8/7/2006
Media Contact:
Bill Taft, LISC, [317] 396-0588, x12
Justin Ohlemiller, Mayor’s Office, [317] 327-3690
Anne Marie Predovich, INRC, [317] 920-0330 |
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Mayor, community leaders to announce six targeted neighborhoods for intensive grassroots revitalization & development
$2.4 million in private investment to spur renewed quality of life
INDIANAPOLIS – Mayor Bart Peterson, along with the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), and the Indianapolis Neighborhood Resource Center (INRC), will make a major announcement regarding the selection and funding of six neighborhoods to participate in the Great Indy Neighborhoods Initiatives tomorrow.
City and neighborhood officials will be on hand to explain how neighborhoods throughout the city can benefit from the initiatives and will unveil a new resource guide designed to help every Indianapolis resident get the help they need to make their neighborhood the best it can be.
WHEN: Tomorrow – Tuesday, August 8
10-11:30 a.m. Neighborhood celebration
10:30 a.m. Announcement of the targeted neighborhoods
WHERE: Hawthorne Park, 75 N. Belleview Pl.
Great Indy Neighborhoods is a partnership among the City of Indianapolis, INRC and LISC. It resulted from the city’s first Community Development Summit in 2004, which brought together more than 400 neighborhood leaders, business owners, residents and faith-based organizations to focus on developing a plan for building and sustaining stronger, healthier neighborhoods.
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