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5 Industrial Luxury: Ironworks Hotel Indy Opens with Industrial Style, Modern Amenities

10 November’s Luckiest Hoosier Alive 12 Cardinals Seek Breakthrough Season

14 Straight Shooter: Janet Holcomb

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19 Target Practice: Topgolf Swings Into Fishers with Games, Food and Fun

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Amy Isbell-Williams, general manager of Ironworks Hotel Indy on 86th Street near Keystone Avenue, says the newly opened, 100,000-square-foot boutique facility combines a 19th Century industrial aesthetic with an array of modern touches and dining options.

Wisconsin-based Hendricks Commercial Properties (HCP) decided to build the hotel after observing the quick rise in popularity of its mixed-use Ironworks at Keystone development, which opened in 2014. “After they developed the apartments next door they found that this is really a great location to invest in,” Isbell-Williams says. “Construction took a little over a year,

and now we’ve been focused on staffing, training and presenting ourselves to the Indy community.” The five-story, 120-room hotel officially opened on September 12 and features four room styles for guests to choose from, as well as a fitness center and three conference rooms. Reclaimed barn wood, reused piping and beams and even a repurposed crane

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at the main entrance all add to the facility’s distinctive style. Dining options include Indy-based Cunningham Restaurant Group’s Provision, a 5,000-square-foot upscale dinner concept and Rize, a farmto-table breakfast and lunch eatery. National chain Blue Sushi Sake Grill is slated for a December opening onsite as well. “We also have Massage Heights which is a massage and facial spa, as well as a fast-casual restaurant with sandwiches and flatbread pizzas,” Isbell-Williams adds. “Cunningham is providing room service also.” The hotel shares the 19th Century industrial character of its sister Ironworks Hotel in Beloit, Wisconsin, where HCP’s corporate headquarters facility is located. Isbell-Williams says the headquarters building itself is a converted paper mill formerly known as Merrill & Houston Ironworks, founded in 1858. “When Hendricks took over that space in Beloit they were left with all these cool molds that the piece of art in the Indy lobby is actually made from,” she says. “Wisconsin in general has a really big industrial history, so that’s where they were inspired as far as the first Ironworks Hotel in Beloit. That visual concept worked well up there and they decided that the people here in Indianapolis would value it as well, especially with the lack of boutique hotels and lifestyle brands here.” To further distinguish itself from competitors, Isbell-Williams says Ironworks is offering amenities and customer service touches that many other hotels have abandoned in recent years due to expense issues. “People have gotten away from the full-service side of things,” she says. “For example, we’re giving complementary valet to all of our 6 / ZIONSVILLE MAGAZINE / NOVEMBER 2017 / atZionsville.com

guests. We have a stocked minibar in every room, but what makes us a little special is we don’t have an outrageous markup for a lot of those items. So maybe you get to your room late and you want a bottle of wine, or grab a bag of M&Ms or popcorn while you watch TV, and you won’t pay a small fortune for it. We’re going back to those full-service basics when it comes to the hotel and service.” To commemorate its opening, the staff at Ironworks hosted a grand opening gala on October 21 featuring live music, hotel tours, a beer garden and food from Ruth’s Chris Steak House, Sangiovese Ristorante and Cunningham Restaurant Group. For additional details on Ironworks Hotel Indy including reservation information, call 463-221-2200 or visit ironworkshotel.com/Indianapolis.

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Zeke Sodrel is only 21 years old, but according to his mom, Angie, she estimates that he’s already burned through most of his nine lives. He was just 14 years old when he was messing around on his dirt bike. After taking a jump, he had a fight with gravity on his way back down to earth when the handle bars went between his goggles and his helmet, crushing his septum upon landing.

pole. Because Zeke’s window was rolled down, his face scraped the wooden pole. Splinters punctured his face, which also sustained multiple fractures. “My face hurt and was swollen for a couple of months,” he says. It was another situation where had his body been positioned just an inch in a different direction and the impact could have been fatal.

