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• Second Annual 10-Minute Play Festival returns to IndyFringe / updates on street closures / art at District Theatre
  The Indiana Playwrights Circle will present the Second Annual 10-Minute Play Festival Thursday through Sunday, Nov 11 – 14, at the IndyFringe Basile Theatre. This event is bringing seven  distinct companies together by producing seven [Read More…]
• Ohio Street to close at College Avenue / Vermont Street to be blocked at Delaware
  The continuing North Split reconstruction project will result in the closure of eastbound Ohio Street at College Avenue as soon as today. The full closure affects vehicular, bicycle and pedestrian traffic and will be in place until Nov. 9, weather [Read More…]
• Dia de Muertos to be staged in outdoor setting
  Garfield Park’s celebration of the traditional Mexican holiday, Día de Muertos, will be celebrated at the Corporate Shelter right outside the Garfield Park Arts Center from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 2. The “Day of the Dead” festival was [Read More…]
• Traffic update: Latest from the North Split project
  Eastbound Ohio Street will be closed to traffic at College Avenue from Sept. 1 to 28, weather permitting, as part of the North Split interstate reconstruction project. All eastbound Ohio Street traffic will be redirected to New York Street via [Read More…]
• A big idea: Put Downtown interstates below – not above – street level
  An ambitious plan to rework the Downtown interstate system below street-level would cost $500 million more than the state’s current plan – but the return on that investment includes nearly $100 million in market value for recaptured land, the [Read More…]
• Traffic update: Methodist Hospital expansion, Delaware Street project and latest from North Split
  METHODIST HOSPITAL: Major utility work is starting soon to prepare for the new IU Health Downtown hospital and expanded Methodist medical campus south of 16th Street. Utility work on nearby streets is scheduled to begin on Sunday, Sept. 22. [Read More…]
• New York Street underpass closure is now imminent / Vermont Street work also at hand
  Beginning on or after Wednesday, Aug. 4, New York Street will be closed from East Street to Pine Street as part of the Interstate 65/70 North Split reconstruction project, although motorists wishing to travel northbound can use New York Street to [Read More…]
• New York Street closure is delayed until Aug. 2 (at the earliest)
  Just a day after announcing that the New York Street shutdown at Interstates 65/70 would probably begin Sunday, the Indiana Department of Transportation has postponed that action until “on or after” Monday, Aug. 2. In anticipation of this closure, [Read More…]
• New York Street closure and traffic pattern shift to begin this week
  New York Street will be closed at Interstates 65/70 as soon as Sunday, July 25, an action which will also shift traffic patterns on Downtown streets, the Indiana Department of Transportation has announced. New York Street between East and Pine [Read More…]
• North Split update: Market Street scheduled to close Thursday, July 15
  From Thursday, July 15, until Aug. 2, Market Street will be closed between College and Highland avenues for overhead bridge demolition as part of the North Split interstate project, the Indiana Department of Transportation has reported. This is a [Read More…]
• North Split update: St. Clair Street closing planned for July 6
  St. Clair Street between Davidson and Pine streets is scheduled to close July 6 as work on the North Split reconstruction project continues. Indiana Department of Transportation officials said eastbound traffic will be detoured to 10th Street and [Read More…]
• College Avenue and Michigan Street set to close Monday, June 21
  The North Split interstate construction project will result in the temporary closings of both College Avenue and Michigan Street – as early as Monday, June 21. * College Avenue will be closed between 11th and 13th streets for overhead bridge [Read More…]
• Interstate project will close Michigan Street later this week
  On or after Thursday, June 17 – and after Vermont Street reopens under the Downtown interstates – Michigan Street will be closed between Pine and Davidson streets for overhead bridge demolition. The closure, part of the North Split reconstruction [Read More…]
• Chatham Brew Fest rescheduled
  Chatham Brew Fest – originally scheduled in June – will now be staged on Saturday, Sept. 25, to give breweries a bit more time to get up and running and fully staffed post-COVID. “There’s an overwhelming amount of interest in the event as indicated [Read More…]
• A ‘futbol’ league for neighborhoods
  Indy City Futbol has added six expansion teams – all covering the city’s urban core neighborhoods – and added a plan for non-playing neighbors to add volunteer, transit, social and challenge points to help their neighborhood team take home the [Read More…]
• Wanted: ‘Public Allies’ to learn how to be community leaders
  By Vicki Rubio / Public Allies program director, Indianapolis Neighborhood Resource Center We are now accepting applications for the 2021-2022 Public Allies Indianapolis program. Public Allies is an AmeriCorps program which builds the capacity of [Read More…]
• Dramatic enhancements coming to Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site
  Construction will begin by early May on a $6 million project to transform the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site into a gathering place in the heart of the Old Northside, complete with expansive greenspace. The project is the result of a $6 million [Read More…]
• Historic fire station donated to IMPD as a Near Eastside substation
  City police officers have a new space to take a breather, fill out reports, workout or regroup after an incident – and it’s not costing taxpayers a dime, thanks to a donation by the owners of the historic former fire station in the 1000 block of [Read More…]
• Full closure at the North Split to begin in May
  Online resources added to project website to help motorists navigate significant traffic changes during reconstruction of central Indiana’s busiest interchange The 18-month closure of the North Split interstate interchange is only two months away, [Read More…]
• $1 million grant boosts expansion of Indianapolis Cultural Trail
  The plan to extend two legs of the Indianapolis Cultural Trail has received a $1 million grant from the Eli Lilly and Company Foundation. Currently in design, the expansion of the Indianapolis Cultural Trail: A Legacy of Gene and Marilyn Glick [Read More…]