Indianapolis

[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.

[cuteASAbug]

Originally Posted by 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!

Land is cheap in Indiana to build on, there are jobs in the area which can attract people to move there with their families to work for headquarters, and most importantly, Indiana has good laws about non-profits owning property since no fraternity or sorority is a full 501c3 non-profit.

[SWTXBelle]

Some websites are definitely much easier to find information on HQs than others!

I swear I thought there were more hqs then these, so please tell me if I'm missing anyone -

Kappa Alpha Theta - 8740 Founders Road
Sigma Kappa - 8733 Founders Road
Alpha Xi Delta - 8702 Founders Road
Alpha Gamma Delta - 8701 Founders Road
Zeta Tau Alpha - 3450 Founders Road


So,one day on Founder's Road. Then -

Alpha Chi Omega - 5939 Castle Creek Parkway North Drive
Sigma Alpha Tau - 714 Adam Street - Carmel IN

Alpha Sigma Alpha is building their beautiful new hq - but this may be my only shot at seeing them. Any ASAs who can tell me where the old one is? I'll move boxes, if need be!

Am I missing anyone?

[cuteASAbug]

The old ASA headquarters is 9550 Zionsville Road, Suite 160.

[SWTXBelle]

Thanks, cutie. It looks like I may be able to do this in two days.