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Indianapolis business partners bringing The Picklr to central Indiana – Inside INdiana Business
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Pickleball is one of the fastest-growing sports in the country, and now two Hoosiers are making sure players can rally no matter what Indiana weather brings.
Ron Brock and Dave Gilreath founded wealth management company Sheaff Brock decades ago, and now have another project cooking in the kitchen.
“We bounce different ideas off one another from time to time,” Brock said. “[Dave] came in one day talking about pickleball…the demographics are really strong for pickleball. All ages can play, you get people in middle school or even younger to senior citizens playing. Everybody can play and have fun.”
The duo signed on with The Picklr, a Utah-based franchise, and plan to open six locations across central Indiana.
“Indiana has a good location for indoor pickleball because three, maybe four months of the year you play outside, but other than that they’d rather be inside,” Gilreath said. “People talk a lot while they’re playing and after playing. Probably the advantage [pickleball has] over golf is golf takes 5 hours. It takes a long time; whereas in pickleball, after an hour and a half, you’re tired.”
The Picklr Indianapolis Keystone Crossing club, located at 3810 E. 82nd St., will be the first location to open this fall. The former OfficeMax building will be transformed into 10 indoor pickleball courts, private event space, tournaments and more.
“I’m most excited to see the people having fun inside this building. Right now it’s just a big empty room, but I think that’s what I’m most excited about,” Gilreath said.
The Picklr’s second location will open in Noblesville at 9847 Cumberland Pointe Blvd, just north of 146th Street. It will have 19 courts.
First announced in May, the Noblesville location is a joint venture between former NFL quarterback Drew Brees’ BV Pickleball Clubs LLC and Pickle Indy LLC, which is owned by Gilreath and Brock.
Brees is not involved with the Keystone Crossing location.
The Picklr members can play at any of the more than 200 clubs across the country. For updates on both Indiana locations, click here.
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RIPLEY COUNTY, Ind. (WSBT) — A statewide Silver Alert has been issued for two young children in Indiana.
Police in Ripley County, southeast of Indianapolis, are looing for the children who may be siblings.
The first child is 3-year-old Aaliyah Buckingham.
She was last seen wearing a pink cat shirt and tie-dye shorts.
The younger child is 1-year-old Shane Buckingham, last seen in a red shirt and diaper.
Police think both are with 45-year-old Timothy Buckingham, who was last seen driving a brown GMC truck.
Timothy is described as a 6′ 3″ white man weighing 225 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes.
Photo of Timothy Buckingham provided by Indiana State Police
Police have not confirmed the relationship of the three, or why the children are believed to be in danger.
Anyone who sees the three are asked to contact the nearest police department.
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A firefighter for the Indianapolis Fire Department was sent to the hospital Wednesday after battling a fire at a vacant house.
According to a Facebook post made by IFD, the fire happened around 10:15 a.m. at a house on Bluff Rd. IFD says that there were several complications, including limited access to fire hydrants and “interior hoarder conditions” that IFD says was due to squatters.
The injured firefighter received “slight injury,” the Facebook post said.
It took over an hour and a half to get the fire under control, according to IFD, and another hour to put out all the remaining hot spots in the building.
According to IFD, the cause of the fire is currently unknown. Their Fire Investigations Unit is working on figuring out what caused the fire.
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