Please come join us on another adventure, as we bring another Hoosier Storyteller to the Skanta stage. Frankfort Mayor Chris McBarnes will speak at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 29 in the Elizabeth O’Rear Skanta Theatre. Come listen to him talk about his childhood and growing up as a teenager. Learn about what made him choose his career path and much more.
Elected Indiana’s youngest mayor at 23 years old in November of 2011, following his graduation cum laude from Butler University with a Communications degree, Frankfort Mayor Chris McBarnes and his team have achieved a number of successes built around a series of 100 and 200-Day Plans involving four cornerstones: Neighborhood Revitalization, Economic Development, Communications and Citizen Voice.
A sampling of major achievements from the McBarnes administration include creating an Economic Development Plan and Frankfort Redevelopment Commission, forming a partnership with Ivy Tech Community College to create a local campus in Frankfort, attracting two major food manufacturers, Con Agra Foods and Indiana Packers Corporation, putting Frankfort on the path to being the city that feeds the state that feeds the world, being selected as one of six finalists in Indiana’s Stellar Communities Program, creating and implementing six City-County Leadership Summits to bring together more than 50 city, county and education officials to learn about leadership and communication, and implementing community-wide “Operation Spring Clean-Up” initiatives and “Mayor’s Night Out” events. With a nod toward his focus on providing quality educational opportunities for area youth, McBarnes established his own foundation, The True North, Inc. that provides scholarships to area youth interested in attending Ivy Tech.