“The doctor said Zeke’s nose was crushed worse than any he’d ever seen other than a drag racer he had worked on who had crashed into a wall,” Angie says. “The doctor also made it clear that had the handle bars hit just a half an inch upward, he would have died instantly because they would have been driven into his brain stem.”

“Thankfully, God kept all my kids safe that day,” Angie says.

After repairing the septum, Zeke was told no contact sports for eight weeks. Not that recovery slowed him down much. It seems nothing does.

Despite these near-misses, Zeke, landscaping manager for Sodrel Lawnscapes, LLC in Greenwood, hasn’t taken his foot off the gas pedal of life. He still approaches every day, fearless and full of highenergy spirit.

“He’s a fearless kid with a high tolerance for pain,” says Angie, who describes her son as a hard worker who also likes to have fun to the extreme. An avid fisherman and hunter, Zeke likes to build wheeling rigs, which he takes to off-road parks. He also races dirt bikes on the weekend at various motocross races. Zeke admits that he’s got a reputation for pushing the limits. “Everybody does kind of call me a daredevil,” he admits. It turns out that the high pain tolerance is a characteristic that has served him well through the years. In July 2013, Zeke was riding in the car with his sister, who was driving, when suddenly a squirrel darted in front of the car. She reflexively jerked the steering wheel in the opposite direction, overcorrecting and sideswiping a telephone

And that wasn’t the only day the divine intervened on Zeke’s behalf. When he started driving, he took a corner too fast in the rain and totaled his truck. He also totaled two other vehicles in two separate accidents — each time walking away without a scratch.

“Honestly, none of these accidents have altered my son’s personality in the slightest,” Angie says. “In fact, he just broke his ankle a month ago in a dirt bike race. He goes for it — always living life to the fullest. In doing so, he’s given me a lot of gray hairs.” Zeke was unaware that his mom had even entered him in the Luckiest Hoosier Alive contest until she delivered the news that he had won. “That’s awesome!” he says of learning that his prize winnings include going to Hoosier Park Racing & Casino for an evening of gambling and a free dinner for two. Perhaps he’ll take his mom. I think mothers everywhere will agree that she’s earned it.

CARDINALS SEEK BREAKTHROUGH SEASON Writer / Matt Roberts Photography provided by Ball State Athletics

Entering their fifth season under Coach James Whitford, Ball State University basketball may be poised for a breakthrough.

“(Recruiting in-state) is critical,” Whitford says. “Indiana is such a talent-rich hotbed. The talent here is one of the main reasons I wanted to come to Ball State.” The Cardinals return a wealth of experience in the backcourt including junior point guard Tayler Persons. Whitford credits Persons with speeding up the team’s offensive tempo last year.

After posting fewer than eight wins in each of his first two years, the next two seasons ended with the Cardinals winning more than 20 games each and enjoying “We’ve always tried to play fast, but we were postseason play for the first time since 2002. better on offense and Tayler Persons is a really good point guard,” he says. At least part of the reason for the turnaround may be the Cardinals’ success Whitford’s greatest concern is a scarcity of at recruiting Indiana high school players. options in the post. Over the course of his four years in Muncie, Whitford has landed eight Indiana “If there’s something that keeps me up at All-Stars. In the 10 years immediately night it’s our depth in the frontcourt,” he prior, Ball State signed only two. Those 10 says. “We really can’t afford injuries there. years resulted in only one winning season We have (Tahjai) Teague and Trey Moses, and no postseason berths. but after that we go sophomore-freshmanINDY METRO / NOVEMBER 2017 / TownePost.com

freshman. Those guys are going to have to contribute this year.” The Cardinals lost two starters to graduation from last from last year’s 21-13 team in Franko House and Indianapolis Roncalli product Ryan Weber. Though both will be missed, Whitford worries more about replacing House. “Ryan was a good player, but we have a little more depth there,” Whitford says. “We’re pretty deep in the perimeter. Franko was a unique player. He was a playmaker from the 4 and 5 spot, so we’ll have to make up for him by committee.” The 2017-18 season opens with several tough tests, including dates with Oregon, Dayton, Oklahoma and Notre Dame. Mid-November has the Cardinals bouncing between Oklahoma, Oregon and Pennsylvania over the course of just eight days.

