Hamilton Connections Spotlight | Bonnie Riley

Summer concerts have an almost magical quality, don’t they? They’re like a rite of passage, special to both the season and our communities, marking the start of warm evenings and unforgettable memories. In 2007 when I moved to Hamilton County, Indiana (Carmel) from...

Hamilton Connections Spotlight | Jennifer Miller

Recently, I changed jobs. It was a homecoming of sorts. I returned to the field of urban planning after working seven years in the nonprofit sector. I went to work for a small municipality in northern Hamilton County that I have always thought had amazing potential....

Hamilton Connections Spotlight | Doug Hsu

When our family voluntarily chose to move from central Virginia to central Indiana in 2015, our friends and family asked us a slew of predictable questions. Why Indiana? Why would you leave the East Coast? What’s out there besides corn? Are you out of your mind? While...

Hamilton Connections Spotlight | Ranj Puthran

I began my Allstate career in the fall of October 1995 and this year will be 29 years with Allstate. It started in Southfield, Michigan, a small suburb of Detroit. When I decided to accept a position as an underwriter, I had no idea where it would take me. At the...

Hamilton Connections Spotlight | Sarah Buckner

2024 TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE Hamilton County, Indiana will experience a total solar eclipse on Monday, April 8 at 3:06 p.m. You may recall the partial eclipse in 2017, but the 2024 total eclipse will be complete darkness for more than three minutes. It will draw huge...

Hamilton Connections Spotlight | Drew Braley

From Hawaii to Hamilton County When I came to Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana in the summer of 2000 it was to study Landscape Architecture and play on the volleyball team. When asked where I was from, “Hawaii” would get quite the shocked look and standard...