Posted by: Derek Glass
Posted: June 12, 2023
Categories: Community Forestry, Great Indy Cleanup, KIB in the News
Vests were on and buckets were in hand for day one of Community Love Fest. Love Fest is a grassroots effort to drive out hate with love across the city. It kicked off with the “Great Indy Clean-Up” along East 34th St. and Keystone Avenue. See the full story from FOX 59 below.
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 […]
Posted by: Derek Glass
Posted: April 25, 2023
Categories: Great Indy Cleanup, KIB in the News, Volunteers
Earth Day is a time for people across the globe to come together to show support for protecting our planet and the environment. In Indiana, communities across the state participated in clean-up events as part of Earth Day celebrations. One of those events happened in a local neighborhood on the northwest side of Indianapolis. Keep […]
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 […]
Posted by: Jeremy Kranowitz
Posted: April 4, 2023
Categories: AES Indiana Project Greenspace, Clean Neighborhoods, Education, Engaged Citizens, News & Features, Trees and Native Habitats, Volunteers
At Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, we rely on thousands of Hoosiers every year who help us co-create a city that is cleaner, greener, healthier, and safer. Last year, everyday citizens happily donated 16,660 hours to help us plant trees, create new greenspaces, and remove litter from our streets. When one of us lends a hand, it […]
Posted by: Derek Glass
Posted: September 23, 2022
Categories: Clean Neighborhoods, Custom Day of Service, KIB in the News, Partners
There will be different sites around Indianapolis where 950 Lilly employees will be doing 19 different projects to help spiff up parts of the town on Thursday as part of the Lilly Global Day of Service. View the video here: https://www.wishtv.com/lifestylelive/lilly-day-of-service-brings-out-hundred-of-employees-to-help-cleanup-brighten-indianapolis-community/
Posted by: Jeremy Kranowitz
Posted: July 6, 2022
Categories: Clean Neighborhoods, News & Features, Partners
Lilly Endowment Inc. has awarded Keep Indianapolis Beautiful (KIB) a $3.78 million grant to mobilize efforts to clean up litter along several busy streets and waterways in Indianapolis, furthering KIB’s mission to create and maintain vibrant public places where people and nature thrive. Keep Indianapolis Beautiful (KIB) has been tackling litter in our city with […]
Posted by: Jeremy Kranowitz
Posted: November 8, 2018
Categories: Clean Neighborhoods, Education, Partners
Does the City drop off locations accept cardboard for recycling? Yes, the City drop off containers accept cardboard, ream wrappers, file folders, poster board, frozen food boxes, cardboard boxes, milk cartons, and cereal box-type paperboard. Please visit Indiana Recycling Coalition’s Recycle page to find locations in Marion County, or sign up for curbside recycling with Republic Service. Can I […]
Posted by: Jeremy Kranowitz
Posted: October 26, 2018
Categories: Clean Neighborhoods, Engaged Citizens
These days, when Danny Marquez looks out the front window of his Indianapolis home, he sees hope. It wasn’t always that way. “I used to look out the window and think, ‘God, there’s something wrong here. Kids were playing in muck piles. There was drug paraphernalia all over. Illegal dumping.” Danny says he had a […]
Posted by: Jeremy Kranowitz
Posted: January 1, 2016
Categories: AES Indiana Project Greenspace, Clean Neighborhoods, Partners
1513 RINGGOLD AVE; 46203 An underutilized neighborhood park given new life by incorporating native plantings and a refreshed plan by partnering with Indy Parks. VISION FOR THE SPACE Bates-Hendricks neighborhood residents are hoping to have a considerable impact on revitalizing their community park. Once a much larger part of the neighborhood, the park has been nearly […]