“There’s no question that this is our toughest schedule by far,” Whitford says. “It’s really difficult not only with the competition but with the travel. “Since I got here, I’ve been trying to get involved in the more high-profile ESPN events. It’s not that hard for us to get games with major schools on the road, but it’s very hard to get them at a neutral site, and it’s hard for us to get on ESPN.” With increased success and higherprofile opponents come higher fan expectations. The last time Ball State played in the NCAA tournament, most of the current roster was in preschool. It’s quite a leap from the College Basketball Insider Tournament (CIT) to the NCAA. But with consecutive 20-win seasons capped by postseason play, the Cardinals may be ready for the next step.

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STRAIGHT SHOOTER JANET HOLCOMB TALKS ART, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND BECOMING A GUN SAFETY INSTRUCTOR

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Walking the grounds at the Penrod Arts Fair on #IndianasNicestDay, First Lady Janet Holcomb readily points out the artistic technique used by one of many talented artists.

to 10 years in 4-H. She was also a Girl Scout. Her drawing cultivated her desire for creativity, which she says applies to her decision-making and many areas of her life.

“During college, I took business classes, having been influenced by my parents and grandparents, who are small business owners,” says Holcomb, who earned “This is encaustic painting, which involves her undergraduate and master’s degrees a method of warming wax, adding colored in Fine Art from Ball State University. pigments and applying on a specially treated “I understood the importance of canvas or wood,” Holcomb says. “It gives the entrepreneurship as a supplement to a painting depth.” potential career in the arts.” A few feet behind us, the artist is encouraging other attendees to touch his painting, for it is approachable. The term “approachable” also describes Holcomb. She is walking around Penrod with her niece, relatively under the radar, for few people recognize her and she is quite comfortable with this.

Holcomb has served as Vice President of her family’s business, R&R Engineering, headquartered in Summitville, Indiana. Due to her responsibilities as Indiana’s First Lady, she needed to step away from R&R to take on an entirely different role, yet in some ways she is coming full circle with her passions.

Growing up near Muncie on a horse farm, Holcomb’s first loves were horses, ponies and drawing. The equestrian passion led

Upon her husband taking the oath of office, one of Holcomb’s first meetings was with the Indiana Arts Commission. INDY METRO / NOVEMBER 2017 / TownePost.com

“The Arts are so important. It enhances the quality of life in our community, shows a richness of culture and diversity, and there is so much talent in Indiana to celebrate,” Holcomb says. “Art adds so much to our lives and shows us new things. An experience with the arts has a tremendously positive impact.” A serendipitous moment occurred at Penrod Arts Fair when the First Lady visited with local artist Jessica Green, who does a lot of plein air painting in and around Indianapolis. The First Lady commented that Green might enjoy painting at the Governor’s Residence some time. This simple suggestion became a reality a couple weeks later. Armed with paint brushes, a small army of en plein air painters set up their easels around the exterior of the Residence, capturing the beauty of the grounds. Green, alongside six other Indy painters, went to work painting a scene in the garden. Green is known for her fresh and modern style, utilizing bright colors.

