u/Developed_hoosier

Without being negative, what are some things you'd like to see from the parade in the future?

I would like more music instead of just horns. Was IUS marching band present? I think I only saw New Albany

It'd be cool to see more animals in the parade, there's various local livestock and I've heard rumors of camels. I'm sure we have methods of catching the poop before it hits the road

Leaning more into the fall aspect of Harvest Homecoming, would love to see some active tractors, the steam one was cool

More local business floats, Im ignorant of whether there's an incentive or a cost to participate

Edit: found the official rules, I'm not sure what the application is like since registration closed. Please share the rules and the website with any non profits, local businesses, or marching bands you may know in preparation for next year. Only rule I'm not a fan of is the no scary haunted houses, but I totally understand why it's there.

https://harvesthomecoming.com/parade-registration/

Heard the term Parcel Tax recently and realized it wasn't something I'd heard before, did a search of this sub and couldn't find reference of it either.

Apparently in California, to get around Prop 13, some communities have been levying a "Parcel Tax". This is non-ad valorem, or not on the value added to a property, but hits the base parcel. Sometimes it's a flat tax (hitting smaller parcels harder) and sometimes it's per square foot.

While this is not a land VALUE tax, it does seem like a half measure that gets communities closer to the idea of taxing the land instead of the improvements.

Haven't done deep research on it, but am curious where all this might be currently implemented, since many states copied Prop 13 and will be struggling with the same fallout as California

What are some things to do if you're trying to get out of the house and meet other people? What am I missing from my list?

Bars-

•The Earl does karaoke Thursday and Friday nights

•Doghaus has trivia nights and concerts

•FCBC has concerts, open mic, trivia, and a witch's market

•Recbar has trivia and apparently dance parties

•Our Lady of Perpetual Hops has comedy shows, trivia, concerts, arm wrestling, pinball

Community

•Meetup shows a euchre club

•Meetup also shows some hiking and biking groups in the area

•Hoosier Action does some volunteer events and community discussion groups

•Do Something Southern Indiana has volunteer events as well

•Carnegie center changes out their art exhibits couple times a year

•Some political candidates have town halls, some political parties have debates/dinners/roasts

•Chestnuts and Pearls has an art exhibit called What's Happening

•Various churches have local events.

•Mt St Francis hosts various events and festivals

•Mickeys Coffee has community events

•Empire Comics has MTG tournaments

Municipal

•Bicentennial Park has a concert series for a couple months a year

• The library has regular events but those are mostly for kids, sometimes they also have concerts •The friends of the library nonprofit hosts book sales and other events/fundraisers

•The parks and rec departments for the city and county both have regular sporting events for adults, otherwise most events are for kids

College/University

•Purdue Extension office and the master gardeners occasionally host events, classes, and fairs

•IUS occasionally hosts events as part of the Sanders Speakers

•IUS Ogle Center has some concerts, comedy, art events and etc