UPDATED by Thomas P. Healy It’s springtime, and the community’s attention turns to…infrastructure! Since asphalt plants opened in March, the City of Indianapolis Department of Public Works (DPW) street maintenance team has switched from using […more…]
After realizing that maintenance costs of its 1931 Gothic brick church were a burden, the New Paradigm Christian Church congregation put the building at 6202 Carrollton on the market where it was snatched up in […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…]
Indy Parks is prepared to invest some of its limited capital budget in Arsenal Park, 1400 E. 46th St. Plans call for replacing a dated splash pad and adding amenities like shade structures, benches, and […more…]
A proposed development along the Red Line bus rapid transit corridor in Broad Ripple promises to be a significant mixed-use project. According to documents filed with the City, Midtown Development Partners LLC wants to construct […more…]
by Thomas P. Healy The October resignation of Mapleton-Fall Creek Development Corporation (MFCDC) executive director Leigh Riley Evans is just one of a series of setbacks that has beset Central @ 29, the long-anticipated redevelopment […more…]
Midtown embraces housing built specifically for low-income households as part of an equitable development strategy to sustain mixed-income neighborhoods. From its Midtown headquarters on Washington Boulevard, the Indianapolis Neighborhood Housing Partnership (INHP) helps increase affordable […more…]
by Thomas P. Healy Demolition is in store for two Meridian Street properties owned by TRex Enterprises LLC, a development company formed by The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis to handle its real estate portfolio. Both […more…]
Construction of the Red Line continues, and in mid-July final lane configurations are being placed on College Avenue and Meridian Street. This includes complete new pavement markings and installation of the mountable median. Left-turn restrictions […more…]
by Thomas P. Healy Indiana Rep. Bob Behning (R-91), a long-time advocate of education reform, authored House Enrolled Act 1641, which modified the state’s “Dollar Law.” Behning took time during a trip to China with […more…]
