Whitestown leaders finally broke ground early this month on a redevelopment project, a modest 14-acre park, at the site of the former Wrecks Inc. junkyard.
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Image gallery: Zionsville plans to replace Lincoln Park’s gazebo and brick paths, add a water feature and improve drainage at a cost between $800,000 and $950,000.
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The Carpenter Nature Preserve will be the first park in rural Union Township and the largest nature preserve in Boone County.
The center, which has been closed for construction, will resume operations with a dedication ceremony on April 2.
Surrounded by dense residential developments and workplaces, the plaza was a buzzy spot when it opened in 2018. Eight years later, it is more frequently a loitering spot, where people have been known to abuse drugs and alcohol.
The many changes in the past year stem from an executive order last March by President Trump that calls for eliminating “divisive narratives” from national sites.
This weekend’s College Rugby Association of America event marks the first national sporting event that Riverside Sports has secured for Kuntz Stadium, which is in the midst of a $45 million overhaul.
The 12-to-14-acre Wrecks Park is planned along Indianapolis Road, west of Interstate 65 and south of Whitestown Parkway.
The project is expected to encompass about 7.5 acres on the river’s western bank and will include new green spaces, an amphitheater and a promenade overlooking the White River.
Fishers and the Indianapolis Zoo will partner on some aspects of the new AgriPark, which received a key approval in the development process on Tuesday.
In 2020 and 2022, Noblesville-based Beaver Materials approached the city with plans to dig a gravel pit on the property that will now become part of Potter’s Bridge Park.
Bicentennial Unity Plaza, just north of Gainbridge Fieldhouse, is frequently home to an outdoor basketball court, but it has also been used for ice skating, roller skating, volleyball and pickleball.
Parks Director Michael Klitzing told IBJ the department over the next 10 years will need $6.5 million per year in capital funding to maintain its current assets and $11.5 million per year in capital funds to develop new parkland.
The park foundation described the gift on Monday as the largest grant in history benefiting the U.S.’s national parks. The money will be used to address the needs of the country’s more than 400 national park sites.
Rugby Indy LLC expects to begin a $45 million revamp of Kuntz Memorial Soccer Stadium, at 1502 W. 16th St., this summer.
Years in the planning, the project is expected to include 2.5 miles of trails, two overlook boardwalks, a creek-stomping area and 5,000 feet of river frontage with a kayak launch.
The first phase of the trail extension connects portions of the original six-mile Cultural Trail to historic Indiana Avenue neighborhoods and other areas of Indianapolis.
In the beach’s second season, the city has slashed the $50 per-vehicle entry fee it charges non-residents and has cut ties with an app it required Fishers residents to download in order to gain entrance.
The funding stream Carmel uses to develop parks has become a source of tension among officials and even the subject of a recently dismissed lawsuit.
First-phase upgrades to the park will include a parking lot expansion, fishing piers, boardwalks, a bridge and a reengineered sledding hill. Plans for the second phase include a new playground, outdoor classroom and shelter.
Westfield is the only city in Hamilton County that does not have a standalone parks and recreation department, which has stymied opportunities to obtain state and federal funding.
About a year ago, the City-County Council passed a resolution expressing support for a carbon credit program to finance green space preservation, but progress has been slow as the city struggled to find a cost-effective way to launch the plan.
