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🌱 Want to help build Greenwood’s new Fieldhouse Plaza? Here’s your chance
Greenwood, Indiana Patch AM: a 5 min readHello Greenwood! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Want to help build Greenwood’s new Fieldhouse Plaza? Here’s your chance
- How a confrontation on a Greenwood school bus led to prison time
- Greenwood mourns IU grad killed in downtown Indianapolis shooting
Also on today's calendar: Jennifer Mlott: Chilly Water Greenwood and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 80 and low of 57 degrees.
- Thursday: Sunny to partly cloudy, temps: high: 82, low: 63.
- Friday: Warm with partial sunshine, with a high of 84 and low of 65 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• 2026-06-02 Daily Journal 60160884 (dailyjournal.net) — The City of Greenwood is seeking sealed bids for its new Fieldhouse Plaza project, with submissions due at City Center by June 23. Contractors can review plans online, attend a June 11 pre-bid meeting in Greenwood, and may see a contract awarded at the July 14 Redevelopment Commission meeting. Residents can also observe the public bid opening in person or via Zoom. 
• Mother sentenced after boarding Greenwood school bus, fighting children, claiming her son was being bullied in October 2025 (wthr.com) — A recent court case involves a woman sentenced after entering a Greenwood school bus at a neighborhood stop and confronting children she believed were bullying her son. Police say video from the Greenwood bus showed adults boarding, making threats, and encouraging a fight among young students before officers arrived. The sentence includes prison time, probation, and a mental health evaluation.
• Sen. Jim Banks points to IU grad shooting as 'crisis' for Indianapolis (indystar.com) — A 23-year-old Greenwood man and recent IU Kelley graduate was fatally shot in a downtown Indianapolis parking garage, prompting U.S. Sen. Jim Banks to label the city’s violence a “crisis.” The story recounts Brett Scrogham’s promising life, community heroism, new real estate career, and the ongoing IMPD investigation, while sharing how friends and family are mourning and seeking justice.
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★ Featured events ★
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2026 Greenwood Pride Festival →
Woodmen Park, 918 Ashmore Dr, Greenwood
12:00 pm
Saturday June 6
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Other local events
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Tiny Tots Storytime
Clark Pleasant Library Clark Pleasant Branch - CPB Youth Program Room
10:00 am -
STEAM Zone Kids, Jr. 3D Printing Camp
Clark Pleasant Library Clark Pleasant Branch - CPB STEAM Zone
10:00 am -
STEAM Zone Kids 3D Printing Camp
Clark Pleasant Library Clark Pleasant Branch - CPB STEAM Zone
11:30 am -
STEAM Zone Teen 3D Printing Camp
Clark Pleasant Library Clark Pleasant Branch - CPB STEAM Zone
2:00 pm -
CPR & AED Training
Clark Pleasant Library Clark Pleasant Branch - CPB Community Room
10:00 am -
Dungeons & Dragons
Clark Pleasant Library Clark Pleasant Branch - CPB STEAM Zone
2:30 pm -
Jennifer Mlott: Chilly Water Greenwood →
Chilly Water Center Grove Taproom, 1480 Olive Branch Parke Ln STE 400, Greenwood
4:00 pm
Thursday June 4
Friday June 5
Saturday June 6
Sunday June 7
📣 Greenwood Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
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STEAM Zone Teen 3D Printing Camp →
Johnson County Public Library - Clark Pleasant Branch, 350 Clearwater Blvd, Whiteland
10:00 am -
STEAM Zone Kids, Jr. 3D Printing Camp
Clark Pleasant Library Clark Pleasant Branch - CPB STEAM Zone
10:00 am -
STEAM Zone Kids 3D Printing Camp
Clark Pleasant Library Clark Pleasant Branch - CPB STEAM Zone
11:30 am -
Positive Impact →
Bailey & Wood Financial Group, 740 E Main St, Whiteland
11:30 am
Wednesday June 3
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- All HOA run subdivisions: Have any used AI platforms?
I've been researching and it can do everything other than "personal communication ". Everything else can be done. Who in Woodgate be open to having… (Nextdoor Woodgate) - Need suggestions on someone to clean a rental property from a move out, someone you’ve used that did a great job.
Also need a couple estimates done on a retaining wall, not sure if we want to rebuild and replace or just repair. I can send pictures tomorrow or… (Nextdoor West Bargersville)
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- Capstone Logistics, LLC posted a job opening for Warehouse Forklift Operator in Greenwood. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Greenwood here.
🗞 Nearby News
New Whiteland
- Daily Journal welcomes summer intern (dailyjournal.net)
- High School Sports Scoreboard: Center Grove boys golf; Greenwood baseball results (dailyjournal.net)
- Johnson County Health Inspections: June 2 (dailyjournal.net)
Southport
- This Legendary Indiana Amish Spot Serves Giant Pretzels Drowned In Warm Butter (myfamilytravels.com)
Franklin
- Does Franklin need more downtown parking? A study will find out. (dailyjournal.net)
- Soar Above Indiana's Open Farm Fields At This Thrilling Paragliding Experience (myfamilytravels.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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