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Vol. 11 No. 14
Including the Cultural Districts and Midtown: Meridian-Kessler, Butler-Tarkington, and Meridian St.
Jul 11 - Jul 24, 2014
Item E on agenda - Michael Kosene, left, describing the proposed 63-unit apartment building on 66th Street next to Opti Park.
July zoning meeting photo by Mario Morone
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Theresa Kolter and Tamara Albertson of Albertson’s Metro Mortuary Services.
By Alan Hague
Albertson’s Metro Mortuary Services
alan@broadripplegazette.com
By Mario Morone
mario@broadripplegazette.com Albertson’s Metro Mortuary Services offers a woman’s touch in celebrating the lives of loved ones. Owner Tamara Albertson described her business. “We are a full service funeral home. We have a state of the art crematory, a modern prep room for embalming, we provide pre-arrangement planning consultations and we have our own fleet of limos and coaches. We are licensed with the State of Indiana and have two locations. We opened our facility on the east side two years ago that is located at 1775 Sherman Drive. This is our central location for preparation and cremations. Six months ago, we decided to open a satellite office in Broad Ripple. I have lived in the Broad Ripple area for over 25 years and wanted to serve families that live here. Our Broad Ripple office enables us to meet families and provide them with all the services a large funeral home offers yet at much more affordable prices,” she explained. “My background is in physiology. I worked for the Marion County Coroner’s Office assisting with autopsies. I went to Vincennes University and studied Mortuary Science. And, for eight years, I worked for Leppert Mortuary in Nora as a funeral director and as a mortician where I learned every facet of the business from one of Indianapolis’s most respected funeral homes. The decision to open Albertson’s Metro Mortuary on Sherman Drive was driven by the idea of offering more economical and affordable funerals by keeping our overhead costs low and passing along those savings to our families. We have funerals in churches, parks, homes, etc. In other words, ‘We bring our funeral home to your neighborhood.’ People may not be aware of where they can have funerals and oftentimes are not Albertson’s Metro aware that they can make economical Mortuary Services choices for their loved one’s funeral. We specialize in thinking outside the (317) 650-9993 box. We try to make people happy and celebrate lives and be as intimate, 6320 Ferguson St. [E4] personal and unique as possible,” Ms. www.albertsonsmortuary.com Albertson said. Theresa Kolter, Office Manager at Albertson’s, added, “It’s so true, Tamara gives them options throughout the entire funeral arrangement process. She really puts herself in their shoes and helps them make decisions based on their needs rather than what is best financially for Albertson’s Metro Mortuary. One year ago, Albertson’s reached out to serve the Indianapolis Hispanic community.” Ms. Albertson met Maritza Morales through a mutual friend. “Maritza is
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See ALBERTSON pg. 3
It was a packed agenda at the June public meeting of the Broad Ripple Village Association (BRVA) Land Use and Development Committee. There were more than 40 in attendance at the June 24 meeting at the Indianapolis Art Center. The agenda listings are in italics below. A) 6280 College Avenue, Suite 700, HopCat Broad Ripple, Mark Elder with Wolverine Building Group, & Alex Sulanke, Petitioner, regarding a variance of development standards to provide for a 22-seat restaurant sidewalk café in the right-of-way (not permitted) of College Avenue, with a wrought iron fence, umbrellas and portable propane heaters. Petition #2014-DV1-024 Hearing Tuesday, August 5, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. Alcoholic beverage permit request hearing Monday, July 7, 2014 at 9:30 a.m. This petition is for a sidewalk dining area on College Avenue for HopCat restaurant in the parking structure. The outdoor area is expected to add 22 seats. Approximately 6½ feet of sidewalk would remain between the new fencing and the street. The committee voted unanimously to support this petition.
See LAND USE pg. 6
Banner Artist of the issue The artist for this banner is Xavier Vescovi from the Junior Digital Imaging and Photography class at Broad Ripple Magnet High School for the Arts and Humanities. Troy Judd, Visual Arts teacher, has been teaching 19 years in IPS and is in his second year at Broad Ripple. Student art, contest winners, and show information can be found at www.facebook.com/BroadRippleMagnetHighSchool.FineArts All of the banners submitted by the class are at www.broadripplegazette.com
Digital Imaging and Photography class.
photo by Troy Judd
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Broad Ripple Gazette we are featuring a year of local artists by allowing them to interpret our banner, while incorporating the words “The Broad Ripple Gazette”. Contact us at info@broadripplegazette.com to inquire if any open issues remain. Still looking for cartoonist, tattoo artist, pen and ink, etc.
1 Banner Xavier Vescovi
5 BR Brewpub Quiz
10 Frog’s Random Rippling
14 Random Rippling CommDay 20 Corps picks levee path
1 Albertson’s Mortuary
6 Poetic Thoughts
10 Hidden History / Sudoku
14 Random Rippling 3 Sisters 21 Wine Scene Jill A. Ditmire
1 June Land Use meeting
7 Local Contacts
11 BR Farmers Market
14 Where in the Village?
21 Mistakes winner
2 Random Rippling Chic-fil-A
7 Query Corner
12 Broad Ripple Museum
15 Crossword / Historic Ad
21 Random Rippling IMPD
3 Calendar
8 Classified Ads/Public Notices
12 Random Rippling Leitz
16 Round the Ripple
22 Gettin’ Ripped in Ripple
4 Buzzing Around Town
9 Old Town Minutes - 1903
13 Random Rippling Patch
16 Frog’s Random Rippling
23 Right in my Own Backyard
4 Random Rippling framing
9 Random Rippling Greens
13 Random Rippling flower
17 Directory/Maps
23 Frog’s Random Rippling