“Indy has a great, thriving arts community,” Green says. “It’s a pleasure to have our First Lady be so supportive of the arts.” Harrison Arts Center resident Justin Vining was among the painters. Vining is a renowned landscape painter with a specialty in architecture. Artists Addie Hirschten, Alicia Zanoni, Donna Shortt, Stephanie Thomson, and Jed Dorsey were also engaged in creating landscapes alongside one another. “The grounds are beautiful all year long,” Holcomb says. “It is wonderful to capture the spaces on canvas by these talented artists.” “It’s surprising where this (creative approach) intersects: with cooking, decorating at home, business decisions. It is all bound by a common thread of creativity,” adds Holcomb, who sees elements of her formal art training as a creative problem solver. Another passion of Holcomb’s was facilitated by an unpleasant experience, and one that illustrates her strength and resilience. A few years ago, while Holcomb and her husband were asleep, their home was burglarized and her purse stolen. The police told them that it was for the best that they did not wake up during the home invasion, as the suspects were likely armed. Holcomb had been afraid of guns but decided to take a gun safety class. The experience did not end there, because she enjoyed it. This led to several more classes and becoming an instructor. She focuses upon the safety and responsibility, proper usage and education of fire arms. “I felt vulnerable and violated,” says Holcomb, who realized she had several thousands of dollars charged to her credit cards by the time she woke up after the burglary. “We need a way to defend ourselves. I had reached out to some friends who were into shooting sports and took some classes.” TownePost.com / NOVEMBER 2017 / INDY METRO

This year, for the first Gridiron Dinner since her husband took office, one of the best jokes of the evening centered around First Lady Janet Holcomb and her accomplishment of being an experienced markswoman. “The barricades that used to line the front lawn of the Governor’s Residence have been replaced with signs of Janet Holcomb holding a gun that read, ‘Go ahead, make my day!’” shared the pundit, garnering one of the biggest laughs of the evening. Holcomb, who was not present for that dinner, smiles and says, “Yes, I heard about that!” Given her many interests, which include entrepreneurship, gun safety, Veterans affairs, and the arts, Holcomb is thoughtful in her approach as her role as First Lady with defining her agenda. She thoroughly enjoys being in public and meeting fellow Hoosiers. One of her favorite moments was meeting 4-H students at the Indiana State Fair who share the same passion that she had as a young girl. Holcomb and her husband proudly attend events all over the state and around the world, yet perhaps the most popular Holcomb family member has four legs. With his own social media following, the First Dog, Henry, a Miniature Schnauzer, tends to steal the show when accompanying the Holcombs. You can follow Henry on Twitter at @FirstDogHenry and the Holcombs at @FLJanetHolcomb and @GovHolcomb. INDY METRO / NOVEMBER 2017 / TownePost.com

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Topgolf, a restaurant, entertainment and golfing venue with more than 30 locations nationwide, opened its first Indiana location on October 13 and is now in full swing on 116th Street in Fishers across from IKEA and Portillo’s.

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“We have games for beginners, or you can play more advanced practice games if you’re a golfer,” says Adrienne Chance, director of corporate communications for Topgolf. “There’s the rooftop terrace where you can just come and enjoy a drink and live music. We also have pool tables in the lower-level lounge. And you can change the channel on the TV in your hitting bay to watch whatever game you want. It’s a very unique

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BUTLER BASKETBALL HEAD COACH LAVALL JORDAN LOOKS TO CONTINUE WINNING TRADITION Writer / Matt Roberts

Butler University basketball has been remarkably resilient through its last six coaching changes. From Thad Matta to Chris Holtmann, the Bulldogs regularly promoted assistant coaches to the top job and continued to enjoy success. New Coach LaVall Jordan spent last year at the University of Milwaukee, but that doesn’t mean he’s a stranger to the program. After playing at Butler under coach Todd Lickliter, Jordan served as an assistant coach at Butler for four years. He then joined Lickliter’s staff at Iowa and moved on to Michigan before accepting the head coaching

job at Milwaukee. That team won only eight games during the regular season and lost its last nine in a row. But entering the Horizon League tournament as a 10-seed, the Panthers won three games and lost to eventual champion Northern Kentucky by six points.

the mark of a champion. “I give that group a lot of credit. There were a lot of reasons not to believe, losing nine in a row, but when we won the first game (in the tournament) it was like, ‘Hey, we just did it the way we wanted to all year.’”

