Celebrating Entrepreneurship: Meet the 8 Pitch Night Participants
April 25, 2024
As we prepare for our week-long celebration of Small Business Week, we wanted to take
Buy Indy East
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.
OUR GOAL:
Increase Economic Activity
Commercial District Development
Provide comprehensive commercial district development resources and incentives targeting new and existing neighborhood-serving businesses, commercial property owners, and neighborhood-commercial developers.
Arts-based Community Development
Strategically target neighborhood-centered commercial redevelopment nodes to implement Arts-based Community Development (ABCD) initiatives as an economic a catalyst for commercial development, entrepreneurship and creative programming.
Implement Innovative Infrastructure
Implement innovative infrastructure including public gathering spaces, dedicated trail systems and streetscape improvements to attract a strong consumer base and utilize placemaking practices as catalyst for business development.
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Buy IndyEast Promise Zone Funding History
To date, Buy IndyEast has leveraged over $60M to support the Eastside of Indianapolis.
Federal Funding Leveraged for Buy IndyEast: $60,087,990
New Market Tax Credits
he City of Indianapolis was awarded $55 million in New Market Tax Credits by the US Treasury Department. This is the City’s third New Market ...
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Program for Investment in Microentrepreneurs (PRIME)
The Small Business Administration’s Program for Investment in Microentrepreneurs (PRIME) grant provided assistance to the Business Ownership Initiative, supporting its programs to help low-income entrepreneurs ...
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Community Development Financial Institutions – Technical Assistance
Business Ownership Initiative (BOI), the anchor program of the Indy Chamber’s Entrepreneur Services division, was certified by the U.S. Department of the Treasury as a ...
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Women’s Business Center (WBC) Program
The Small Business Administration’s Women’s Business Center Program provided technical assistance to the Business Ownership Initiative to provide technical support to women entrepreneurs seeking to ...
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Brownfields Assessment Program
The FY18 U.S. EPA Brownfields Assessment Grant funded Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments on potentially contaminated parcels in and around the Indy ...
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Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program
In pursuit of increased access to affordable, healthy, and locally-grown food, awarded funds through the ...
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Program for Investment in Microentrepreneurs (PRIME)
The Indy Chamber’s Business Ownership Initiative its BOI was a recipient of the Small Business ...
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Challenge America
The National Endowment for the Arts’ Challenge America Gran funded a public sculpture commissioned by ...
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Buy IndyEast Map
Buy IndyEast map shows the area’s key assets and developments that the promise zone has focused on like the 10 East Arts District, the East Washington Street Plan, and IndyGo bus routes as an alternative method of transportation. The map also shows new businesses since the promise zone designation.
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News and Resources
Read the latest updates about Buy IndyEast projects, awarded grants, and milestones.
Beyond Barcodes Books Opens on Near Eastside
May 18, 2022
A new business has moved onto E 10th, and this time it’s Black-owned, women-owned bookstore Beyond Barcodes. The business
Feast of Lanterns Makes a Triumphant Return
September 13, 2021
This past Saturday, August 28th, marked the return of the near eastside festival, Feast of Lanterns. The Feast of
Martindale-Brightwood Receives Big “Lift” from City with $3.5 million in Federal Funding
March 1, 2021
Indianapolis Mayor, Joe Hogsett, names Martindale-Brightwood as a Lift Indy neighborhood, joining the Near North Corridor as the second
Welcoming Stomping Ground to the Neighborhood
February 25, 2021
“The plan for Stomping Ground has been in the works for nearly 6 years,” says Owner and longtime Near