Articles By: TomBritt

New Blog Teaches You Anything in 5 Minutes

0 March 23, 2008 8:55 pm

Want to learn how to play the piano online? Having trouble with your chip shot in golf? Or maybe you’ve always wanted to know how to snowboard. Then check out www.5min.com where you can learn anything in 5 minutes or [...]

Bishop Chatard Girls State Basketball Game

0 March 22, 2008 7:43 am

Unfortunately, the Bishop Chatard girls varsity basketball state game didn’t go their way as they lost to Plymouth on a last second foul. Our roving reporter Mitchell Jacki was there and captured the game on video. [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/Eip06sck-aA" width="300" height="250" [...]

Representative Dan Burton to Join Friday’s “Meet the Candidates”

Representative Dan Burton to Join Friday’s “Meet the Candidates”

1 March 19, 2008 10:39 am

Representative Dan Burton will be joining Senator Bev Gard and Hamilton County Commissioner Steve Dillinger Friday night at the Indianapolis Yacht Club from 7:00-10:00 pm. This is a great opportunity to meet local elected officials, register to vote, and watch [...]

Meet the Candidates, Friday Night

Meet the Candidates, Friday Night

0 March 19, 2008 4:02 am

State Senator Beverly Gard and Hamilton County Commissioner Steve Dillinger will be on-hand at a special Meet the Candidates event to answer questions, invite your comments, and listen to your concerns. The event is being held at the Indianapolis Yacht [...]

GUO Updates FAQ on SayNOtoFishers.com

0 March 19, 2008 3:44 am

The Geist United Opposition has updated their FAQ section of their website SayNOtoFishers.com to reflect the current issues facing unincorporated property owners around Geist Reservoir. Questions being answered include: Won’t tax reform make all this moot? Is annexation inevitable? What [...]

atGeist Distribution Expands to Over 13,000

atGeist Distribution Expands to Over 13,000

0 March 18, 2008 8:13 am

Residents in the Preserve at Indian Lakes, Oakland Hills, and Grey Eagle will start receiving the “atGeist Community Newsletter” this month thanks to the growth in advertising support. We are mailing 11,161 copies and distributing another 2,500 copies through the [...]

Geist Fitness Offers 5K Training Program

0 March 9, 2008 11:47 am

Geist Fitness is excited to launch its very own 5K training program in conjunction with the Inaugural Geist Half Marathon and 5K race! This $20 program will prepare you and provide support while guiding you to a fitter, faster you! [...]

Clean Air? Action Air Offers Air Analysis

0 March 7, 2008 6:08 am

Kandie Dinger at Action Air just posted to her blog information about an air monitor service they provide called Air Advice. She says, …with todays tightly sealed homes, and is most helpful to folks with conditions such as asthma, allergies [...]

Oakland Hills Open House Features 14 Homes on March 16th

Oakland Hills Open House Features 14 Homes on March 16th

March 4, 2008 7:08 am

Several area realtors along with Huntington Mortgage Group and Chicago Title are hosting the Oakland Hills Open on Sunday, March 16th from 1:00-5:00 pm. Over 14 homes for sale within Oakland Hills will be open for showings giving potential home [...]

Geist’s Own Samantha Peszek Takes 3rd at American Cup

1 March 2, 2008 7:01 pm

Highland Springs resident, Cathedral High School student, and atGeist’s October 2007 Meet Your Neighbor Samantha Peszek took third place overall at the Tyson American Cup yesterday which was nationally aired on NBC. The top four finishers were all from the United States [...]

Updated atGeist Newsletter Distribution Map

Updated atGeist Newsletter Distribution Map

0 February 27, 2008 12:57 pm

We mail over 10,000 copies per month of the “atGeist Community Newsletter” (and we don’t even get a ‘thank you’ card from the USPS!). Every two months, the post office changes their carrier routes and the boundaries of who gets [...]

Free Blog Training for the Geist Blogs, March

0 February 27, 2008 12:32 pm

Tom Britt, Publisher of atGeist.com and the Geist Blogs Network, will be hosting monthly blog training classes to help Geist area residents and business owners leverage the Geist Blogs Network. Training sessions will be :90 minutes long and free food [...]

New atGeist.com Video Player Available

New atGeist.com Video Player Available

0 February 27, 2008 8:54 am

Check out our new atGeist Video Player link just under the Google search on the left hand side of the weblog! This new player highlights some of our more popular videos in one easy to navigate pop-up window. Across the [...]

Annexation Costs to Fishers Since Last Summer: $500,000+

Annexation Costs to Fishers Since Last Summer: $500,000+

22 February 25, 2008 9:12 am

Fishers has spent over $500,000 in legal, accounting, public relations, and consulting fees to Fishers taxpayers since July of last year. Over 60% of those fees have been paid to Church, Church, Hittle & Antrim, the legal counsel of record [...]

Latest Fishers Flyer Intended to Scare Residents

Latest Fishers Flyer Intended to Scare Residents

16 February 23, 2008 5:40 pm

In a continued attempt to scare unincorporated Geist residents into rolling over and accepting the Town of Fishers’ annexation ordinances, a flyer was mailed out by town officials entitled “Fire Sale! Don’t Sell Your Neighbors Short.” In short, the flyer [...]

Lads and Dads Night Raises Money, Awareness for LTSF

0 February 23, 2008 5:04 pm

Sports of All Sorts hosted a first of it’s kind fundraiser last night to benefit the Lawrence Township School Foundation in two ways. [kml_flashembed movie="http://youtube.com/v/ID78POFykdk" width="300" height="250" wmode="transparent" /]“We wanted to give dads and their kids an opportunity to have [...]

Bella Vita Expanding to Charlotte with Rapper Ludacris

2 February 23, 2008 8:04 am

Ever since Henri Najem opened Bella Vita Ristorante 10 years ago, he always wanted to expand the concept to other parts of the country. This week, Henri along with Geist agent Tim Durham and rapper Ludacris signed a lease in [...]

Geist Half Marathon Recruiting “Volunteer Commandos”

Geist Half Marathon Recruiting “Volunteer Commandos”

2 February 21, 2008 5:25 am

Picture a party for 3,500 people. Now picture that this party is 13.1 miles long and goes through subdivisions and busy streets. Oh yeah, and we need 500 volunteers to do everything from pass out water to pick up trash.  [...]

Female Odd Couple to Open Tomorrow Night! Meet the Director Video

0 February 14, 2008 6:11 am

Meet the director of the Female Odd Couple, Kathy Meyer with actress Melissa Deavers and past actress Ann Ellerbrook. Tom and Steve met up with them in the dressing room off stage to talk about the ties between this year’s [...]

New course map available for Geist Half Marathon

New course map available for Geist Half Marathon

0 February 12, 2008 11:49 am

A new course map has been added to the GeistHalf.com website, highlighting the waterstop locations, mile markers, and heavy foot traffic times for residents living on the course route. Download the Half Marathon Map (click here). Runners and walkers will [...]