A first-year head coach might be expected to question his coaching philosophy after such Working with multiple successful coaches a tough start, but Jordan believes staying has provided Jordan with an opportunity to true to the process facilitated the late-season absorb distinctive strengths and styles. turnaround. “I’ve been fortunate with the type of people “Nothing changed,” he says. “Which is I’ve been around,” Jordan says. “They’re all what allowed us to have good results. If great human beings. With Barry Collier, guys didn’t believe in what we were doing, it was instilling values and holding people if we hadn’t been consistent as a staff, we accountable. Thad was an unbelievable wouldn’t have advanced. Consistency is motivator who just had a gift for getting

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guys ready. Todd was terrific at team building. He got a lot of respect from the locker room because players knew he cared about them. Brad’s (Stevens) organizational skills are off the charts. Coach Beilein is a great tactician. I really learned how to run a program from him. “I still lean on them all now,” Jordan adds. “The nice thing is, they’re just a phone call away.” Jordan was named Butler’s head basketball coach in June, which left only a few weeks to verify that all the freshmen were staying and make arrangements for the team’s trip to Spain. The Bulldogs got four games against international competition and the trip provided a good opportunity for the team to gel with its new coach. “That was really beneficial,” Jordan says. “We had 10 days just to be together and build relationships, especially with the freshmen. It was also good to be able to go

against an opponent. Because in practice, you’re trying to figure out if it was good offense or bad defense. Facing somebody else and having some adversity and seeing who was communicating, having guys make some important shots and seeing what the freshmen can do.” Jordan will put his own stamp on the team, but don’t expect any wholesale changes to

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“The Butler Way.” “We’ve always been opportunistic here, but valuing the basketball has been a staple,” he says. “We’ve always been rated pretty highly in fewest turnovers, and that won’t change. If it does, we’ll have to have some conversations. And playing unselfishly has always been a staple, I don’t see the way we play changing that much.”

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When Shari Jenkins opened Noah Grant’s Grill House and Oyster Bar in Zionsville in 2008, her vision was a high-quality, yet casual, eatery that she herself would want to patronize frequently. Almost a decade later this philosophy is still serving her well, as Noah Grant’s remains one of the area’s premier steak and seafood establishments.

A Zionsville Community High School and University of Dayton grad, Jenkins worked as a middle school teacher before the urge came to try her hand in the restaurant business. “I had always worked in restaurants growing up, and it was a business I knew really well,” says Jenkins, who lives in Zionsville. “My first job was in the space where Noah Grant’s is. It was an ice cream

parlor, and I worked there all through high school.” Not long after her son Noah was born in 2001, Jenkins felt the timing was right to transition from education into the service industry and began formulating a restaurant concept that would serve highend cuisine in a relaxed atmosphere. By 2008, the doors to Noah Grant’s – named after her son – were open.

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“I wanted as much time as possible with my son, so somehow I made the wrong assumption that, being a business owner, I would have more free time for him than when I was teaching,” she recalls with a laugh. “It was quite the opposite. He ended up spending a good amount of time at the restaurant and has grown up with some of the staff that has been there since 2008.” Jenkins says many Noah Grant’s patrons leave feeling like they’ve just been on a trip to the east coast, due to both the unique ambience and the food selection. The menu includes a full range of seafood options from shrimp, crab and oyster appetizers, to an extensive sushi list, to salmon, lobster and scallop entrées. Land options include burgers, Dijon-crusted chicken and filets offered in portions of four, six or eight ounces. “A lot of people say, ‘I feel like I’m on vacation at the Cape,’” Jenkins says of her customers. “I’ve stayed away from white tablecloths from day one, because once you see that, it screams formality and that’s not what I wanted. I’m not someone who likes to get dressed up to eat good food. And that was kind of where the idea came from.” A new location for Noah Grant’s in the Carter Building on South Main Street is scheduled to open later this fall, and Jenkins says the decision to move came from a simple desire to offer a fresh, new atmosphere to the public while expanding seating capacity. The new location will also be Noah Grant’s main one moving forward. An unfortunate kitchen fire in September left so much extensive damage to the original location that Jenkins says it will not be reopened. So, look for the new location to open soon. “Reinventing yourself as a restaurant is always important to keep the guests engaged,” she says. “Whether you remodel or change your menu items, you’ve got to keep your guests engaged. It was just a good opportunity for Noah Grant’s to make a change after its first decade.” 26 / ZIONSVILLE MAGAZINE / NOVEMBER 2017 / atZionsville.com

