5/12/2006
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Mayor announces staff changes in newly reorganized Office of Neighborhood Services
INDIANAPOLIS - Mayor Bart Peterson announced the following changes in the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services:
Monica Whitfield Brase, Special Projects Coordinator. Brase will serve as the Neighborhood Services Special Projects Coordinator. She will coordinate community events with Mayor Peterson and his neighborhood liaisons including "City Hall for a Day". Most recently, she served as Mayor Peterson¡¦s press secretary. Prior to her work in the Mayor's Office, she served as public relations director for the Indiana State Bar Association. Brase received a bachelor¡¦s degree from the University of Evansville.
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Marquisha Johnson Bridgeman, Mayor's Faith-Based Coordinator. Bridgeman will serve as the Mayor's liaison between the Mayor's Office and faith-based organizations throughout the community. She also will serve as an advisor for the Mayor's Youth Council, 29 high school students who coordinate community service efforts and meet monthly with the Mayor to discuss issues that affect youth. She previously served as a special assistant with the Indianapolis Charter Schools office. Bridgeman received a bachelor's degree from Indiana University's Kelley School of Business.
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Carl Clark, Mayor's Neighborhood Liaison. Clark will serve as the Mayor's liaison to the northeast portion of Center Township. Before joining the Mayor's office, Clark was a neighborhood development specialist with the Indianapolis Neighborhood Resource Center. While there, Clark developed curriculum and conducted training geared toward community development. He received a bachelor's degree from Murray State University in Kentucky.
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Lori Hill, Mayor's Neighborhood Liaison. Hill will serve as the Mayor's liaison to Decatur and Franklin Townships. She worked in city government for the past six years as an assistant to former Deputy Mayor Jane Henegar. While in the Mayor's Office, she assisted in organizing and implementing a wide range of community initiatives, including the Family Strengthening Coalition and the Blueprint to End Homelessness. She also founded and served as president of her own neighborhood's association, Fountain Square South Association.
Hill received an associate's degree from Indiana University's of School Continuing Studies and a Certificate in Leadership Studies from Purdue University's School of Engineering & Technology.
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Emily Mack, Mayor's Neighborhood Liaison. Mack will serve as the Mayor's liaison to Perry Township and the southern portion of Center Township, including the regional center and downtown historic districts. Mack previously served as a preservation planner for the Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission, where she assisted neighborhoods petitioning for local historic district designation and wrote and implemented preservation plans for newly designated historic areas throughout the city.
Emily earned a bachelor's degree from Bradley University and a master's degree in historic preservation from Ball State University's College of Architecture & Planning.
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Brian Madison, Assistant Administrator. Madison's primary responsibility will be to oversee the Mayor's Action Center, where local residents can report problems or ask questions about any city or county service. Madison has served with the Office of Neighborhood Services since 2002 where he initially served as a Mayor's Neighborhood Liaison. He previously served in various positions with the Indiana Department of Commerce, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management and the Governor's Office.
Madison earned a bachelor's degree from DePauw University and a law degree from the Indiana University School of Law at Indianapolis.
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The Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services serves as the front door to city services for neighborhood associations, community leaders and businesses and includes many resources including the Mayor's Action Center and Neighborhood Liaisons. Originally called the Division of Neighborhood Services, the name was changed to reflect the high priority the Mayor places on direct communication and service to Indianapolis' neighborhoods and their leaders, residents and businesses.
Neighborhood Liaisons serve as the direct link to the Mayor's office, as well as all city departments and services. Liaisons serve neighborhoods in a variety of ways, including:
* Assisting in establishing new neighborhood organizations;
* Bringing community groups together to address common issues;
* Attending community meetings to hear and address citizen and business concerns;
* Educating the public on zoning and land use issues; and
* Assisting merchants in business expansion or relocation of operations.
Residents of Indianapolis can sign up to receive newsletters, find maps reflecting the geographic area for each neighborhood liaison, and/or contact their liaison at www.indygov.org/myneighborhood.
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