Stop the 16-Pump
Gas Station
In Holliday Farms.

Benzene — a known cancer-causing chemical with no safe threshold — vents continuously from gas stations. Recent studies show stations emit 10× more benzene than previously recorded, with measurable health effects up to a mile away.

Every other day in Indiana, an underground petroleum tank starts leaking. The EPA has a 1,235-site cleanup backlog in Indiana alone — clearing only ~300 per year. Average cleanup: $130,000. If it reaches groundwater: over $1 million.

Peer-reviewed research links residential proximity to gas stations with higher rates of childhood leukemia, birth defects, respiratory illness, and cancer — with adverse effects documented at 300 ft, 500 ft, and beyond.

16 pumps + 24-hour operation means 4,000–6,000+ additional daily trips through our streets — at all hours of the night. Industry standard: each pump generates 100–130 trips/day. Near kids, walkers, and cyclists.

10% of all robberies in the U.S. occur at convenience stores or gas stations. FBI data shows convenience-store workers suffer workplace homicide rates second only to taxi drivers. Higher outlet density correlates with higher violent crime — regardless of neighborhood income.

And we don't have to guess what this looks like locally.

The BP gas station just a half-mile down US 421 (3255 S US 421) has already generated at least 139 police responses, 16 formal incident reports, and 8 citations on record with the Zionsville Police Department. The incidents included impaired driving, drug possession, warrant service, disorderly conduct, criminal mischief, and protective-order violations.This demonstrates that gas stations in this corridor generate a measurable level of law-enforcement activity that residents would not typically expect immediately adjacent to a luxury residential community. Now imagine adding a 16-pump, 24-hour station right inside Holliday Farms.

Peer-reviewed research shows homes within 300 ft of a gas station can lose up to 16% of their value; homes within 1,500 ft can lose up to 9%. Those discounted sales become comps that drag down the rest of Holliday Farms.