Indianapolis

[SWTXBelle]

I'm planning a trip to Indianapolis to visit the 14 NPC hq there. Can anyone give me any information as to which ones are close to one another? I need to figure out in which order I plan to visit before I contact the headquarters to set up my tours. Thanks! (I'm planning to do 4 on day one, 6 on day two, and 4 on day three, if that helps)

[ForeverRoses]

sent you a PM

[33girl]

Hey SWTX -

Not sure if ASA was on your list, but I believe we're in a state of "flux" right now while our new HQ is being built. So you might want to skip us, unless you want to get pressed into helping

[SWTXBelle]

There's something about me coming to visit HQ - I was at Chi Omega as they were moving their boutique, KD had just finished working on their mail room, AOII was cleaning up from a big training workshop, Phi Mu's hq still had that "new car smell", and Tri Delt had a non-sorority workshop that had rented their training facility. Either it's me, or our hqs are just happening places!

[ASAlamb]

I went to high school right around most of the NPC offices. A good number of them are off of W. 86th Street near Michigan Road, or right in that general area. I know there is a very nice Holiday Inn around there complete with an indoor waterpark if you're looking for a hotel.

I honestly can't remember all the sororities that have headquarters in the 86th Street area, but when I'm over there on Friday I will take a look!

[Leslie Anne]

What a great idea for a trip! I'll have to do that some day too.

When are you going?

[Benzgirl]

There are a bunch of Fraternities and Sororities on Founders Road: DU, Theta, Theta Chi, Sigma Kappa, Alpha Xi Delta
ATO is on Pennsylvania Street
AGD is on Vincennes Road (very close to Founders)
Delta Tau Delta is in Fishers
Alpha Chi Omega is on Castle Creek Pkwy (near the Delt HQ)
ASA is on Zionsville Rd, on the NW side of Indy

[ASAlamb]

Just an FYI, ATO is on Pennsylvania downtown, which is a good 20-30 minutes from the main cluster of Indy HQs.

I lived pretty much next door to the Delta Tau Delta HQ for a while, its right on Allisonville on the northeast side, also about 20 minutes from the main Greek cluster off 86th.

[ZTABullwinkle]

ZTA is also on Founder's Road.

[Benzgirl]

Ooops, missed another. Sigma Delta Tau is in Carmel Indiana

[SWTXBelle]

Thanks - I'm planning on going the week after Easter. Anyone want to tour with me???

[catiebug]

Sounds like a plan - let's go!!!

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

Thanks - I'm planning on going the week after Easter. Anyone want to tour with me???

[Katmandu]

That sounds like a wonderful trip!

I am curious.... is there a particular reason why so many groups have their HDQ in Indianapolis? I know several were founded in the region, and it is centrally located, but does that account for all of them? I had no idea until this thread that so many sororities and fraternities had their headquarters in Indianapolis. I will need to plan a road trip. It's only 1.5 hours away.

Be sure and give us an update when you are finished!

[SWTXBelle]

I actually would like to write a book about it when I'm done - so we'll see . ..

[oldu]

One of the reasons is that for many years (and maybe still today) Indiana had no property tax on fraternal properties, supposedly engineered by several non-college fraternal societies which had very elaborate facilities in Indianapolis and wanted to avoid expensive property taxes. The developers of the office park on the north side of Indy where several headquarters are located took advantage of this loophole and marketed the property to several fraternities and sororities interested in building their own facilities. That is why there are a half dozen or more all adjacent to each other. Also, the appeal of less expensive operating costs in Indianapolis brought several from New York City and the Chicago area...plus the fact that it was centrally located and a strong Greek area aided in selling the area.