SAVE THE DATE: JOIN US FOR A WINTER WALK IN THE WOODS ON JANUARY 28TH
Join the Land Trust for a winter day of fun at the Burnett Woods Nature Preserve in Avon. If you have never been to this preserve this event is a great opportunity to join staff and other supporters like you for a fun day of exploring. Winter outings bring all kinds of fun things to discover. Join Land Trust staff as we lead participants through the woods to explore the winter wildlife and inhabitants of this nature preserve. The outing will conclude with a hot cocoa and coffee gathering at the Light & Life Church next door to the Preserve. Bundle up and join us for a great day! Reserve your spot today - contact Stacy to register your family by email at scachules@conservingindiana.org or (317) 631-5263 x. 114.
To learn about other Land Trust events this winter visit the event page.
CENTRAL INDIANA LAND TRUST IN THE NEWS
Man shares love for the land - His 40-acre property in Fishers donated to the Central Indiana Land Trust
FISHERS, Ind. -- If you take a bird's-eye view, the 40-acre slice of suburbia seems a prime piece for development.
Look to the south and east from 116th Street and Eller Road and you see hundreds of single-family homes -- pretty much what you see all over Fishers, the fastest-growing town in Indiana as it reached its current population of 76,000.
But Van Eller, whose family first came here to farm as early as the 1830s, never liked those rooftops. And before he died last year, he fixed it so his land could never fall into the hands of residential developers.
"Every day they knocked on his door with offers," said Daryl Brown, a longtime friend. "And they didn't stop until they finally found out he did not need to sell and he did not want to sell."
And Eller made good on his promise.
Today, one of the state's largest land preservation groups, the Central Indiana Land Trust, will announce that the Eller property has become its single most valuable gift of property, at an estimated $2 million.
“We’re incredibly grateful for the foresight of Van Eller. His gift – our largest to date – ensures that 40 acres along busy 116th Street in Fishers remains undeveloped.”
Click here to read the full article on the IndyStar website.
