by Marion Simon Garmel The Indianapolis Art Center has a lot to celebrate in 2015. It’s the 81st anniversary of its founding as a Works Progress Administration project in 1934. It’s the 46th staging of […more…]
by Thomas P. Healy Lifelong Indianapolis resident Jodi McClain has lived in her Meridian Street home for 55 years. Her neighbor across the street lives in the former Indiana Governor’s Residence—a place McClain remembers fondly […more…]
by Jen Hammons The action-based philosophy at the Butler Lab School runs throughout the school, involving all members of the community. One display that hangs on the wall near the office shows the “participatory design […more…]
by Jen Hammons How does the resistance and rebirth of an Italian city after World War II figure into the changing face of education in Midtown schools? That might just be a question the children […more…]
by Jonathan R. Arbuckle “It was great to be able to give back to the community; doing so gave me a great sense of pride. The garden is helping to fill a gap between our […more…]
by Thomas P. Healy Quick action by City officials and Midtown community leaders in late 2015 diffused a threat to the Midtown TIF’s ability to stimulate economic development. The source of concern was an October, […more…]
by Thomas P. Healy Successful neighborhoods are the key to a healthy and growing tax base. Midtown neighborhoods are home to more than 40,000 residents and many of the city’s finest tourist destinations and institutions […more…]
By Thomas P. Healy News of Michael Graves’ death March 12, 2015 in his New Jersey home at the age of 80 generated international commentary on the Indianapolis native’s influence on architecture and design. This […more…]
By Thomas P. Healy Establishment of the North Midtown Tax Allocation Area (a.k.a. Midtown TIF) in March 2013 was both a culmination and a beginning. It marked the end of a lengthy lobbying effort spearheaded […more…]
by Brent Wright The passage of Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) in 2015 and the uproar that surrounded it have had me reflecting on this important question for all of us to consider: What […more…]
