Mid-North Quality of Life Plan to be unveiled on January 23, 2012
After a year and half of planning and thousands of volunteer hours, the Mid-North Quality of Life Plan will be unveiled on January 23, 2012, at The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Networking and refreshments will be offered from 5:30-6:30 p.m., with the Unveiling Ceremony starting at 6:30 p.m. A reception takes place following the Ceremony at 7:30 p.m.
The Mid-North area includes six neighborhoods; Crown Hill, Highland Vicinity, Historic Meridian Park, Mapleton-Fall Creek, Meridian Highland and Watson McCord. This plan, developed by the residents and stakeholders of the Mid-North area, represents the vision of the neighborhoods and focuses on areas vital to the residents’ quality of life and presents solutions for improvement. All in all, over 30 initiatives in the areas of aesthetics, business development, crime and safety, education, health and wellness, housing, senior advocacy, and youth engagement have been defined for the Mid-North area with proposed completion dates ranging from 1-5 years.
The Local Initiative Support Corporation-Indianapolis (LISC) has sponsored the development of quality of life plans in six other Indianapolis neighborhoods resulting in substantial improvements in the quality of life experienced by the stakeholders in those areas. Several area organizations, including The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, the City of Indianapolis, Citizen’s Energy Group, Ivy Tech Community College, Mapleton-Fall Creek Development Corporation, Ki-Eco Center, Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Mid North Church Council and Near North Development Corporation helped to support the planning effort. The Children’s Museum has served as the convener of the community led implementation committee and is providing staff support to the committee.
The planning area is bounded by 38th Street (North), 21st Street (South), I-65 (West) and Meridian Street/Fall Creek Parkway (East). There are over 4,700 households and just over 10,000 residents who live within this area.
For more information, or to RSVP for the Community Unveiling, please contact Karen Miller at (317) 334-3250 or email karenm@childrensmusuem.org; also please visit www.midnorthplan.org
For more information about LISC and other area Quality of Life Plans, please visit www.liscindianapolis.org.
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