Current in Westfield

2 days ago | youarecurrent.com | Jessica Todd

Noblesville resident Roxana Snedeker plans to open The Chestnut Flower Stand next month. She will sell fresh, homegrown specialty cut flowers at the stand, which will be at 578 Chestnut St. in Noblesville. Snedeker began gardening during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. “I have a room in my house where I started a bunch of plants from seeds, and cut flowers was one of the main things that I started growing in the beginning,” Snedeker said.

3 days ago | youarecurrent.com | Marney Simon

A custom-home subdivision proposed for Zionsville’s rural equestrian district has cleared the first hurdle for approval. Representatives from Regal Custom Homes by Davis recently presented Saddlebrook Farms — a 14-lot subdivision on 61 acres in the rural equestrian district at the northwest corner of 96th Street and 850 E. — to the Zionsville Board of Zoning Appeals.

3 days ago | youarecurrent.com | Marney Simon

Site work began this month for a nature-based adventure park at 216th Street and Dunbar Road in Sheridan, west of U.S. 31 and just north of the Westfield border. The Sheridan Town Council approved a planned unit development ordinance in May for SkyLake Adventure Park — a recreation facility developed by Monarch Ventures LLC, a division of Carmel-based Circle Property Group.

3 days ago | youarecurrent.com | Jessica Todd

In celebration of its 125th anniversary, Noblesville Mayor Chris Jensen recently announced that Noblesville Elks Lodge 576 will be the collective grand marshal of the 2025 Noblesville Fourth of July Parade presented by Gaylor Electric. Jensen said the honor celebrates the Elks’ commitment, generosity and impactful community leadership as one of the city’s most established organizations.

3 days ago | youarecurrent.com | Marney Simon

A bill to address the backlog of rape kits in Indiana did not make it to Gov. Mike Braun’s desk this spring. But the bill’s author, District 25 Rep. Becky Cash (R-Zionsville), said the effort cleared at least one hurdle in the legislative session. Cash introduced HB 1413 in January. The bill would have provided grant funding to law enforcement to test the 600- to 800-kit backlog. The bill passed the Indiana House unanimously but stalled in the Senate appropriations committee in March.