On Nov. 5, Mayor Joe Hogsett and city leaders visited Tarkington Park to announce that the Mid-North area would become the city’s next Lift Indy neighborhood. This comprehensive community development investment program aims to direct […more…]
The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis was one of 12 properties in the state to receive a historic renovation grant through the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs. The Children’s Museum received $12,500 to preserve […more…]
The City of Indianapolis has established an online resource for citizens to check on the status of efforts to address vacant, abandoned, and distressed properties in neighborhoods. Mayor Joe Hogsett announced the 2,000 Homes Initiative […more…]
by Thomas P. Healy Seniors on fixed income are often strapped for cash to cover modest home repairs. NeighborLink, a Midtown-based nonprofit organization, is there to help. According to director David Withey, NeighborLink spent $70,000 […more…]
by Marion Simon Garmel The good news is that an application has been submitted by Indiana Landmarks to the Department of the Interior to place the long abandoned Beth-El Temple at the corner of 34th […more…]
by Marion Simon Garmel In an unusually productive collaboration between the anthropology department at IUPUI, the Mapleton-Fall Creek Development Corporation (MFCDC), and the Mid-North Quality of Life Health Action Team, the neighborhoods of Mapleton-Fall Creek […more…]
After nearly five decades of disinvestment in the area, a proposed housing project on a 5.5-acre site in Mapleton-Fall Creek is poised to reanimate Central Avenue between Fall Creek Parkway and 30th Street. The Mapleton-Fall […more…]
The Mapleton-Fall Creek Development Corporation welcomed two families to the neighborhood this year in their brand-new Habitat for Humanity homes, one of which was built over the 14-day run of the Indiana State Fair. More […more…]
