6:30pm Wallace Street Presbyterian Church
-Vote on New Mission Statement
-Report on Neighborhood Schools


The April meeting will include a special presentation on school choices that are available to neighborhood residents.
Parents are encouraged to attend. If you have neighbors with children, be sure to invite them to this meeting.

We will also be presenting the new mission statement that was formulated at the recent Neighborhood Retreat for formal adoption.

Posted on 04/20/06

Tues, April 18th, 9:00-12:00am & 1:30-4:30pm
INRC, 1802 N. Illinois St.


The Marion County Prosecutor’s Office Community Prosecution Division is pleased to announce upcoming Landlord Training Programs. These three hour seminars will assist property owners and managers in more effectively managing their properties and keeping criminal activity out of rental properties. Scott Allen, the Narcotics Eviction Investigator, with the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office Community Prosecution Division will facilitate the training with other guest speakers that will include members of law enforcement, the Indianapolis Housing Authority, and the City of Indianapolis. The Narcotics Eviction Program and Landlord Trainings are made possible by funding from Drug Free Marion County.

Be sure to mark your calendars and tell others so that you don’t miss out on this exciting and informative training.
Please RSVP no later than 24 hours prior to the training.


You may attend one or both of these trainings, as the information will vary slightly in content. The afternoon training will have more information on Section 8.

For more information please call 327-1406, or e-mail Scott Allen at Srallen@indygov.org

Posted on 04/18/06

Thursday, April 13th, 6:00 p.m.
Irvington Branch Library

Posted on 04/13/06

Monday, April 10th, 6:30pm
Trinity Episcopal Church – 33rd & Meridian
Open to the Public

Jody Kretzmann, from the Asset Based Community Development institute at Northwestern University will be in Indianapolis to discuss Asset-Based Community Development and how it has looked in communities all over the United States.

Call Josh Bowling at INRC for more information.
317-920-4119 (phone)
email: jbowling@inrc.org

Posted on 04/10/06

Saturday, April 1st, 9:00 am - noon
Call for Volunteers!

For the second year in a row, NESCO is partnering with the East 10th Street Civic Association and Keep Indianapolis Beautiful in the Great American Clean-up on Saturday, April 1 from 9 am to noon. Neighborhood leaders have received an email invite from the Civic Association to join in that day by organizing their own neighborhood clean-up in conjunction with the clean-up happening along 10 East Main Street.

NESCO neighborhoods interested in participating will be responsible for recruiting their own volunteers. The East 10th Street Civic Association will assist by distributing trash bags, gloves and other goodies on the clean-up day at their Headquarters/Volunteer check-in point at the southwest corner of E. 10th and Gray Streets. There is an opportunity to be on the day’s schedule for equipment, a dumpster and, if possible, on the packer truck route

Last year’s clean-up was a huge success in terms of volunteer turn-out and projects completed – not to mention the great newspaper and television coverage our near eastside clean-up received. Please contact Tammi Hughes, thughes@teneast.org or Sharilyn Bodi, sbodi@enn.org, if your neighborhood would like to participate. Even if your neighborhood doesn’t hold their own clean-up, there are plenty of projects along East 10th St. that could use your help. If you can volunteer, contact Tammi Hughes at thughes@teneast.org

Posted on 04/01/06

Wed, March 29th, 6-7:30pm
Englewood Christian Church
57 N. Rural

"The role of City Planning Staff in Land Use Decisions and Negotiating on Behalf of Your Neighborhood"

NESCO Zoning Committee is repeating its popular Zoning Education Forum on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 from 6 to 7:30 pm at Englewood Christian Church, 57 N. Rural. First offered in March of last year, this educational forum is free and open to all interested residents and business owners who want to increase their understanding of how the city’s zoning process works. This year, there will be special emphasis on residents’ rights and responsibilities as a remonstrator (or supporter) of rezoning and variance cases heard by the city’s commissions and boards.

The presenter, Tammara L. Tracy, is the Principal Planner with the City’s Department of Metropolitan Development. Ms. Tracy received her Masters in Regional and Community Planning preceded by a B.S. in Economics from Kansas State University. Before her work in the planning profession, she was a firefighter and Executive Director for a small non-profit focused on landlord-tenant and consumer advocacy issues. Ms. Tracy started her planning career in Indianapolis in 1988 and has served as Senior Planner, Chief Planner, Subdivision Administrator and Pike Township Administrator. As a volunteer, Ms. Tracy has been active in Historic Urban Neighborhoods of Indianapolis (HUNI) and Fletcher Place and Herron-Morton Neighborhood Associations. Currently she is volunteer chair of the Meridian Street Preservation Commission.

Light refreshments will be served. Please RSVP to sbodi@enn.org by Monday, March 27.

Posted on 03/29/06

Sat, March 25th 8:30 am
1402 N. Drexel
Volunteers needed

The Little Flower Neighborhood has been very successful in its quest to restore the street trees in their neighborhood. Thanks to the Keep Indianapolis Beautiful Inc., another 110 trees will be planted to supplement the 50 trees awarded and planted in 2005.

Volunteers are still needed for their next tree-planting event on Saturday, March 25. Meet at 1402 N. Drexel at 8:30 am to help plant trees. For more info, contact Morris Schefcik at mschefcik@littleflowerneighborhood.com.

Posted on 03/25/06

6:30pm Wallace Street Presbyterian Church

Posted on 03/16/06

Sat, March 11th 9:00-2:00
631 E. New York Street
A neighborhood retreat to do a strategic plan for our neighborhood

The morning session will focus on establishing vision, goals and objectives of the community organization. The afternoon session will focus on creating a draft of our bylaws. Josh Bowling from INRC will be the facilitator.

Please RSVP to Rebecca at rseifert@indy.rr.com

Map to Retreat


Directions to retreat location from Emerson Heights are as follows:
Take Michigan West to East Street (East Street is one street west of College) Turn south (left onto East Street…stay in the left lane) The next stoplight is New York turn left or east onto New York..stay on the right side of the street…you will see new construction, then a two story teal green building (amici’s italian restaurant) followed by a two story grey house and a two story brick house and a light pole..turn right into our alleyway driveway at the light pole. Our building is one story, brick with glass block and an overhang and it sits back a bit so it’s easy to miss. You can park on the side of the building or in the gravel parking lot…ignore the tow away signs…

Posted on 03/11/06