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The 2016 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation #HealthRankings were just released! Find out how healthy your Indiana county is and explore factors that drive your health Click here to explore. Find out what’s driving health differences across your state and what can be done to close those gaps. The Action Center provides tools to help groups working together to create healthier places to live, learn, work and play.
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Central State Greens, a redevelopment project encompassing over 9 acres at the heart of the former Central State Hospital site, is made possible by a unique partnership between LISC Indianapolis, the City of Indianapolis, and Reverie Estates. Central State Hospital, created in 1827, once cared for nearly 3,000 patients on its 140 acre grounds. Funding cuts led to the hospital’s closure in 1994 and the site has been vacant and in deteriorating condition ever since. Its revitalization has been a centerpiece of the Near West neighborhood Quality of Life plan. The development connects the Near West neighborhood and residents with students at IUPUI, an … Continued
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Indianapolis LISC’s Tedd Grain joined a delegation from Indianapolis that included Melody Park (City of Indianapolis—Office of Sustainability), John Hazlett (Williams Creek Consulting), Kelly Harris (Reconnecting to Our Waterways) and McKenzie Beverage (Butler University—Office of Sustainability) to participate in Green Umbrella’s Midwest Regional Sustainability Conference. Tedd presented on LISC and Indy Food Council’s efforts to improve food systems in Indianapolis. For more information on the conference, visit the Green Umbrella website. For more information on the Indy Food Council, visit their website.
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The Indy Food Council is pleased to announce the third round of the Indy Food Fund. The Indy Food Fund is a small grant and loan program designed to support catalytic food related projects in Marion County. This year the fund will prioritize applicants who can show they are working towards one of more of the following initiatives as outlined as priorities by the council: Improve access to healthy and local food across all ages and demographics. Increase the demand for local food in Indy by promoting local options, expanding existing local food production efforts and developing new ones, and … Continued
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The Groundwork USA Steering committee, working in close collaboration with northwest area neighborhoods, unanimously voted to move forward with the creation of an Indianapolis Branch. Groundwork USA is a national non-profit focused on green and open spaces and youth. The new branch will be focused on the Northwest Area QOL, the most recent area to complete the quality of life plan process. The organization will bring greater focus and new resources from the federal EPA and Parks Department to green spaces and underutilized brownfield sites in the northwest area neighborhoods.
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The NFL Grassroots Program is a partnership between National LISC and the NFL Foundation to revitalize community football fields in neighborhoods across the country. The program provides grants up to $200,000 and technical assistance to qualifying non-profit community-based organizations to spearhead the field improvement efforts. To apply for the program, read the Request for Proposal (RFP) and submit the appropriate paperwork as instructed by March 30, 2015.
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All too often, older industrial and commercial properties in Marion County remain vacant or underutilized due to real or perceived environmental contamination. These properties are known as brownfields and many of these sites represent prime opportunities for redevelopment. An innovative and effective tool for remediating brownfield sites is insurance cost recovery. Insurance cost recovery uses the former insurance policies that were in place when the pollution occurred at a site to pay for the site’s cleanup costs. The insurers have been found liable for such remediation even in cases where the policies were decades old. The Local Initiatives Support Corporation … Continued
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Indianapolis Parks Foundation (IPF) is the recipient of a $200,000 grant through Indianapolis LISC, the Colts and the NFL Foundation Grassroots Program, a partnership between National LISC and the NFL Foundation. The grant is part of a total of $2.5 million slated by city officials to refurbish public fields this year. The City of Indianapolis and IPF designated $1.5 million in funding to build a public athletic field at Historic Central Greens. The former hospital site will feature over $52 million in current and planned development, including the new Christel House Academy Charter School, student housing, apartments, office space, a … Continued
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Duos opens a second kitchen, continues serving healthy meals and engaging community members This Tuesday, Duos founders Becky and David Hostetter and John Garnier celebrated the grand opening of their second permanent location at The Commonground, a brand new outdoor plaza at Eskenazi Health. Duos Kitchen is redefining gluten-free, vegan and vegetarian cuisine in Indianapolis, sporting a menu of locally grown ingredients infused with international flavors. Duos began in 2010 as a food truck, serving healthy street food and engaging neighbors in urban community. Two years ago, the Hostetters and Garnier opened their flagship restaurant located at 2960 N. … Continued
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Does your community football field need improvements? Apply now for the NFL Foundation Grassroots Program for matching dollars for capital improvement projects. The application deadline is February 14, 2014. The NFL Foundation Grassroots Program is a partnership of the National Football League Foundation, which provides funding for the Program, and LISC, which provides technical assistance and manages the Program. The goal of the NFL Foundation Grassroots Program is to provide non-profit, neighborhood-based organizations with financial and technical assistance to improve the quality, safety, and accessibility of local football fields. The NFL Foundation Grassroots Program provides grants of up to $200,000 … Continued
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MetLife Foundation and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) are partnering for the thirteenth year to recognize, sustain and share the work of innovative partnerships between community groups and police to promote neighborhood safety and revitalization. Through this awards program, MetLife Foundation and LISC will identify and honor partnerships that exhibit tangible accomplishments in their efforts to advance the process, outcome, and/or evaluation of potent police‐community collaborations. Eligible applicants must be member organizations of partnerships that include, but need not be limited to, community organizations and police. Winning partnerships receive monetary awards ranging from $15,000 to $30,000 and their work … Continued
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Just north of Downtown Indianapolis, on the corner of Central Avenue and 34th Street, sits Tabernacle Presbyterian Church. Founded in 1924, TAB, as it’s commonly known, is more than a place to worship on Sundays. It’s a community anchor in the Mapleton-Fall Creek neighborhood. For decades, TAB has provided a safe place for area kids—many of them from low-income homes—to play and socialize. Throughout the years the church’s large athletic field has been particularly popular among children. From early morning until late night, kids have flocked there to play lacrosse, football, soccer, and other sports. And these days, the field’s use is at … Continued
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WHO: Mayor Greg Ballard, Lieutenant Governor Susan Ellspermann, Congressman André Carson, Gina Sheets, Director of the Indiana State Department of Agriculture,Phil Votaw, Executive Director of the Westside Community Development Corporation Paul Lightfoot, CEO of BrightFarms WHAT: Announce plans for a state-of the art hydroponic greenhouse farm. WHEN: Monday, July 15, 2013 3:00-4:30pm WHERE: The Platform, East Wing of City Market – 202 East Market Street BACKGROUND: Led by the WCDC, the area near the site of this greenhouse farm has become a redevelopment hub, connecting commercial revitalization to residents of the community. BrightFarms 100,000 square foot farm will create up to 25 green … Continued
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I recently participated in a planning session for downtown Indianapolis that included cultural and civic leaders who I would generally consider very pro-urban Indianapolis. As the conversation turned toward the urgent need to recruit more taxpayers into city neighborhoods, one of my colleagues stated that it really wasn’t practical to raise a middle-class family in the city, and many others agreed. Well, as a father of three young adults raised in urban Indy, this strong sentiment shocked me. I mistakenly thought that city living had become popular enough that young parents would now consider an urban lifestyle a viable alternative … Continued
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After a year of planning, a new effort to build a local food economy that promotes access to healthy and nutritious food and creates jobs for Indianapolis residents is set to launch. The Indy Food Council will unveil its vision and a call for community support on Thursday, April 25, from 5-7 p.m. at the Platform in the west wing of the Indianapolis City Market. The public is invited to learn more about the Indy Food Council and how to get involved. “Ensuring access to nutritious food such as fresh fruits and vegetables is critical to good health,” said Dr. … Continued
