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Indianapolis to spend $190 million in upgrades to City-County facilities
It is part of the “Circle City Forward” public investment initiative to help the city comeback from the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Author: WTHR.com staff Updated: 6:48 PM EST February 22, 2021
INDIANAPOLIS Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett announced $190 million in upgrades to City-County facilities on Monday. It is part of the “Circle City Forward” public investment initiative. It s essentially part of the city s plan to comeback from the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Today, we start that investment with a $190 million commitment to projects in neighborhoods across our city. This initial investment will upgrade critical government facilities and enhance service delivery to residents. It will create hundreds of construction jobs for workers, boosting our local economy while improving quality of life for residents, said Mayor Joe Hogse
Feb 19, 2021 / 02:58 PM EST
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) Millions of dollars are being invested into what the city calls one of its most struggling neighborhoods.
A total of $3.5 million will be invested into Martindale-Brightwood over the next three years as part of the Lift Indy program. Martindale-Brightwood is the second neighborhood to be inducted into this program in 2021, joining the Near North Corridor.
With the toll the coronavirus pandemic has taken on neighborhoods across Indianapolis, city leaders say it was necessary to expand this program. No neighborhood in Indianapolis was hit harder than the Martindale-Brightwood neighborhood during the pandemic, according to SAVI, which uses data to improve planning and decision-making and ultimately improve the quality of life in communities. SAVI is a program of The Polis Center at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett announced the Martindale Brightwood neighborhood as the second Lift Indy area for 2021, joining the Near North Corridor. The city says each area will receive an anticipa
Jan 25, 2021 / 07:39 PM EST
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) The work is hard, and it can be dangerous. Violence interrupters are set to formally hit the streets this week, in some of Indianapolis’ hard-hit neighborhoods.
Shane Shepherd knows everybody’s name and face in this Indy neighborhood. Growing up in these streets, he’s built personal relationships over the years.
“I’ve been knowing this community so well, I can tell when cars are riding around, circling blocks. I can tell when you’re not from around here.” Shane Shepherd, a violence interrupter and Founder/CEO of B4ufall explained.
When he heard six people were killed in a shooting in another part of town Sunday, it left him feeling: “It was unexplainable. It was something that I couldn’t even, as a person that knows the streets well, I couldn’t even wrap my mind around what would make one or two or several individuals murder that many people from that many different age groups.”