Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett’s proposed 2024 budget—the first without additional federal COVID-19 funding since 2019—includes record funding for the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, increased investment into anti-violence programs and a further increase in capital infrastructure projects.
The ordinance behind the restrictions aims to decrease the amount of pedestrians and cyclists hit by drivers. The measure had a rocky road toward implementation.
The strip mall was built in 1952 and for years served as a primary retail hub for the neighborhood.
Under a pilot program started this month, individuals in distress in downtown Indianapolis have been able to call 911 to receive assistance from the Clinician Led Community Response team.
Mayor Joe Hogsett’s administration is seeking a stronger approach to force property and business owners to discourage behavior that compromises public safety.
The Department of Metropolitan Development plans to convert the eight-story, 95-year-old building on North Meridian Street into affordable housing units.
The agreement gives Indy Parks the authority to “beautify, improve, maintain, and regulate the use of” the one-block park at 325 N. Meridian St., subject to the same rules, regulations and laws that apply to city-owned parks.
The Indianapolis City-County Council passed two gun-violence-related proposals Monday evening, but one of them calling for stricter gun-control regulations won’t be enforceable under state law.
The Lawrence Common Council approved a budget in September 2021, but the mayor’s administration did not submit it to the state by the deadline. That meant the city in 2022 had to operate under the previous year’s budget.
Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett also announced a plan to spend at least $30 million more in 2024 on residential street and alley improvements, school pedestrian safety and increased traffic enforcement in bike lanes.
A $25 million federal grant will be matched with just more than $20 million in city funds, providing $46.5 million for the street conversions and for infrastructure projects.
Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett’s 30-second video ad focuses on the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department. Opponent Jefferson Shreve has not yet advertised during the general election cycle, but will within the next week, his campaign told IBJ.
The Broad Ripple Village Association said the village’s late-night business owners met Wednesday and “agreed unanimously, that effective immediately, all bars and restaurants will shut their doors at 1 a.m. every day until further notice.”
The city’s Department of Metropolitan Development is asking developers to pay at least $2.34 million for the 113-year-old building at 202 N. Alabama St., which was the seat of city government until the City-County Building was completed in 1962.
Westfield Superintendent of Parks and Recreation Chris McConnell told the council that the aim of creating a parks and recreation department and board was to attract more state and federal funding to the city to build parks and trails.
Following fatal shootings early Sunday, Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett said the city would work with the Broad Ripple Village Association to create a temporary gun-free zone in the village’s entertainment district.
The Republican-dominated Legislature has given the city a way to raise money for downtown’s post-pandemic revitalization, but there appears to be little chance that Democratic city leaders will pursue it before the November city election.
The IndyRent program “pause” is to ensure renters who have filled out an application can be given the remaining funding, according to the city. Indianapolis renters have recently experienced a higher rate of evictions than the rest of the nation.
Built primarily on what is now agricultural land, the 1.9 million-square-foot project is expected to encompass 170 acres and consist of five buildings, ranging from 100,000 square feet to nearly 575,000 square feet.
The city council approved project agreements for three major developments announced last week, along with an economic development agreement for a compounding pharmacy looking to move to the city.
