Welcome to the Geist Community & Visitors' Center

WHAT IS IT?

Geist Community & Visitors' Center is a local community center for the Geist area residents, business owners and visitors. Tom Britt, owner of www.atGeist.com (a local community website and newsletter for Geist area residents and businesses) and Dr. Sandor Gal, (owner of Log Cabin Animal Hospital) have recognized the need for a Local Geist Community & Visitors' Center.

WHERE IS IT?

The Geist Community & Visitors' Center is located in the historical log cabin building at the Fall Creek Rd and Brookschool Rd area, near the Geist Marina. The Log Cabin is a historical landmark of the Geist area, the oldest building at Geist. The Log Cabin shares it's space with Log Cabin Animal Hospital and with the www.atGeist.com's office.

WHAT IS THE ADDRESS?

11060 Fall Creek Rd,
Indianapolis, IN 46256
Click here for map...
http://www.logcabinvet.com/map.php

HOW DO I CONTACT THE GEIST VISITORS' CENTER?

Tom Britt
atGeist.com
e-mail : tom@atgeist.com
website: http://www.atGeist.com
phone: 317-496-3599
fax : 317-536-3030

Dr. Sandor Gal
Log Cabin Animal Hospital
Office : 317-570-8035
Fax : 317-570-8905
Cell : 317-710-8851
Web : http://www.logcabinvet.com
E-mail :sandorgal@gmail.com

WHAT ARE THE OPENING HOURS OF THE GEIST VISITORS' CENTER?

Monday - Wednesday - Friday
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Tuesday - Thursday
7:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Saturday
8:00 AM - 2:00 PM

WHAT ARE THE FUNCTIONS OF THE GEIST VISITORS' CENTER?

1. Place of Geist Museum
2. Place of atGeist.com headquarter (office)
3. Place for childrens' field trips
4. Place for "atGeist Community Newsletters" pickup
5. Place for the 2005 and 2006 Geist Directory
6. Place for the Geist Maps pick-ups
7. Place for community gathering for the Geist area

1. Place of Geist Museum

Many artifacts circa the beginning of Geist Reservoir area on display, including antique maps of the area and photos from the 1800's. Geist Reservoir is interesting for many reasons. For one, it is Indiana 's largest manmade lake, and second largest body of water, after Lake Wawasee . The Geist area is noteworthy for its wealthy and famous residents, especially the reservoir's shoreline inhabitants who include renowned professional sports figures, politicians, local media personalities, and businesspeople. The history of the reservoir is no less interesting; Clarence Geist, a former owner of the Indianapolis Water Company forsaw a deficit in Indianapolis's water supply, and envisioned "Geist Reservoir" to preemptively address the problem - but not without a casualty. Yes, there was an unmitigated casualty in the creation of the recreational and luxurious living locality known as Geist Reservoir. It was a tiny hamlet called Germantown , whose parcels were systematically bought up by Clarence Geist in the 1930's, then put to their death in 1943 when Fall Creek was dammed to create the reservoir. More about it..
http://www.logcabinvet.com/history/history.php

2. Place of atGeist.com headquarter (office)

Tom Britt (owner of atGeist.com) is opening his office at the second floor of the building.(see picture below).

3. Place for childrens' field trips

AtGeist Visitor Center and Log Cabin Animal Hospital is striving to fulfill an educational role for the Geist area community residents and any other visitors. We hope that you will find our efforts valuable. We had several organized visits from schools at the Geist area before and we loved having those children and their teachers. The following is a short list of the many visitors we had: St. Simon the Apostle Catholic Church Kindergarten Class, the Amy Beverland Elementary Cub Scout, Pack 444, the Lantern Road Elementary, Den 3, Pack 108, the Tiger Cubs from Geist Elementary School. Our next visitors on August the 16th, 2006 are children from the St. Richards School. More about it...
http://logcabinvet.com/mb/cat.php?category=68

4. Place for "atGeist Community Newsletters" pickup

Tom Britt has launched atGeist.com on July 4, 2003. AtGeist.com was designed as a local information portal for Geist Reservoir residents. Tom Britt expanded the website to include a monthly print newsletter called the "atGeist Community Newsletter" in April of 2004. Today, atGeist.com serves over 15,000 unique visitors a month through the website and 10,000 Geist residents receive the "atGeist Community Newsletter. Keep informed of local Geist Reservoir events by subscribing to the free atGeist E-mail Newsletter. Over 30 subdivisions utilize atGeist for their own neighborhoods' e-mail newsletter list. To receive the free Geist Newsletter, click here...
http://atgeist.com/main.asp?SectionID=11&SubSectionID=35&ArticleID=123&TM=77755.7

5. Place for "2005 and 2006 Geist Directory"

Is your local Geist business currently on our "atGeist Community Newsletter" mailing list? Are you within 3 miles of Geist Reservoir? Then you are eligible for a free listing in our "2006-2007 Geist Directory". Local businesses will be listed in our annual publication which is customized for over 7,000 homeowners associations around Geist Reservoir.The 2006-2007 Geist Directory will feature some enhancements to last year's annual directory: convenient size, community pages, calendar and more copies. More about it...
http://atgeist.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=300&SectionID=26&SubSectionID=&S=1

6. Place for the "Geist Maps" pick-ups

This month, the long-awaited "Geist Map" will also debut at the Geist Visitor Center, featuring the first comprehensive neighborhood map of Geist. An added bonus feature of the map is a fishing map of Geist Reservoir, complete with no wake zones, fishing spots and underground hazards. The Geist Map is free to Geist residents.

7. Place for community gathering for the Geist area

The idea for this is to be a community place to gather and talk. It is inviting for visitors and people who want to do business. The Geist Visitor Center will be hosting monthly "Welcome to Geist " events for new and existing Geist residents.

7. Place for other Geist Community Events
During the past several years, the Log Cabin building has served many community events like:

The Dogwash Parties
http://www.logcabinvet.com/mb/ufp-123.post
The Pet Adoption Party
http://www.logcabinvet.com/events/petadopt.php
The Halloween Party
http://www.logcabinvet.com/events/hw.php
The Paint With Your Pet Day Party
http://www.logcabinvet.com/events/painting.php

Upcoming Special Events (Geist Ping-Pong Championship and Geist Chess Championship)

The atGEIST VISITOR CENTER at Log Cabin Animal Hospital is planning to organize its 1st annual Geist Ping-Pong Championship. We are in the process of setting up this tent in our backyard garden area. We will notify all of you soon! Later, we are going to organize the the annual Geist Chess Championship.