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 (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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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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Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training
RecycleForce will use the funds received by the U.S. Environmental ...
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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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OCS Community Economic Development Program
Through funding from a Department of Health and Human Services’ ...
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Program for Investment in Microentrepreneurs (PRIME)
The Indy Chamber’s Business Ownership Initiative its BOI was a ...
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Guidelines for Brownfields Assessment Grants
The FY17 U.S. EPA Brownfields Assessment Grant will provide funding ...
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ApprenticeshipUSA State Expansion Grant
Through the Department of Labor’s Apprenticeship USA State Expansion Grant, PEN Industries’ Registered Apprenticeship Program was able to implement pre-apprenticeship programs for offenders serving time ...
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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