Fortville, IN (Indianapolis, Lawrence, Pendleton: houses, to live, restaurants)

[sweetcheekssia]

My parents recently moved from Lawrence to Fortville, IN. Their home is beautiful but the town seems kind of lonely...I guess I'm just looking for some info about the town. I live in New Jersey now but I visit home often and I feel lost in Fortville. We used to live minutes from Castleton Square and minutes from Pendleton Pike, right in the middle. Now I have to take 69 to get home and the traffic is no joke! I grew up in Indianapolis and I remember when that area was all trees...now there's shopping strips and houses galore. Anyhow...

Any suggestions of things to do out in Fortville? I have younger nieces and nephews ages 5-10 that I'd like to take out and about.

[dlsuits11]

my parents also live in fortville/mccordsville area...im not aware of too much to do there-we usually have to drive to indy. have you ever tried tuttles orchard? its on mt. comfort road-i know in the fall they have a big pumpkin patch with mazes,hay rides-lots to do for children...i remember going there when i was a kid-i assume they still have it every year and try the apple cider..from what i know of fortville-its one of those little towns that doesnt offer much but has great people who live there.

[Zig'sbird]

Tuttle's is located off of Mt Comfort road by about 5+ miles. It is a great place to get a pumpkin. I wish I could tell you exact directions but I don't know the street names BTW their apple cider is the best that I've ever had.

Fortville itself? It does have a nice city park. Outside of that....

Funny story: My wife and I had just met. My family was having a family get together and my wife decided to meet everyone since we had just started dating. My grandfather happened to be one of the biggest jokers that you would ever know - dry humor, sarcastic, and down right playful, etc.

Upon hearing that my then girlfriend was from Fortville, his response was: "What, THAT hick village"

Sadly, it seems that 15 years later hick village is still an honest description of the place.

[SUPERBROKER]

The growth and development are moving NE following the I-69 corridor. SIMON is opening a 1,000,000 square foot mall called Hamilton Town Center at I-69 and Exit 10 (SR 238), and in the next 18 months there will be another 800,000 square feet of upscale retail/restaurants in SAXONY; which is a 725 acre mixed-use development at the same interchange.