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Haughville pursuing vision to make Belmont Beach permanent park

June 9, 2023

Community leaders and volunteers are working to turn a site that was once a swimming hole on the White River for Black Indianapolis residents into a year-round destination.

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State letting AES Indiana discharge toxic water into White River, group says

April 19, 2023

John Russell

An Indiana environmental group says the utility is pumping more than 1 million gallons of contaminated water a day into the river from coal ash ponds at its Eagle Valley Generating Station in violation of the federal Clean Water Act.

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White River State Park reveals plans for $65M expansion on stamping plant site

October 25, 2024 |

Mickey Shuey

The park will expand into 15 acres between the White River and Elanco Animal Health’s new headquarters and will include an event pavilion to be developed inside the remnants of a former crane bay that had been part of the original stamping plant.

Local leaders tour Singapore for White River inspiration

January 19, 2024 |

Mickey Shuey

A 26-person contingent comprising state and city officials, not-for-profit leaders and business executives traveled to the tiny city-state Nov. 14-17 to study how the nation has developed land along its waterfront.

City ramps up climate staff amid weather concerns

December 15, 2023 | Taylor Wooten

Indianapolis officials say they are preparing for more severe weather in the years to come as climate-change events threaten to overwhelm the stormwater drainage system and pose other problems.

Boone County is ‘favored site’ of companies looking at Indiana, IEDC says

August 10, 2023 | Peter Blanchard

The IEDC has acquired thousands of acres of land in Boone County for the LEAP District, a planned advanced manufacturing and high-tech district in the Lebanon area.

City, historians at odds over how to approach possible Black grave sites at bridge project

May 9, 2023 | Taylor Wooten

The Indianapolis Department of Public Works says work on the bridge will halt if remains are found during construction, and it plans to have an archaeologist on site during construction who would flag signs of burial. But critics are seeking an archeological dig first.

Carmel set to expand White River Greenway

January 13, 2023 | Daniel Bradley

The trail will wind and curve near the White River for 5.4 miles from East 116th Street to East 146th Street once it is completed next year.

White River group pushes ahead with public access plans, fundraising

March 31, 2022 |

Leslie Bonilla Muñiz

The group is launching an annual fundraising campaign to help pay for gravel parking lots, access roads, signage, security lighting and cameras, and boat ramps for areas along the White River in Hamilton, Marion and Morgan counties.

Groups seek to beautify sites so no one will trash them

December 24, 2021 |

Leslie Bonilla Muñiz

Several Indianapolis-based groups are hoping to turn a spot on the White River into an outdoor recreational hub that includes a boat ramp, a parking lot and a smattering of event spaces.

Communities along White River form coalition to leverage new statewide grant funding

June 15, 2021 | Kurt Christian

Government leaders in Anderson, Carmel, Fishers, Indianapolis, Noblesville, Westfield, and Hamilton and Madison counties, have joined together to secure funding for redevelopment and economic investment projects along the White River.

White River could become a national-park-like amenity

April 9, 2021 |

Lindsey Erdody

Improving a 58-mile stretch of the White River and taking advantage of the natural resource that flows through the Indianapolis area has been on local leaders’ wish list for years.

Plans forming for public-private river education center at Conner Prairie

February 17, 2020 | Kurt Christian

Visit Hamilton County launched a feasibility study Thursday to determine the best way to align the county’s River Road Park, Carmel’s River Heritage Park and Conner Prairie as a river-centric district.

Leaders unveil plans for developing White River in Marion, Hamilton counties

June 3, 2019

The White River Vision Plan, unveiled Monday morning by community leaders from Marion and Hamilton counties, makes key development recommendations to seven "anchor areas" along a 58-mile stretch of the river.

White River plan envisions ideas for more accessibility in Hamilton, Marion counties

February 7, 2019

A firm charged with drafting a plan to revitalize and activate the river in the two counties has unveiled a series of concepts that include both passive and active nature experiences.

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