(INDIANAPOLIS) – 26 Indianapolis neighborhoods are splitting $220,000 in grant money for new community spaces. The money from last year’s federal pandemic relief bill will pay for a food box program in the Mapleton-Fall Creek neighborhood, but most of the grants focus on beautification projects, from new signs and playgrounds, to public art projects in […]
(INDIANAPOLIS) – Indiana police officers leave Monday morning for their annual fundraising bike ride. Officers will start the 13-day ride at the Police and Firefighters Memorial at the Indiana Government Center. They’ll ride east to Richmond on the first day, then work their way around the perimeter of the state over the next 12 days […]
(INDIANAPOLIS) – Indy has awarded $4.3 million in crime prevention grants, the first round of a planned $45 million over three years. The grants target neighborhood-level organizations on the theory they know their communities best. The next round of grants later this year will include direct violence interruption programs, but this round is focused on […]
(INDIANAPOLIS) – The VA has dedicated a second national cemetery in Indianapolis. A section of Crown Hill Cemetery has been set aside since the Civil War as a national cemetery for America’s veterans. That section reached its capacity of 2,000 graves in 1959. Now an expansion reserved for cremated remains will begin accepting the ashes […]
(INDIANAPOLIS) – Your Fourth of July cookout will cost you about eight dollars more this year. The Indiana Farm Bureau compiles a price index each year on a dozen typical cookout items, from ground beef to potato salad. The Farm Bureau calculates buying enough food for 10 people will set you back $64.32. That’s 13% […]
(INDIANAPOLIS) – An Indianapolis housing program focusing on the youngest adults is approaching its first anniversary. Pando Aspen Grove opened last July, with 30 single-bedroom apartments for people age 18-to-24. Lutheran Child and Family Services program manager Angel Wallace says the program focuses on young adults at risk of homelessness, especially those who have aged […]
(INDIANAPOLIS) – Indy’s latest program to make sure people have healthy food to eat is a food pantry on wheels. The Fay Biccard Glick Neighborhood Center’s food pantry serves 80-to-100 seniors a week on Indy’s north and west sides. Executive director Patrice Duckett says the pandemic underscored the need for delivery options, and says the […]
(INDIANAPOLIS) – The United Way of Central Indiana has turned to the Holcomb administration for its new CEO. Ann Murtlow announced plans to retire in January, after nine years as CEO and president. Her successor will be Fred Payne, the commissioner of Indiana’s Department of Workforce Development. Payne’s held that job since 2017. United Way […]
(INDIANAPOLIS) – Indy’s minority firefighter and police officers’ associations led a community Juneteenth celebration at Kennedy-King Park. The celebration began in 2020 as a healing gesture after the George Floyd murder in Minneapolis. After missing last year due to the pandemic, the event made its return, this time with Juneteenth a national and city holiday. […]
(INDIANAPOLIS) – Kangaroos and cockatoos have arrived at the Indianapolis Zoo. Kangaroo Crossing, the zoo’s first kangaroo exhibit, opens Saturday. 13 kangaroos acquired from zoos in Nashville and Cleveland will share space with 10 cockatoos — and with you. Like the Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo, the 13-thousand-square-foot enclosure doesn’t have barriers, but is designed for […]
