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DISCOVER columbusVISITORS GUIDE | FALL 2019 AccommodAtions • shopping • dining • events • recreAtion Fall 2019 | DISCOVER COLUMBUS 1 ‘unexpected and UNFORGETTABLE’ at one of our Award-Winning Hotels for business or leisure accommodations or meetings & special events. www.spraguehotels.com Columbus/Edinburgh Columbus/Edinburgh 812-526-8600 812-526-4919 Indianapolis South/ Greenwood Greenwood 317-881-0600 317-888-4814 Seymour 812-522-1200 Noblesville 317-316-0606 Columbus/Edinburgh 812-526-5100 Seymour 812-523-2409 Columbus/Edinburgh Fishers 812-526-9899 317-913-0300 Indianapolis South/ Coming Soon! Greenwood Indianapolis South/Greenwood 317-851-8518 All Columbus/Edinburgh locations are close to the Edinburgh Premium Outlet Mall. 2 DISCOVER COLUMBUS | Fall 2019 WELCOME ‘unexpected and UNFORGETTABLE’ Columbus is the county seat of Bartholomew County, where at one of our Midwest farming traditions have merged with modern manu- Award-Winning Hotels for facturing and service industries. Though located squarely in America’s heartland, Columbus is business or leisure accommodations truly an international city. People from all over the world call Columbus home. Currently 44 different native languages are or meetings & special events. spoken by students within the public school system. Much of the area’s ethnic diversity stems from the business www.spraguehotels.com community. More than 30 international companies from countries such as Japan, China, India, Germany, Korea and »Canada have facilities here. Cummins Inc., headquartered in Columbus, is a global company that brings many international employees to the community. Columbus/Edinburgh Columbus/Edinburgh We think the information on these pages will prove invaluable 812-526-8600 812-526-4919 to newcomers as they settle in to life in Columbus. Indianapolis South/ Greenwood Our hope is that newcomers will learn just how much Colum- Greenwood 317-881-0600 bus has to offer. 317-888-4814 Seymour This has never been a city to settle for “good enough.” Colum- 812-522-1200 bus is still guided by the vision expressed in 1964 by the late Noblesville J. Irwin Miller, former Cummins chairman and philanthropist. 317-316-0606 “We would like to see the community come to be not the cheapest in America, but the very best community of its size in the country. We would like to see it become the city in which the smartest, the ablest, the best young families any- Columbus/Edinburgh where would like to live … a community that is open to every 812-526-5100 race, color and opinion; that makes them feel welcome and at Seymour home here … a community which will offer their children the 812-523-2409 Columbus/Edinburgh best education available anywhere … a community of strong, Fishers 812-526-9899 outspoken churches, of genuine cultural interests, exciting 317-913-0300 opportunities for recreation. No such community can be built without citizens determined to make their community best.” Fifty-five years later the city has come a long way toward fulfilling Miller’s vision. Indianapolis South/ Columbus is ranked sixth in the nation for Innovative Archi- tecture Design by the American Institute of Architects. It has Coming Soon! Greenwood also been recognized as one of the 100 Best Small Art Towns Indianapolis South/Greenwood 317-851-8518 in America, one of the Safest Metropolitan Areas (America’s Safest Cities), one of the Best Places to Live and Launch a Busi- All Columbus/Edinburgh locations are close ness (Fortune Small Business magazine) and one of the top to the Edinburgh Premium Outlet Mall. Historical Places in the World (National Geographic Traveler magazine). So welcome! Make yourself at home. We hope this publica- tion will smooth your path and help you take full advantage of all that life in Columbus has to offer. 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Reproduction of stories, photographs and advertisements without permission is prohibited. ethnic eXpo on the COVER: 28 University of Tennessee Exhibit Columbus installation, “Filament Tower,” at North Christian Church Photo by Mike Wolanin contentsWho we are . 6 Columbus Area Visitors Center . 10 The arts . 12 Miller House and Garden . 14 Art all around us . 16 Architecture . 18 Columbus landmarks . 20 Mill Race Park . 22 Connections . 24 Calendar . 26 Year-round activities . 28 Faith . 30 Accommodations . 32 Dining . 34 Shopping . 37 { Recreation . 38 People Trail . 40 Transportation . 41 on the web Entertainment . 42 { New in town? . 44 Current and past issues of Discover City map . 46 Columbus can be viewed online at Mill Race Center . 48 www .therepublic .com/magazines . Library . 