Carmel is home to a thriving economy. Several large companies reside in Carmel, such as the centralized sales headquarters for HSBC Finance Corporation , National Headquarters for Conseco and Pearson Education (formerly MacMillan Publishing). It is also home to many mid-sized and smaller companies such as Orchard Software Corporation, Autobase Inc., Electronic Evolution, and Oxford Financial Services.
It's not surprising that the reason many families choose to live in the Carmel Clay community is because of its excellent public school system. Its students' scholastic, artistic and athletic achievements are consistently outstanding year after year. For example, on average 89% of Carmel High School Students enroll in four-year colleges. Add 4% of the class entering two-year colleges or trade schools and 2% were foreign exchange students returning to their own countries to pursue further education there, for a total of 95% of Carmel High School graduates continuing their education.
The teaching system, which serves about a 50 square mile area, includes Carmel High School, Clay Junior High, Carmel Junior High and nine elementary schools. For information about Carmel Clay public schools, call the Carmel Clay School administrative offices or visit their web site.
Carmel's newly-established Arts and Design District, designed to promote small business. This new district is located very near Carmel High School.
The Monon Trail is a bicycle trail that is part of the Rails-to-Trails movement. It runs from 10th near downtown Indianapolis through Broad Ripple and then crosses into Carmel at 96th Street and ends at 146th Street. In the future, it is planned to run all the way to Sheridan. In January of 2006 speed limit signs of 15 to 20 mph have been added to sections of the trail north of 96th Street which is the county line with Indianapolis. City of Carmel http://www.ci.carmel.in.us/
