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Dannemiller True Value Hardware & Service Center At South Grove Landing Shoppes 2991 South Grove Boulevard Bargersville, Indiana 46106 @ Whiteland Road and State Road 135 317-888-4109 SOUTHSIDE 3 features This + That 10 Southside news and notes Fairs and Festivals 12 Not-to-be-missed events Community 30 Greenwood’s GROW program Goodwill 36 Be Your Own Hero Health & Fitness 38 Dancers’ workouts Arts & Lifestyles 44 Cheer groups Food + Drink 60 Noodle dishes Ice cream treats Instagram-worthy cocktails ON THE COVER Shallos Antique Restaurant Yellow Snow at Lickity Slick Snowball Shop & Brewhaus PHOTO BY STACY ABLE guides » 9 WELCOME NOTE 20 SCHOOLS 42 ENTERTAINMENT 16 AnnUAL EVENTS 25 ORGanIZATIONS 52 RESTAURanTS 20 HOSPITALS 32 SHOPPING 4 SOUTHSIDE Make sure you can stop to Smell the Roses Stop suffering, and see us for your sinus, allergy, snoring problems! 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CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Stacy Able April Knox VisitVisit oneone ofof ourour fourfour JohnsonJohnson CountyCounty branches Scott Roberson Stock images provided by Adobe Stock ClarkClark PleasantPleasant BranchBranch • Franklin• Franklin Branch TTrafalgarrafalgar BranchBranch • White• White River Branch ADVERTISING oror learnlearn moremore andand downloaddownload itemsitems atat ADVERTISING DIRECTOR pageafterpage.orgpageafterpage.org Christina Cosner ADVERTISING INQUIRIES (317) 736-2730 ADDRESS 30 S. Water St., Suite A Franklin, IN 46131 (317) 736-7101 JCPLJohnson County Public Library ©2019 by Aim Media Indiana DJ-35003185 All rights reserved. Reproduction of stories, photographs and advertisements without permission is prohibited. 6 SOUTHSIDE THE FUTURE IS IN SIGHT Our vision for the future of health care in Johnson County is about to become reality. Soon we’ll be opening a new state-of-the-art emergency and outpatient services building, totally reshaping the east side of our campus. It’s a patient-focused future, with easier access, shorter wait times and the warm, compassionate care you expect from Johnson County’s only full-service hospital. The future is in sight, and our vision is 2020. 1125 West Jefferson Street Franklin, IN 46131 317.736.3300 SOUTHSIDE 7 954 N State Road 135, Suite E Greenwood, IN 46142 Topical www.cbdhealtho ndiana.com Pet Treats On State Rd. 135 across from Bone sh Grill Edibles (317) 893-5131 Dry Leaf Capsules Tinctures Skin Care Vapes Teas/Coffees Concentrates • Pain • Seizures • Anxiety • Sleep Disorders • Blood Sugar • Blood Pressure CBD Health of Indiana The Midwest’s Largest Distributor of #1 Rated Elixinol All CBD is not created equal. We have CERTIFIED premium products and QUALIFIED knowledgeable staff! 8 SOUTHSIDERon Drake & Barbara Hobbs https://medium.com/cbd-origin/the-endocannabinoid-system-everything-you-need-to-know-1c38a648cafb MORE to EXPLORE Discover the Southside is now in its sixth As we put this publication together year. A product of the Daily Journal for its 2019 incarnation, I was impressed newspaper in conjunction with South once again by the southside. To be fair, magazine, this guide highlights the each time I put together our quarterly businesses, schools, hospitals, churches, publication, South, I am bowled over by eateries and cultural attractions that make the range of entertainment opportunities the southside shine. the southside has to offer. If you’re looking for green spaces, the southside is full of » parks. If you’re looking for recreation, there are golf clubs, water parks and gyms. If 135 you’re looking for cultural experiences, the GREENWOOD southside offers museums and theaters, art 65 attractions and performance spaces. 37 If shopping is your bag, you’re in luck: The 31 Johnson County southside is home to Greenwood Park Mall, Edinburgh Premium Outlets and plenty of WHITELAND 135 independent boutiques, each catering to its own fun niche market. Want to stroll around BARGERSVILLE a quaint location? There’s Franklin and Old Town Greenwood. And if you’ve worked up 144 an appetite after all of this exploring, the southside offers chain and independent 44 FRANKLIN restaurants alike, with new spots cropping 135 up monthly, each serving its own delights and delicacies. I get hungry just thinking 44 31 65 about it. TRAFALGAR Welcome to the southside, where for 252 every ask there’s an answer. 252 EDINBURGH Jenny Elig Editor, South magazine [email protected] SOUTHSIDE 9 SOUTHsidE This + That Roots BY THE BY GREG SEITER It’s a dirty job, but she’s happy to do it. In fact, Carol Michel loves dirt to the extent NUMBERS that she has made a career of playing and working in it, writing about her experiences Earlier this year, Franklin Mayor Steve Barnett and giving advice to others through presenta- and Greenwood Mayor Mark Myers gave their tions. Her area of focus, as it relates to dirt, is annual State of the City addresses. Here are gardening, a topic she has embraced since her some of the numbers they delivered. childhood in Greenwood. “My dad always had a garden, and I enjoyed helping him out there,” she says. “I think I FRANKLIN GREENWOOD started gardening at the age of 2.” Now a published author and public speaker, the Indianapolis resident’s interest in gar- $1 million 20 feet dening ultimately drew her to undergraduate The amount the city of Franklin The height of the cube-shaped pursuits at Purdue University. “I went there was awarded for its Commu- play tower for children, as to get a degree in horticulture, but I quickly nity Crossings grant applica- proposed in the designs to realized I wouldn’t make much money in that tion. Community Crossings is reimagine Old City Park. a partnership between INDOT field,” she says. “I was also good at computer and Hoosier communities. programming, so I ended up in information technology.” 2 Michel spent 33 years working with com- The number of Fortune 500 puters but continued to garden along the way. $550,000 companies Greenwood has Finally, before retiring from her profession, attracted in recent years. The The amount of money depos- Michel launched her own gardening blog, ited into the city’s rainy-day companies drawn to Greenwood MayDreamsGardens.com. The blog developed fund in 2018; the fund contains are Amazon and Pitney Bowes. $4.6 million total. a strong following. “It was popular; after I re- tired, I turned my writing into books,” she says. Her first publication, “Potted and Pruned: 65 percent, Living a Gardening Life,” received the 2018 13 Garden Media Gold Award for Best Book from The number of new police cars $1 million The Association of Garden Communicators. the city purchased in 2018. The increase in membership at and revenue generated by Michel authored another book, “Homegrown Greenwood’s most popular park and Handpicked: A Year in a Gardening Life,” space, Freedom Springs, in 2018. in 2018. 150 tons A self-proclaimed humorist, she expects The amount of asphalt used for to launch a third book, “Seeded and Sodded: street repairs in 2018. Thoughts from a Gardening Life,” this year. 50,000 “I like to think humor is a reflection of my The square footage of the planned building that will house the personality. In fact, I use humor in most of my 18 miles Department of Public Works. talks,” she says. “You have to go with what you The amount of storm drain got.