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For the past 10 years, IndyEast residents, major institutions and community partners have worked together to create a new story for our neighborhood. We have moved our community forward according to the ambitious, resident-created Quality of Life Plan. We are strong, organized and uniquely prepared to grow our neighborhood over the next decade. Together and with commitments from all levels of the City of Indianapolis, we are ready to invest the time, efforts and resources to fulfill our Promises.
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Pathways Over Pogue’s Moves Forward with Successful Fundraiser
Pathways Over Pogue’s Holds Successful Fundraiser at the Tick Tock Lounge Pathways Over Pogue’s (POP) is a local, grassroots led initiative to restore an historic bridge along the Pogue’s Run Trail, and advocate for the completion of the trail from the Near Eastside out to Pogue’s Run Art and Nature Park. The bridge in question has been a […]
Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana Awarded Two HUD Grants
The Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana (FHCCI) leveraged the IndyEast Promise Zone designation on two applications to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) submitted in September of 2017. In February of 2018, they received notification that both grants applied for received funding! FHCCI serves an important role in creating a just and equitable society in central […]
A Taste of Detroit on East 10th Street
“It’s about untying knots. Every day you’re going to come across knots and you just have to sit there and figure out the best way to untie those knots.” These words of wisdom come from Chuck Lovelady, owner of Chuck’s Coney Island at 10th and Parker. Chuck’s opened in 2016 and has quickly become a recognizable and popular spot on […]
A New Art Space on the Near Eastside
The collection of small businesses, nonprofits, and chain stores on E. 10th St. gives the corridor a unique character, one that extends to the rest of the Near Eastside in many ways. These businesses, along with their owners and managers, are assets in a community too often identified by its deficits. Those deficits shouldn’t be ignored or overlooked, but […]
Rabble Coffee and Proverbial Grounds
A Near Eastside Partnership with Results Businesses are opening and entrepreneurship is on the rise in the IndyEast Promise Zone. The Buy IndyEast Promise Zone goal states that, “We promise to create healthy commercial corridors that provide desirable neighborhood goods, services and amenities that serve our residents and become a regional destination for shopping, dining, and recreation.” Rabble Coffee began […]
Hoosier Farmers Market Association, Inc. Wins Farmers Market Promotion Program Grant
The Hoosier Farmers Market Association (HFMA) was one of 52 organizations nationwide to be awarded a U.S. Department of Agriculture Farmers Market Promotion Program (FMPP) grant in September 2017 for their Growing Indiana Markets Initiative. Totaling nearly $500,000, this award significantly increases Indiana farmers and farmers’ markets capacities to reach audiences interested in local products. The HFMA was able to […]
KeyBank Foundation Provides Support for Indianapolis Neighborhood Housing Partnership® (INHP) Stabilization Repairs Program
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is an increasingly important aspect of philanthropic investment in the nonprofit and for-profit business sectors these days. For the nonprofit sector, CSR presents an opportunity to tap into a source of funding with the potential to receive major gifts, expose new people to one’s mission and organization, and develop relationships to increase sustainability. From the for […]