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Busy Roads and Waterways

Beautifying Indy’s Busiest Roads

Posted by: Nicole Hornyak
Posted: April 3, 2025
Categories: Busy Roads and Waterways, Clean Neighborhoods, Partners, Research & Data

For almost 50 years, Keep Indianapolis Beautiful has worked in partnership with the City of Indianapolis and dedicated volunteers to keep litter off the streets in neighborhoods across the city. A persistent problem has been all the litter on our busiest roads where multiple lanes of traffic and fast driving make litter removal difficult. A […]

You’re Part of Something Big.

Posted by: Jeremy Kranowitz
Posted: March 21, 2025
Categories: Busy Roads and Waterways, Partners, Uncategorized, Volunteers

Making history for a cleaner, greener Indianapolis. Ryann and Kyle are here to show you what this Earth Month is all about. Hit play to see what makes this cleanup the largest waterway restoration in KIB’s history! Over 5 Miles. 10 Sites. Hundreds of Volunteers. One City. This Earth Month, we’re taking on the largest […]

Protecting our waterways together

Posted by: Benjamin Shine
Posted: November 8, 2023
Categories: Busy Roads and Waterways, Clean Neighborhoods, Education, Engaged Citizens, Partners, Volunteers

Indianapolis is a city where collaboration thrives. And our waterways are no exception! In October, we teamed up with Frank’s Paddlesports Livery and Friends of the White River for a water cleanup to help protect and preserve Wallet Island and Butterfly Island. During this guided cleanup, volunteers made a meaningful contribution to the health and […]

Keeping Midtown Clean: Lilly Endowment Grant Funds Workforce Development

Posted by: Derek Glass
Posted: April 26, 2023
Categories: Busy Roads and Waterways, KIB in the News

Thanks to a $3.78 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc., Keep Indianapolis Beautiful (KIB) is working with partners to clean up litter along several busy streets and waterways in Indianapolis through 2025. Local partners include the City, Keys2Work, the White River Alliance, and Friends of the White River. Keys2Work is a nonprofit that works with […]

Litter is getting cleaned up along 20 of Indy’s busiest roads

Posted by: Derek Glass
Posted: April 12, 2023
Categories: Busy Roads and Waterways, KIB in the News

Litter is getting cleaned up along some of the busiest roads across Indianapolis by a group known as “The Clean Team.” “So we’ve been deploying people where it’s most needed,” Jeremy Kranowitz, President & CEO of Keep Indianapolis Beautiful said. Keep Indianapolis Beautiful has identified 20 busy roads that have a lot of litter using […]