by Thomas P. Healy The City of Indianapolis is partnering with the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) and IndyGo to develop zoning and land use policies that support IndyGo’s commitment to rebuilding local transit after 50 […more…]
Applications are now open for the Indy Public Safety Foundation’s 12th class of the Public Safety Citizens Academy (PSCA). The PSCA is a free, 12-week course that provides participants with a chance to engage with […more…]
In January, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded $1.2 million in Continuum of Care grants to Coburn Place Safe Haven to help expand Rapid Re-Housing options for domestic violence survivors in […more…]
The Mapleton-Fall Creek Development Corporation (MFCDC) has hired Elan Daniel as CEO to succeed Leigh Riley Evans, who resigned late last year to take a new position with Eastern Star Church. “Elan has hands-on experience […more…]
In response to the public health emergency, The Library Coffee Bar is closed until further notice. Adding to Midtown’s growing number of “third places” is the Indianapolis Art Center’s Ruth Lilly Library, which has been […more…]
by Thomas P. Healy Surveying the diverse crowd that packed Maple Crossing’s Concord building at 38th and Illinois streets on a cold February night, Kheprw Institute’s Imhotep Adisa smiled as he took the microphone. “When […more…]
by Enrique Saenz The Indy Chamber Foundation has received funds to study alternative designs for the downtown inner loop of the Interstate 65/70 interchange. Lilly Endowment Inc. awarded the foundation a $475,000 grant to conduct […more…]
by Will Higgins North Meridian Street, lined with one big fantastical old house after another, made an impression on young Kassie Ritman. She’d be southbound on Meridian, heading from the family’s modern, 1960s ranch house […more…]
by Jim Grim Legislators, city-county government officials, neighborhood leaders, and civic and faith-based representatives joined educators, parents, students, and alumni of James Whitcomb Riley School 43 (JWR) on Jan. 24 to celebrate the successful conclusion […more…]
by Thomas P. Healy Walkable urban places around the country are emerging as a highly desirable alternative to suburban sprawl, according to nationally recognized “smart growth” advocate Christopher Leinberger. For three decades, he has been […more…]
