One Indy Program Improves IPS Culture

August 27, 2018 0

by Chris Bavender An initiative by the Peace Learning Center is helping IPS schools move from punitive to restorative discipline practices. Billed as a holistic program, One Indy was started four years ago and has […more…]

Levee Project Making Progress

August 24, 2018 0

by Thomas P. Healy Flood protection for Midtown neighborhoods is making progress and all signs point to an August 2019 completion of construction work on Section 3B-3 (the Westfield Alignment) of the Indianapolis North Flood […more…]

Change-Maker Grant for Homeless Program

August 24, 2018 0

Trinity Haven, Indiana’s first transitional housing sanctuary for LGBTQ teenagers, has received a Change-Maker grant of $100,000 from Impact 100 Greater Indianapolis. A charitable women’s giving circle, Impact 100 targets arts and culture, education, environment, […more…]

Midtown TIF Healthy and Active

August 23, 2018 0

by Thomas P. Healy Slowly but steadily, the Midtown TIF has been building its fund balance as a result of continued commercial redevelopment and infill construction within the district. “It’s actually become much more healthy […more…]

Broad Ripple High School

August 17, 2018 0

by Thomas P. Healy Last year’s vote by the Indianapolis Public Schools Board of Commissioners to accept the IPS administration’s recommendation to “reinvent” the number and location of its high schools resulted in the shuttering […more…]

Transit Corridor Art

August 14, 2018 0

Artists with the Indy Cultural Corridor Consortium (3CIndy) have begun placing installations along the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridors in Midtown. A grouping of purple whirligigs in front of the Concord building at 38th and […more…]

Refinery46

August 14, 2018 0

A multi-million-dollar investment in the former Double 8 headquarters at 2201 E. 46th St. has resulted in Refinery46, a unique co-working and business incubator space. Partners Brian Schutt, Jesse Cross, and Tom Lazzara took a […more…]