Active and large community 100 miles south of you. Couple 8's, 9's, 6, etc. All flying now and I would say someone is flying daily if not multiple when weather allows.
I live on the west side in Avon, also building an -8. I also have a YouTube channel showing my build progress. Haven't had any updates for several months now, started a new job and training requirements etc have kept me out of the shop, hope to get back to work soon, I'm just about finished with the empennage.
my YouTube channel is "RV8SA" if you want to look it up.
I'm up in Kokomo. Building a -10. I would certainly enjoy getting connected. The -8 is next on my repeat offender list (depending on what the -15 will be) so it would be nice to follow your build. PM me sometime.
Andrew you can also check out EAA's builder's log page. It has a map with drop pins for folks building projects who are utilizing EAA's free builders log website.