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Jenkins’s keep-it-fresh attitude has also included opening her second Zionsville-based restaurant, the Salty Cowboy, on Oak Street in the fall of 2014. The establishment serves tacos (which, along with seafood, happens to be Jenkins’s favorite food category), burritos, burgers, barbecue and more in a kid-friendly dining room, as well as a lively bar atmosphere that offers margaritas, draft beers and specialty cocktails.

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“We have so many great small, individual retail shops here in Zionsville,” Jenkins says. “You need a lot of that to keep a town alive. I think with these restaurants and a lot of the others that have opened in the last few years as well, and also the retail stores that are independently owned, they all fit together to make the town that I live in great.”

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ZIONSVILLE GIRLS GOLF WINS FIRST-EVER STATE CHAMPIONSHIP Writer / Christy Heitger-Ewing Photos provided by ZHS Girls Golf

Last year the Zionsville girls’ golf team advanced to the state finals where they placed fourth. Though that was an impressive accomplishment, this year they set their sights higher and grabbed the trophy, having won the IHSAA Girls Golf State Championship. It is the first state championship for girls golf in the school’s history.

strengthening exercises. On cold weather days, they were indoors hitting in bays. When spring rolled around, they played in tournaments. “These were all things that I didn’t direct them to do. They took the initiative and had the fortitude to go do it all. That’s why they’re so good,” says Anderson, who has been a golf coach for 15 years, having coached girls varsity golf for a decade at Zionsville High School. An avid golfer since he was five years old, he appreciates the lessons the sport provides.

“When they walked off the podium last year in fourth place, I think it clicked in their heads just how good they could be, and they Golf is unique in the sense that it’s both were determined to make this their year,” team and individual. Athletes learn how to says head coach Jeff Anderson. cope with difficult situations on the fly that not only impact their round but also their They did that by spending a great deal teammates. of time training during the off-season. They lifted weights and engaged in core“That’s been one of the cool things about this

group of kids,” Anderson says. “More than any other I’ve ever had, these girls function more like a sisterhood than a team.” Their bonding is a result of spending countless hours perfecting their sport. Not only did they put in 12 to 14-hour Saturdays between late July and late September, but they played in six 18-hole match tournaments before school even started. “That’s a lot of golf, but they started to win several of those tournaments,” says Anderson, noting that Westfield was their No.1 friendly rival. Westfield would win a couple of tournaments, then Zionsville would win a few. When Zionsville won the mid-season conference tournament for the first time in school history, the team’s confidence grew and it was reflected in their performance.

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“At that point, they began to play solid golf,” says Anderson, who acknowledges that a huge part of the sport is mental. “If you can’t control what’s going on between your ears, you can’t control a little white ball.” Senior Maggie Nobbe hopes that their state title will inspire young girls to set their goals high. Junior Ellie Hine thinks it will. “I’ve played with most of these girls since middle school and it’s amazing to see how far we’ve come,” she says.

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As the season unfolded, Anderson saw consistency in some players and improvement in others. “They started out strong and finished stronger,” he says. By the time Zionsville got to the state finals, there were a handful of teams that were in the hunt to win the state title. It all came down to who could put it together during that final weekend. Zionsville finished the first day with a 17-shot lead. The team broke the all-time state record for any sectional tourney with a 284. The previous record was 290. “To beat a record not just by a shot or two but by six shots is ridiculous,” says Anderson, who has been humbled by the outpouring of support the team has received, not only from Zionsville residents but also from surrounding communities. “It’s really a testament to the fact that these girls are great golfers but even better people.”

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