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Our People, Their Stories: Rachel Graham, IndyEast Promise Zone VISTA
Rachel serves as the Communications Coordinator VISTA for the IndyEast Promise Zone. After working as a high school Spanish teacher, Rachel applied for this AmeriCorps ...
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Celebrating Entrepreneurship: Meet the 8 Pitch Night Participants
As we prepare for our week-long celebration of Small Business Week, we wanted to take the opportunity to shine a spotlight on the eight businesses ...
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Our People, Their Stories: Liz Sheldon, IndyEast Promise Zone VISTA
Liz Sheldon is the Promise Zone’s Community and Neighborhood Development Coordinator VISTA. As an Indianapolis native, Liz is no stranger to the Eastside, and accepting ...
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Our People, Their Stories: Abigael Mullens, IndyEast Promise Zone VISTA
Abigael is the Economic Development Coordinator VISTA for the IndyEast Promise Zone. Her journey with AmeriCorps is driven by her passion for community organizing and ...
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Our People, Their Stories: Caroline Barnes, IndyEast Promise Zone VISTA
Caroline is the Education & Workforce Development Coordinator VISTA for the IndyEast Promise Zone. She is a long-time Irvington neighborhood resident and has a deep ...
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Our People, Their stories: Kimberly Woolfolk, IndyEast Promise Zone VISTA
In our first installment of the "Our People, Their Stories" interview series, we interviewed Kimberly Woolfolk, the Economic Development Coordinator VISTA.
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The Promise Zone Welcomes New VISTAs
The Promise Zone is thrilled to announce that four new AmeriCorps VISTAs have joined the team! Please join us in welcoming our 2023-2024 cohort.
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Welcome to the Promise Zone
Please join us in welcoming our 2022-23 Economic Development Coordinator VISTA, Kimberly Woolfolk! Kimberly D. Woolfolk, a native of Indianapolis, IN, currently serves the IndyEast ...
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Black Mountain Visioning Day
The Black Mountain Visioning Project will host its final public meeting Thursday, June 16th at Purdue Polytechnic High school. This will include a formal presentation ...
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Beyond Barcodes Books Opens on Near Eastside
A new business has moved onto E 10th, and this time it’s Black-owned, women-owned bookstore Beyond Barcodes. The business previously was located in Kokomo but ...
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Brookside Hosts Visioning Day
The community came together this past Saturday to set forth goals and expectations for the future of Brookside Elementary School (School 54). The school intends ...
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Poetic Justice Begins Recruitment
This week, Poetic Justice will begin recruitment as part of the Byrne’s Criminal Justice Innovation grant awarded to John Boner Neighborhood Centers, along with co-applicant ...
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Thomas Gregg Celebrates Black History Month
This February, Thomas Gregg celebrated Black History Month in a big way. The whole school came together to make this a Black History Month for ...
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Legacy Center celebrates 10 year anniversary
Legacy Center Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary When Indianapolis hosted the Super Bowl 10 years ago, the NFL’s $1 million gift was leveraged by the Near ...
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Near Eastside Chosen for The U.S. Department of Education Promise Neighborhood Grant
This month, the near eastside of Indianapolis was chosen to be a Promise Neighborhood by the U.S. Department of Education. With this designation comes $30 ...
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Promise Zone Hosts Successful Neighborhood Vaccine Events
This quarter, the Promise Zone hosted two successful holiday-themed vaccine events. In October, our VISTA team planned a Treat on Tenth Street, a festive fall ...
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Englewood CDC Partners with Ball State’s CAP Students on Net Zero House
Students and faculty of Ball State University’s College of Architecture and Planning (CAP) have been in the process of developing a net-zero energy family house ...
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Community Discusses Two-Way Conversions of Michigan and New York
On November 4, 2021, the Near Eastside Quality of Life plan partners welcomed over 120 attendees in-person and online to a presentation from the City ...
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John Boner Neighborhood Centers Celebrates 50th Anniversary
John Boner Neighborhood Centers Celebrated its 50th Anniversary with a slew of 70s-themed neighborhood activities throughout the month of October. This month, the community took ...
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Feast of Lanterns Makes a Triumphant Return
This past Saturday, August 28th, marked the return of the near eastside festival, Feast of Lanterns. The Feast of Lanterns has storied roots on the ...
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Introducing the 2021-2022 VISTA Cohort
Now that our VISTAs have had some time to settle into their respective positions, we felt it was time to introduce you all to our ...
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Summer 2021 Quality of Life Plan Summit
In 2007, neighbors from around the eastside came together to set benchmarks for how they wanted to see their community prosper. The culmination of those ...
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PR Mallory, One Year Later
On this first anniversary of PR Mallory’s grand opening, we at the Promise Zone believe it is important to reflect upon the accomplishments associated with ...
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Martindale-Brightwood Receives Big “Lift” from City with $3.5 million in Federal Funding
Indianapolis Mayor, Joe Hogsett, names Martindale-Brightwood as a Lift Indy neighborhood, joining the Near North Corridor as the second Lift Indy area for 2021. As ...
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Welcoming Stomping Ground to the Neighborhood
“The plan for Stomping Ground has been in the works for nearly 6 years,” says Owner and longtime Near Eastside resident Martha Latta, who recently ...
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Local Partners Thankful for a Successful First #NearEastEats
In response to the devastating economic effects of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, Near East Area Renewal (NEAR), with support of the IndyEast Promise Zone, initiated ...
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Renew Indianapolis’ Build Fund Continues Momentum in the Promise Zone and Beyond
The Build Fund recently received an $800,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Community Services (OCS) that will ...
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Eat, Post, Win: Support Local Businesses
Restaurant traffic has dramatically declined in the United States due to the COVID-19 pandemic, causing devastating economic effects across the nation. Restaurants and bars reported losing 48.1% of ...
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U.S. Small Business Administration Continues Support of BOI’s REDi Program with PRIME Grant
Business Ownership Initiative (BOI) received $200,000 from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Program for Investment in Micro-entrepreneurs (PRIME), supporting their Re-Entry Entrepreneurship Development Initiative (REDi). PRIME ...
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Liz Sheldon Named to ACLU of Indiana Board of Directors
Liz Sheldon Named to ACLU of Indiana Board of Directors We are very proud to announce that the ACLU of Indiana has named Promise Zone …
Near Eastside QoL Plan Launches Community Conversations
It’s time to update the Near Eastside Quality of Life Plan, and we need your input. All Near Eastside neighbors are invited to come and ...
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Welcome our new VISTA members!
We are excited to announce that five new AmeriCorps VISTA members joined the IndyEast Promise Zone this month. Please join us in giving them a ...
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Our People, Their Stories: Rachel Graham, IndyEast Promise Zone VISTA
Rachel serves as the Communications Coordinator VISTA for the IndyEast Promise Zone. After working as a high school Spanish teacher, Rachel applied for this AmeriCorps ...
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Celebrating Entrepreneurship: Meet the 8 Pitch Night Participants
As we prepare for our week-long celebration of Small Business Week, we wanted to take the opportunity to shine a spotlight on the eight businesses ...
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Our People, Their Stories: Liz Sheldon, IndyEast Promise Zone VISTA
Liz Sheldon is the Promise Zone’s Community and Neighborhood Development Coordinator VISTA. As an Indianapolis native, Liz is no stranger to the Eastside, and accepting ...
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