9/24/2007
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Mayor to host next “City Hall for a Day” in the Butler Tarkington neighborhood
Indianapolis – Mayor Bart Peterson and members of his administration will host the nineteenth “City Hall for a Day” tomorrow in the Butler Tarkington neighborhood.
When: TOMORROW, Tuesday, September 25
“I have met with neighborhood leaders in the past and it was sometimes difficult to understand their concerns and achievements without witnessing them first hand,” Mayor Peterson stated. City Hall for a Day allows me to be submersed in the neighborhoods and makes issues like problem intersections, new development, unique neighborhoods, and all the things that make our neighborhoods what they are tangible.”
Mayor Peterson will have coffee with neighborhood merchants, have lunch with neighborhood leaders, participate in a FitCity Challenge with students at IPS School 43, and take a bus tour of the area.
“City Hall for a Day” brings many of the staff and resources of city government to a particular area of the city for one day, allowing the Mayor and city staffers to meet with local neighborhood leaders, visit local businesses, see community projects and activities, and take part in many other activities and events.
Previous city halls for a day were held in Ben Davis/Chapel Hill, Traders Point, Franklin Township, Decatur Township, Martindale-Brightwood, Broad Ripple, Haughville, Garfield Park, Riverside/Near Northwest, Near Eastside, Oaklandon, Clermont, Nora, Cumberland, and the Far Eastside.
City Hall for a Day schedule:
8 – 11:30 a.m. Department of Public Safety Executive Assistant Steve Talley and Department Of Metropolitan Development (DMD) Director Maury Plambeck will visit Illinois Street Food Emporium, Seattle Suttons, Reardon Tennis, Curley’s Cleaners, and CVS.
9 a.m – 3 p.m. The Department of Public Works will offer a Tox Drop. Citizens may bring in household hazardous waste products for safe disposal. Location: Parking lot of the North United Methodist Church just north of the Ace Hardware at 3822 N. Illinois.
9 a.m. The Zoning Division of the Department of Metropolitan Development will conduct an abandoned vehicle sweep.
10 – 10:40 a.m. Mayor Peterson will meet with area merchants.
10 – 11:15 a.m. Deputy Chief of Staff Justin Ohlemiller and DMD Division of Planning Director Mike Peoni will visit Complete Auto Electric, Silky Situation, Curley’s Cleaners, and Kim’s Alterations & Leather Repair.
10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Department of Administration Director Sherlonda Anderson and MBE/WBE Director Jonathan Carpenter will visit Harrison Brook Center, Strands Cosmetology, Kennard Bennett, Family A-Phair, and Headz Up.
10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Economic Development Director Jim Garrard will visit D & C Pizza, Allure Hair Studio, Grandmothers Hands BBQ, Angies, Max’s, and Stressed Out.
10:45 – 11:40 a.m. Mayor Peterson will take a bus tour of the area with residents, merchants, neighborhood leaders, etc.
11 - 1 p.m. Animal Care and Control will microchip pets for $10 and will have dogs available for adoption. Location: Fire Station # 16, 5555 N. Illinois Street.
11 a.m. – 2 p.m. The Mobile Mayor’s Action Center will be available in front of Fire Station #16. Citizens can report a problem or request a city service -- customer service representatives will be on hand with laptops so requests can be submitted instantly. Location: 5555 N. Illinois Street.
11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Katy Brett will visit In Styles Barber, Africa Hair Styling, Dollar General Store, Check N Go, and Classic Fashions.
11:45 a.m. – 12:50 p.m. Mayor Peterson will have lunch with neighborhood and business leaders.
12:30 p.m. Public Safety Director Earl Morgan and Charter Schools Accountability Manager Christine Weisenbach will visit IT Creation, Used Furniture, Queen Bee Hats & Wigs, Illinois Party Salon, and Ace Hardware.
12:30 – 2 p.m. Charter Schools Director Dan Roy and Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee Executive Director Marya Overby will visit Foot Locker, Express Tax, Sunni Ds and Capital Used Tires.
1 – 2:30 p.m. DMD Community Development Administrator Margaret Banning and Latino Affairs Director Ricardo Gambetta will visit Phenominal Touch, 40th Street Billiards, Take-N-Ova, NuVision Total Salon, Groceries & Arcade, and the Maytag Coin Laundry.
1 – 1:45 p.m. Mayor Peterson will visit the Martin Luther King Center. Location: 40 W. 40th Street.
1:30 p.m. Indianapolis Works Transition Director Suzannah Overholt and Information Services Agency Executive Director Shital Patel will visit 21st Amendment, Safeway, Kincaids, Oxford Shop, and G. Thrapp.
2 – 2:30 p.m. Mayor Peterson will visit James Whitcomb Riley School 43 and 6th Grade Class Fit City Challenge. Location: 150 W. 40th Street.
3 - 5 p.m. Environmental Affairs Director Allison Gritton and Department of Public Works Director Kumar Menon will visit Kids Ink, Eckert Ross Fine Art, Charles Meyer, The Secret Ingredient, Chase Bank, and Quick Exchange.
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