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Indiana Chapter Annual Meeting

This year the Indiana Chapter of TACF will hold an in-person annual meeting. The date is January 14, 2023. The location is the Fitness Farm of Indianapolis. Our chapter science officer, Jim McKenna, has generously arranged for us to use a room at Fitness Farm at no cost to the chapter.

The meeting will begin at 11:00 AM ET and be over around 3:00 PM ET. Fitness Farm is located centrally in the state of Indiana so it is our hope that members from both the north and south will be able to attend. Locating the venue is easy with GPS. We will put up several signs at the Fitness Farm to aid in finding the meeting room, which is called “Scholarship Hall.”

Fitness Farm Indianapolis
2525 W 44th Street Indianapolis, IN 46228

Jim will give a detailed presentation of chestnut breeding, grafting, pollinating and growing that he has been working hard on. The chapter has made great progress in several areas and Jim will give reports on all of his work. There are a number of chapter projects that will require volunteers to complete and we will discuss those and hopefully recruit volunteers for these.

We may also have another guest speaker.

Lunch will be served around noon.

With any questions, call Glenn Kotnik, Indiana Chapter president, at (317) 459-4443, or call Jim McKenna at (765) 775-6693.

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