If you have lived in Fishers for more than a couple of years, your mental map of a good summer Saturday probably runs through the Nickel Plate District. Lawn chairs at the amp, a walk to dinner on Municipal Drive, fireworks over the municipal complex. That map is still accurate. It is also, as of this summer, only half the picture.
The other half is going up two miles east, at the corner of I-69 and 116th, where a private developer is turning a former cornfield into what functions like a second downtown. Between the two, Fishers now has more programmed summer nights than most residents can actually attend. Here is what has changed since last June, and how a current resident might reasonably think about it.
The Union Is Turning Into a Second Downtown
Thompson Thrift has been developing the 123-acre Fishers District since 2015, and The Union is the fifth and largest piece of that plan. Ground broke in mid-2025, and
