Black Mountain Visioning Day
June 3, 2022
The Black Mountain Visioning Project will host its final public meeting Thursday, June 16th at
Work Indy East
We promise to develop vibrant neighborhood zones of business activity, industries, and commerce in which residents are employed in living wage jobs. We aim to accomplish this through entrepreneurship, industrial reuse, and job training.
OUR GOAL:
Job Creation
Zones of Commerce
Redevelop six neighborhood legacy industrial sites or corridors into zones of commerce and opportunities that support emerging economic sectors and existing post-industrial opportunities.
Increase Household Income
Decrease unemployment and increase household income for unemployed or underemployed neighborhood residents.
Support Improvements
Support infrastructure improvements as a top priority guiding employment and development on transit corridors, aligning with system upgrades, and supporting transit-oriented development.
View the full WORK Indy East Promise Zone strategy
Are you interested in learning more about the strategy behind the Work Indy Promise and goals? You can access the full document or just view the specific Work Indy East goals and partners.
Work IndyEast Promise Zone Funding History
To date, the Work Indy East goal has raised more than $75M to support workforce initiatives on the Eastside of Indianapolis.
Amount Received for Work Indy East: $76,671,687
Program for Investment in Microentrepreneurs
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) recently awarded BOI $180,000 through its Program for Investment in Micro-Entrepreneurs (PRIME) to continue funding BOI’s Re-Entry Entrepreneurship Development ...
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Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training
RecycleForce will use this funding from the EPA’s Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training Program to recruit, train, and place formerly incarcerated individuals with the ...
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Community Economic Development Program
RecycleForce will use $800,000 in CED funds to support the ...
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OCS Community Economic Development Program
Most of the grant funds from the Department of Health and Human Services will be used to support the wages of transitional workers. A small ...
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OCS Community Economic Development Program
EMCC will utilize this funding from the Department of Health and Human Services for the implementation of two strategies that are critical for the multi-use ...
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Program for Investment in Microentrepreneurs (PRIME)
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) recently awarded BOI $180,000 through its Program for Investment in Micro-Entrepreneurs (PRIME) to continue funding BOI’s Re-Entry Entrepreneurship Development ...
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MaTCH Pilot Competition
These funds, awarded through the Small Business Administration’s Makerspace Training, Collaboration, and Hiring (MaTCH) Pilot Competition will be used for hard and soft skills training ...
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Brownfields Multipurpose Grant
The Environmental Protection Agency awarded this grant to the City of Indianapolis. These funds will be used for assessment, cleanup and planning for the Black ...
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Work Indy East Map
The Work IndyEast map shows workforce development assets and industrial redevelopment sites, in addition to unemployment rates in the promise zone and vacant industrial parcels.
Work Indy East
News and Resources
Read the latest updates about IndyEast Work projects, awarded grants, and milestones.
Our People, Their stories: Kimberly Woolfolk, IndyEast Promise Zone VISTA
August 23, 2023
In our first installment of the “Our People, Their Stories” interview series, we interviewed Kimberly Woolfolk, the Economic Development Coordinator VISTA.
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
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
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