First Saturday Coffeetime... Mar. 3

Reminder: Our 'First Saturdays' coffeetime together, will be this Saturday -- yikes, that's tomorrow -- Paradise Bakery, here in the ClayTerrace Mall.

8 a.m.... We'll be doing the normal catching up with each other. And Pat has prepared something inspirational for us as well.

So come join us for coffee -- it's open to everyone in the Clay Terrace area.

And as always... Even if you can't make it tomorrow... If you know of NEEDS in the neighborhood area... contact us... we always try to pray about such things, and would try to help somehow if we can.

Hope to see you tomorrow morning.

Portrait Studio Celebrates, Expands

CARMEL -- Celebrity Kids Portrait Studios, 14300 Clay Terrace Blvd., will celebrate the Indianapolis Colts' AFC Championship win by offering a free portrait session and portrait to any customer wearing Colts gear today through Sunday.

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Whole Foods will purchase Wild Oats

INDIANAPOLIS - It remains to be seen just how the merger of two leading organic grocery stores will play out in Indianapolis, but this type of store is gaining interest in the city.

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Twelve inches of snow.... so far...

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Originally uploaded by indycoach.

It's a small price to pay, to get to live here in the Clay Terrace neighborhood.

Super Snow Colts !

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Originally uploaded by indycoach.

7 inches of snow... is just icing on the cake... when you're home to the Super Colts Champions !

Super Saturday

Reminder: 'First Saturdays Coffee"... Feb. 3rd

This will be a Super Saturday coffeetime at the Paradise Bakery this time.

• Colts Gear Only.
• No Bears Fans Allowed (to talk).... Gerald!!! LOLLLL
• We'll have a new dvd of some personal stories of some Colts players and Coach Dungy.

Also... graphics artist Ellen Spencer will be with us, before her Flickr Day presentation [down at the inner-city cafe where some of us go help frequently]. So if you have questions about digital cameras or how to get your pictures onto the web to share at the #1 website... Flickr.com... Saturday will be a great day to ask.

Or better yet, also come be with us and help-out down at the Unleavened Bread Cafe... noon til 2pm as we do the full presentation & training.

"So You Wanna Be In Pictures?" -- Flickr training. Learn how to get your digital photos onto your computer, edit them and/or uploaded to the internet (free & easy), so you easily share them with your friends & neighbors. Example: Here are some pictures from Clay Terrace uploaded by various people... at Flickr.com.

And share your internet skills with others. If you can surf and do email, you're a step-up on many of our inner-city friends who don't even have internet access. So come make friends among some folks who'll appreciate your friendship and help.

"First Saturdays" Coffeetime... Jan. 6th

Reminder: Our 'First Saturdays' coffeetime together, will be this Saturday -- yikes, that's tomorrow -- Paradise Bakery, here in the ClayTerrace Mall.

8 a.m.... We'll be doing the normal catching up with each other... And in particular, we'll be discussing New Year's Resolutions... and how we can help each other KEEP our resolutions. **smile**

So come join us -- it's open to everyone with an interest in the Clay Terrace area.

And as always... Even if you can't make it tomorrow... If you know of NEEDS in the neighborhood area... contact us... we always try to pray about such things, and would try to help somehow if we can.

Hope to see you tomorrow morning.

Clay Terrace on Wikimapia

[Visit Clay Terrace neighborhood on Wikimapia]

Reminder: Breakfast with Santa... THIS SATURDAY

A free Breakfast with Santa, Saturday, Dec. 2nd, 8:30am to 11:30am. [continued]

Happy Thanksgiving !

Sorry, I couldn't resist... LOLLLLL. Hope you all have a happy thanksgiving with family and friends.



And here are some interesting links re Thanksgiving, including a story for children (and adults).... "The Miracle of Thanksgiving". And you're welcome to leave a comment below with other great links you know of.

Blessings everyone!

December 'Coffee-time' with Santa...

Because of the special "Breakfast with Santa" [see post below], we'll be participating in this community event for the kids, instead of our normal time together.



Come join us. We're do coffee there... (while we help **smile**). Bring your kids & grandkids.

Breakfast with Santa... Saturday, December 2nd

Suddenly it's getting cold, and it's time to start making Christmas plans...

"Breakfast with Santa"



One of our community's 'warmest churches' is hosting a Free Breakfast with Santa, Saturday, Dec. 2nd, 8:30am to 11:30am.

It'll be a great time for the kids (and those of us who enjoy seeing our kids have a great time.)

River Oaks Community Church
13200 N. Old Meridian St., Carmel
[Old Meridian x Main Stree (map)]

For more information call
317-575-9568


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[This happens to be where we attend church. But we'd also be happy to post other special charitable events like this. Let me know. Merry Christmas, and Happy Holidays!]

New truck lane opens at Clay Terrace

This week, a truck driver blazed a new trail from Rt. 31/Meridian into the backyard of the neighborhood.

'First Saturday' Coffeetime... Oct. 7th

Don't forget... 8am... Paradise Bakery in the Clay Terrace Mall.... Saturday, Oct. 7th.

Mrs. Walter will be sharing some stories from the early days of Walters Plaza, the former neighborhood area now called Clay Terrace.

And Pat will be sharing some devotional thoughts to discuss.

Everyone is warmly welcome. Come listen, ask questions. Learn more about our history and help build our future together.

See you there!

Life Factory

Clay Terrace firm to solve voice-mail jail

Interactions Corp. was founded in New Jersey in 2002 and moved its corporate headquarters to its current location at 14390 Clay Terrace in Carmel earlier this year. It uses "intent recognition" technology that allows customers to describe an issue or ask a question through an automated system and be helped immediately through state-of-the-art technology.

Interaction is a marriage of humans and computers that allows customers of companies to ditch what's called voice-mail jail and talk to a computer that talks back like a human. Its founder is Michael Cloran.

Cloran was attracted to Indiana by cost-of-living, a friendly business environment and nearby universities. According to technology enterpreneur Scott Jones, Indiana gains a new player in the high-tech sector the state craves. "Creating this critical mass allows us to have acceleration of our high-tech industry in Indiana," Jones said.

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'First-Saturday Coffee'... Sept. 2nd

Don't forget... 8am... Paradise Bakery in the Clay Terrace Mall.... Saturday, Sept. 2nd.

This time, we'll do a little online surfing together -- especially to give you some inside-information regarding the 'SAVI' system mentioned in the blog-post below. It'll give you a chance to see the types of neighborhood information becoming increasingly available via the web.



And Gerald agreed to provide a short inspirational lesson we can discuss together.

Everyone is warmly welcome. See you there!

Community Research Conference... Sept. 22nd

[SAVI is the comprehensive community research tool of choice here in the Central Indiana area, and which contains many varieties of data... for metro area communities and even neighborhoods... including available data from state & national community-research, including U.S. Census Bureau research info.]



The September 22nd 'SAVI Users Conference' provides an opportunity to learn about new tools in SAVI, discover how other users have harnessed the power of SAVI through new approaches, and participate in discussions about how SAVI can help your organization better understand its community.

It also is a great place for people new to SAVI to learn how it can help your organization.

Choose from several interactive and hands-on breakout sessions throughout the day and learn how SAVI can help you.

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First Saturday Coffeetime

Don't forget... 8am... Paradise Bakery in the Clay Terrace Mall.... Saturday, August 5th.

Everyone is warmly welcome. See you there!

FHL Slide-Show

Click to see the photo album from "Faith Hope & Love Week" here in the metro area, including a ton of work in Carmel.