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Don’t be in the dark! Learn how to ID trees by their bark.

Posted by: Jeremy Kranowitz
Posted: October 31, 2018
Categories: Community Forestry, Education, Tree Tenders, Trees and Native Habitats

After our recent cold snap, you may be itching to get back outside and stretch your legs. As the temperatures rise and the days get a little bit longer, the outdoors become more inviting. A hike in the woods is a great way to stave off the winter blues, and if you’re a tree nerd […]

Purpose Park: Living Up to its Name

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 […]

Ransom Place Pocket Park

Posted by: Jeremy Kranowitz
Posted: January 1, 2015
Categories: AES Indiana Project Greenspace, Clean Neighborhoods, Engaged Citizens, Partners

The Ransom Place Neighborhood Association and KIB worked together to turn an underutilized lot, across from the Cultural Trail, into a pocket park and gateway into the neighborhood. The community’s vision was not only to be a gathering space with stage/deck for residents but highlight the historic significance of Ransom Place and serve as an outdoor classroom for […]

University Heights Pocket Park

Posted by: Jeremy Kranowitz
Posted: January 1, 2014
Categories: AES Indiana Project Greenspace, Clean Neighborhoods, Engaged Citizens, Partners

4133 MATHEWS AVENUE A partnership between KIB, the University Heights Neighborhood Association (UHNA), and the University of Indianapolis will transform the former site of a vacant apartment building into a community pocket park and greenspace. The park will serve to focal point for neighborhood get together, offer teaching opportunities about native plants and the natural […]

Ruckle Street Pocket Park

Posted by: Jeremy Kranowitz
Posted: January 1, 2013
Categories: AES Indiana Project Greenspace, Clean Neighborhoods, Engaged Citizens, Partners

2927 PARK AVENUE, 46205 This area formerly lacked open greenspace for residents to participate in recreation activities, host neighborhood and family gatherings and ultimately have immediate access for improvements in their everyday quality of life. IMPORTANCE OF THIS PROJECT This project will accomplish:  DESIGN PROCESS KIB will work with Mapleton-Fall Creek Development Corporation (MFCDC) to […]