.  Those are low taxes, shovel ready sites (zoning, infrastructure and utilities completed) and great quality of life. 

There have been many successes in this arena with Sallie Mae, Allisonville Meadows and Hamilton Trace.

The idea of what Fishers will become was only slightly touched on with references made to other successful hybrids such as Palo Alto, CA; Bellevue, WA and Williamsburg, VA.

There was a great deal of time spent on COIT (County Optional Income Tax).  Scott talked about the inequities of the formula; saying it punishes those that are conservtive in their spending and that do not raise property taxes.  Scott's point was that the tax revenue should follow the taxpayers, not be redistributed to other municipalities.

It is clear that the many accolades that Fishers has received sets it apart from so many other cities/towns in America to live and I am proud to sell real estate in Fishers and to bring relocation clients in and rave about our town!

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 Cindy "in Indy" Marchant - Fishers Real Estate Agent
Keller Williams Realty Indy Metro NE
Fishers IN Real Estate Website
317-290-7775

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