🌱 Patch AM: How could Zionsville’s new comprehensive plan reshape your neighborhood?

Hello Zionsville! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How could Zionsville’s new comprehensive plan reshape your neighborhood?
• How a Zionsville-raised artist turns weddings into live works of art
• How Zionsville athletes are remembering beloved referee “Jeff the Ref”

Also on today's calendar: The Nutcracker - presented by Metropolitan Youth Ballet and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: My brother swallowed a box of firecrackers. - Is he all right now? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Windy with occasional rain, with a high of 51 and low of 19 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Friday: Much colder, temps: high: 26, low: 23.
• Saturday: Breezy with periods of sun, with a high of 46 and low of 26 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Commission forwards Zionsville comprehensive plan to town council (youarecurrent.com) — Zionsville’s draft comprehensive plan is now headed to the Town Council, shaping how land use, housing standards, and employment centers may evolve for years to come. Residents, especially in Perry Township and western Zionsville, can still weigh in before final approval early next year.
   

• A lasting memory: Artist captures special moment at weddings through live painting (youarecurrent.com) — A central Indiana wedding artist with deep roots in Zionsville is turning couples’ big moments into live-painted keepsakes that guests can watch unfold in real time. Raised in Zionsville and now based in Indianapolis, Abby Pohl paints ceremonies and receptions on-site, then finishes each piece in her studio so couples receive a highly personalized, lasting memory of their day.
   

• Beloved Youth Sports Referee Dies on Court During Basketball Game: ‘He Truly Died Doing What He Loved' (people.com) — Youth sports families in Zionsville may recognize longtime referee Jeff “Jeff the Ref” Tamarri, who spent decades officiating games from Grand Park to Zionsville and Danville. The 63-year-old collapsed during a girls’ high school basketball game at Monrovia High School on Dec. 12 and later died, leaving many young athletes and fellow officials across Central Indiana grieving his loss.
   

📸 Around Zionsville

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Zionsville

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★ Featured events ★

Friday December 19

• The Nutcracker - presented by Metropolitan Youth Ballet
  STAR Bank Performing Arts Center, 1000 Mulberry St, Zionsville
  7:30 pm

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Other local events

Friday December 19

• Zionsville Community Development Corporation (CDC) 8:30AM
  Zionsville, IN Calendar , 1100 West Oak Street , Zionsville
  8:30 am
• Winter Break Campfire
  Zionsville, IN Calendar , 165 N Elm Street , Zionsville
  6:00 pm
• Jon Shoulders
  Cobblestone , 160 S Main St , Zionsville
  7:00 pm
• The Nutcracker - presented by Metropolitan Youth Ballet
  STAR Bank Performing Arts Center , 1000 Mulberry St , Zionsville
  7:30 pm

Saturday December 20

• Fly Tie Workshop
  Zionsville, IN Calendar , 1100 West Oak Street , Zionsville
  10:00 am

Tuesday December 23

• Meet the Animals
  Zionsville, IN Calendar , 250 N 5th Street , Zionsville
  10:00 am
• Animal Tracks
  Zionsville, IN Calendar , 250 N 5th Street , Zionsville
  2:00 pm

Friday December 26

• Scott & Andra
  Cobblestone , 160 S Main St , Zionsville
  7:00 pm

📣 Zionsville Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday December 19

• Rental Computer Room
  BCSSI-Boone County Senior Services, Inc. , 515 Crown Pointe Dr #8335 , Lebanon
  9:00 am
• Female Entrepreneur Event | Carmel Meet Up | Founding Females®
  Link Office Suites Commerce Drive , 10255 Commerce Dr Suite , Carmel
  12:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Cool Creek Bird Hike
  Cool Creek Nature Center , 2000-1 East 151st St , Carmel
  8:30 am
• Jamestown CBC
  McCloud Park Nature Center , 8518 Hughes Rd , North Salem
  8:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Northbound I-465 is closed between I-70 and Pendleton Pike due to a crash involving a car on its side, with traffic backed up to Brookville Road and delays of 56 minutes reported.
  8:19AM on Dec 17: Three left lanes of I-465 northbound before Pendleton Pike are blocked due to an accident, with all lanes closed near mile marker… (Nextdoor )

• Kroger posted a job opening for Courtesy Clerk/Grocery Bagger in Zionsville. Apply here.
• Crew Carwash posted a job opening for Fast Track Manager in Zionsville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Zionsville here.

🗞 Nearby News

Westfield

• Westfield OK's School Master Plan (thetimes24-7.com)
• Songbook Academy alums set for Palladium holiday concert (youarecurrent.com)
• Carmel Names Central Park Woodlands ‘Susannah H. Dillon Woods' (thetimes24-7.com)

Carmel

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-- The Patch AM Team

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