Meet Your Neighbors
Meet the people who make Noblesville feel like home.
Pull up a chair for a conversation with a neighbor, or preserve a story from someone you love.
A familiar laugh. A favorite memory. A story you’ve heard a hundred times and still ask to hear again. We’ll capture it in their own words.
Some stories are worth keeping close.
How it works
Choose a portrait, then book your conversation. After we sit down together, I’ll turn what you share into a video or written keepsake.
A polished written story delivered digitally so it can be saved, printed later, emailed, or shared online.
Guided interview
Written story
Digital delivery
May be featured across socials
A concise written portrait designed as a meaningful keepsake for yourself, a loved one, or someone you want to honor. Best for commemorating an intersection of someone’s life, for example, an anniversary, birthday, championship season, or retirement, rather than an entire life story.
Guided interview
One-page story
Digital copy
Printed and framed portrait
Not ready to book just yet? No problem!
Some gifts are opened once.
This one unfolds over time.
A Story Portrait Gift Card is an invitation to be seen, heard, and remembered. It allows someone you love to experience a guided story conversation and receive a beautifully written portrait of their life, captured with care and intention.
Whether it’s for a parent, grandparent, spouse, friend, or mentor, this is more than a gift—it’s a chance to preserve who they are in a way that lasts.
Each gift card can be applied toward a full Story Portrait experience, including:
A relaxed, in-depth interview
A thoughtfully written story
A framed portrait for display
A digital copy to keep and share
Perfect for:
• Meaningful, one-of-a-kind gifts
• Birthdays, anniversaries, or holidays
• Honoring someone you love
• Giving a gift that truly lasts
Delivered digitally or as a mailed keepsake card—ready to gift in a way that feels just as special as the story itself.
Not sure if it’s the right gift? You’re not alone. Most people say this ends up being one of the most meaningful gifts they’ve ever given.
A deeper story portrait with more room for memories, background, and the details that make someone's life feel vivid.
Each custom story portrait includes:
A guided, in-depth interview (in person or virtual)
A carefully written, one-of-a-kind 2 page story
A high-quality framed print, ready for display
A digital copy to keep and share
This is for the people you love. The ones whose stories deserve to be remembered, honored, and passed down.
Perfect for:
• Parents and grandparents
• Spouses and close friends
• Anyone whose story you never want to lose
Some stories deserve more space.
A long-form biography is a deeply detailed, thoughtfully written narrative that captures the full arc of a person’s life—their experiences, values, relationships, and the moments that shaped who they are.
This offering is designed for those who want to preserve more than a snapshot. It’s for families who want to hold onto the stories, lessons, and memories that might otherwise fade with time.
Each biography begins with one or more in-depth conversations, allowing space to reflect, remember, and revisit the moments that matter most. From there, the story is carefully written into a cohesive, essay-length piece that honors both the details and the meaning behind them.
Each long-form biography includes:
Extended, in-depth interviews (multiple sessions if needed)
A richly written, essay-length life story
A professionally edited digital document to keep, print, and share
Optional guidance on printing multiple copies for an additional keepsake version
This is especially meaningful for:
• Aging parents or grandparents—I am a proud Dementia Friend of Indiana
• Preserving family history for future generations
• Capturing a life story in someone’s own voice
• Creating something lasting to pass down
This is more than a story.
It’s a record of a life—told with care, intention, and depth.
Because one day, these stories won’t be able to be told firsthand.
This is a way to keep them. If you’ve been thinking, “I should do this while I still can,”—you’re not alone. I’m here to help you capture it.
Nominate a Local Hero
People of Noblesville also makes space for sponsored and crowdfunded stories. You can nominate a coach, teacher, neighbor, local business, family, volunteer, or someone going through a difficult season.
If selected, their story can be funded by community support. Contributions help cover the cost of the story portrait. Once these stories are sponsored by community support, the honoree will receive the story portrait, a shareable digital copy, and excess funds will go directly to them.
Contribute to the Sponsor Fund
Community contributions help fund sponsored Story Portraits and support the people being honored.
Contributions help fund sponsored Story Portraits and related support for honorees. When a specific honoree campaign receives more than the cost of the Story Portrait, additional funds are given directly to the honoree or used to support future sponsored stories, as described in that campaign.
This is How a Community Remembers Itself
These stories are not only about the past. They are about connection.
When we understand the people around us - the families, workers, teachers, neighbors, business owners, caretakers, volunteers, and friends who make up Noblesville - we become a more thoughtful community.
People of Noblesville is about preserving stories before they disappear and building a community where everyday people are seen as worth remembering.
“Well, I’m crying. Ari…THANK YOU. This is SO BEAUTIFUL!”
— Kate B.
“This is lovely. Thank you. Oh my…I love this. Thank you so much. It’s fascinating to read yourself through someone else’s lens.”
—Katy R.
“This is easily the best gift I’ve ever received. I never thought like that about myself, but you were spot on. Thank you.”
—W. J. H.
Meet Jill Moor and Jordan Huffman, two sisters who found their way back to Noblesville. In our first Meet Your Neighbor episode, we talk about family, friendship, and finding your people.