Indianapolis knows how to think big. I know what becomes possible when we reimagine our riverfront, neighborhoods, universities and downtown core not as individual assets but as parts of one connected city.
Read MorePublic safety should never be used as a political pawn.
Read MoreAttracting and retaining entrepreneurs becomes possible with every measure we take to enhance our culture and identity as a city.
The opportunity to create an Economic Enhancement District is an opportunity to further our community’s conversations about the future of downtown.
This means investments in affordable housing, new work opportunities, public safety, and enhancing downtown’s appearance and attractiveness.
We can and will address the concerns of citizens and business owners grappling with the damage to public and private spaces caused by last weekend’s violence. But we cannot do so without simultaneously wrestling, and besting, the historically tolerated race disparities that lie at the heart of that violence.
