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The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis has awarded a grant to its home neighborhood.
From installation of a shelter in a new park, to learning more about the needs of senior citizens who reside in the Mid-North neighborhood, The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis has awarded a total grant of $10,000 to six entities working to develop and improve the neighborhood the museum proudly calls “home.”
This new grant is funded by The Children’s Museum’s Neighborhood Improvement Fund. This is another way in which the museum can assist neighbors and stakeholders in improving the quality of life and aesthetics of our surrounding neighborhoods.
The Mid-North Catalyst Grant awardees include:
- Mapleton Fall Creek Development Corporation, which proposes to install two temporary art installations for the celebration of the completion of Fall Creek Trail Extension.
- IUPUI will facilitate roundtable discussions with neighbors and stakeholders on education in the area.
- Fall Creek Gardens plans urban garden development and food education for the Mid-North community.
- Historic Meridian Park will install a shelter for a new pocket park.
- Senior Advocacy Action Team will conduct a survey of senior citizen needs and produce a resource guide for them.
- Crown Hill Neighborhood Association will conduct a survey of alleys and street lights in Mid-North neighborhoods.
“The Children’s Museum is very proud of the Mid-North neighborhood in which we live. We are highly committed to our pledge to be strong, invested partners to our neighbors so that we might all have the best possible community in which to live, work and play,” said Dr. Jeffrey H. Patchen, president and CEO, The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis.
From a grant recipient who is eager to use the funding, “Fall Creek Gardens is thrilled and deeply grateful to be included in the Mid-North Catalyst Grant program for 2014. This award will allow us to finish our Stone Soup Kitchen Garden, a space for hands-on learning in the garden. We look forward to having both neighbors and visitors join us this summer to learn all about growing fresh, healthy foods for the table,” said Maggie Goeglein Hanna, Executive Director, Fall Creek Gardens: Urban Growers Resource Center.
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