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Powering a Greener Future: KIB Partners with Veregy to Go Solar

Posted by: Jeremy Kranowitz
Posted: November 12, 2025
Categories: Education, News & Features, Partners

At Keep Indianapolis Beautiful (KIB), our mission has always been rooted in helping people and nature thrive and now, that mission is getting a little sunnier. We’re proud to announce a new partnership with Veregy, an award-winning, NAESCO-accredited Energy Services Company, to install solar panels at KIB headquarters. This project marks a major milestone in […]

Mozel Sanders Foundation GreenSpace Opening

Posted by: Mallory Chamberlin
Posted: August 27, 2025
Categories: AES Indiana Project Greenspace, Engaged Citizens, News & Features, Partners, Uncategorized, Volunteers

On Saturday, August 16, Keep Indianapolis Beautiful (KIB), in partnership with the Mozel Sanders Foundation, celebrated the grand opening of a new AES Indiana Project GreenSpace with a lively and welcoming community event. Around 50 neighbors gathered to enjoy music from a live DJ, a bounce house for the kids, rock painting, and a free […]

Honoring Indigenous Knowledge and Environmental Stewardship

Posted by: Kelly Owens
Posted: August 22, 2025
Categories: Education, News & Features, Research & Data

Each month, during our Keep Indianapolis Beautiful staff meeting, our team takes time for a reflection on our values. These conversations connect the values of equity and community to the work we do in neighborhoods every day. This month, we reflected on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, which was observed on August […]

Planting Seeds for a Career in Leadership

Posted by: Jeremy Kranowitz
Posted: March 7, 2025
Categories: Engaged Citizens, News & Features, Volunteers, Youth Tree Team

For Jillian Lain, her career in community engagement and leadership began with a shovel in hand and a passion for making a difference. As a Youth Tree Team (YTT) leader in 2007, Jillian didn’t know then that her summer job with Keep Indianapolis Beautiful (KIB) would shape the way she approached her professional journey, leadership […]

From Trailer Park to Urban Oasis: The Remarkable Transformation of Shelton Heights GreenSpace

Posted by: Jeremy Kranowitz
Posted: October 16, 2024
Categories: AES Indiana Project Greenspace, Clean Neighborhoods, Engaged Citizens, News & Features, Partners, Volunteers

If you’ve ever seen a before-and-after photo that made you do a double take, get ready to be amazed by the transformation story of Shelton Heights GreenSpace! This once-forgotten piece of land, previously a trailer park riddled with crime and neglect, has now blossomed into a vibrant community park, thanks to the dedication of neighbors, […]

Rebuilding Indianapolis’ Tree Canopy: The Good, the Bad, and How to Get Involved

Posted by: Jeremy Kranowitz
Posted: October 1, 2024
Categories: Community Forestry, Education, Engaged Citizens, KIB in the News, News & Features, Research & Data, Tree Tenders, Trees and Native Habitats, Uncategorized, Volunteers

As the President and CEO of Keep Indianapolis Beautiful (KIB), I’m writing to you with a story that has both a challenging side and a hopeful future—especially if we work together. Let’s start with the tough part. A recent study by American Forests found that over the past decade, Indianapolis’ tree canopy has declined—from covering […]

Greening Urban Neighborhoods from the Ground Up

Posted by: Benjamin Shine
Posted: April 18, 2024
Categories: Clean Neighborhoods, Education, Engaged Citizens, News & Features, Partners, Research & Data, Trees and Native Habitats

How can community members come together, using data and community input, to address environmental concerns and effect change? That’s what The Greening Urban Neighborhoods from the Ground Up Initiative, a collaborative effort between Keep Indianapolis Beautiful (KIB) and Indiana University, is seeking to understand. The initiative aims to amplify community input regarding environmental issues impacting quality […]

Local Faith Leaders Gather for Tree Planting

Posted by: Jeremy Kranowitz
Posted: November 28, 2023
Categories: Community Forestry, Engaged Citizens, KIB in the News, News & Features, Partners, Trees and Native Habitats, Volunteers

For the last decade, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving has been touted as Giving Tuesday, a year-round global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity. But for Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, it’s Giving Treesday. On Tuesday, November 28, we partnered with the Center for Interfaith Cooperation to host “Giving Treesday” […]

Good Attracts Good: Study shows KIB’s AES Project GreenSpace sites reduce gun violence

Posted by: Jeremy Kranowitz
Posted: September 26, 2023
Categories: AES Indiana Project Greenspace, News & Features, Partners, Research & Data

This morning marked a significant moment in our journey at Keep Indianapolis Beautiful (KIB), as we proudly unveiled the promising results of a year-long study of our AES Indianapolis Project GreenSpace program. Together with Mayor Joe Hogsett and other community members, we gathered at our Shelton Heights GreenSpace to announce the exciting findings of the […]

Volunteerism in Indianapolis

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 […]

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