50 4 DISCOVER COLUMBUS | Fall 2019 812-552-5333 NOW OPEN TR-35019446 Fall 2019 | DISCOVER COLUMBUS 5 Who We Are BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY 406.9 square miles of land BY THE NUMBERS TOTAL popULAtion EDUCATION percentAge oF those 25 And oLder With: 82,753 High school diploma UNDER 5 YEARS OLD: 6.6% 90.2% UNDER 18 YEARS OLD: 23.8% Bachelor’s degree or higher 65 YEARS AND OLDER : 16.3% 31.2% 6.9% hoUsing 7.9% Hispanic or Latino 81.4% 34,531 Asian White, non-Hispanic hoUsing UNITS 2.3% Black 71% home oWnership diversitY $57,331 mediAn hoUsehoLd INCOME soUrce: U.s. censUs BUreau, JULY 1, 2018 estimAtes 6 DISCOVER COLUMBUS | Fall 2019 When you bank at Centra, you invest in your community. Federally Insured by NCUA. Equal Housing Opportunity. Centra.org TR-35019454 Fall 2019 | DISCOVER COLUMBUS 7 Who We Are what’s the WEATHER? There’s a popular saying that goes, “if you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes.” While things really aren’t quite that unpredictable, Columbus definitely has four distinct seasons . Over the course of a year, wardrobe requirements will range from shorts and T-shirts to snow boots and parkas . The average high temperature for the O year is 63.7 degrees Fahrenheit, though hot summer days frequently register in 63 the 90s. The average low temperature is O 43.3 degrees. While temperatures below The warmest month is July, with zero are fairly rare, an average high of 85.6 degrees 43 they do occur. july and an average low of 65.2. the most signiFicAnt severe january WeAther threAt The coldest month is January, with an average low tem- in this area comes in the form of springtime perature of 20.7 degrees and an average high of 37.4. thunderstorms that can pack high winds, hail and even tornadoes. The city is equipped with storm warning sirens that public safety offi- cials sound when severe weather threatens. Severe weather warning { sirens are tested at noon note on the first Friday of every { month . soUrce: nAtionAL cLimAtic dAtA center, cLimAte normALs, 1981-2010 8 DISCOVER COLUMBUS | Fall 2019 The Midwest Triangle LIVING LARGE Chicago INTERSTATE at 94 Columbus TO INDIANAPOLIS: 45 MILES FINDING Columbus TO LOUISVILLE: 69 miLes INTERSTATE 65 Columbus TO CINCINNATLIVINGI: 78 miLes LARGE INTERSTATE at 74 columbus Indianapolis Columbus’ location within the Midwest “triangle” allows quick INTERSTATE INTERSTATE access to the Indianapolis, Louisville and Cincinnati metropolises . 70 74 Columbus THE “TRIANGLE” TAKING A DAYLIVING TRIP LARGE DownsizingCincinnati your residence doesn’t at mean that Columbusyou have is conveniently to downsize located along Interstate 65 in southern Indiana . Many major cities and their Louisville attractions are within two hours’ drive . Popular places to visit using Columbus as headquarters include: yourDownsizing lifestyle. your residenceFour Seasons doesn’t has INTERSTATE plentymean thatof youspace have forto downsize socializing, 65 hobbies,your lifestyle. dining Four with Seasons family has and plenty of space for socializing, ColumbusIndianapolis to Indianapolis, 45stayinghobbies, milesLouisville, engageddining with Ky. with family everything and Cincinnati Corydon ColumbusONE H OURto Louisville, 69 youmilesstaying enjoy. 90engaged MI N UOurTES with apartments everything are 90 MINUTES 90 MIDownsizingNUTES your residence doesn’t Columbus to Cincinnati, 78 milesyou enjoy. Our apartments are mean that you have to downsize comfortable and well-appointed,LIVING LARGEyour lifestyle. Four Seasons has Home to the Indianapolis 500 Its main claim to fame is the It hosts one of the finest and The first state capital of the allcomfortable with patios, and butwell-appointed, that’s just the at plenty of space for socializing, in May and the Brickyard 400 legendaryall with patios, Churchill but Downs,that’s just the largest history Indiana territoryhobbies, is also dining near with family and NASCAR race in July. Newfields, homebeginning.beginning. of the Kentucky Derby. repositories in the country, the Marengostaying Caves. engaged with everything you enjoy. Our apartments are the Indianapolis Zoo, the Chil- Museum Center, located comfortable and well-appointed, dren’s Museum and Eiteljorg ResidentsResidentsMadison havehave so somany many options inoptions a beautiful railroad terminal. Bardstown,all with patios,Ky. but that’s just the beginning. Museum are major attractions. rightright within withinONE theH theOUR community. community. There There Two HOURS are spacious dining rooms, a nice- The setting for ResidentsStephen have Foster’s so many options Hostarely spaciousequippedof the Madison fitness dining Regattacenter, rooms, library, a nice- right within the community. There “My Old Kentucky Home” and andly billiardsequipped historic room, site fitness ofa largenumerous Chapel center, and library, are spacious dining rooms, a nice- ly equipped fitness center, library, much more all under a single roof. Downsizing your residence doesn’t the bourbon capital of the billiards19th-century room, mansions. a large Chapel meanand that you have to downsize billiards room, a large Chapel and In fact, our entire community is all world.much more all under a single roof.