A series of articles about ways that we can reduce energy consumption, save money and reduce the impact on the environment.

There are many features of our neighborhood that help it to stand-out, that make it special and make our homes potentially more desirable and marketable. A priority this year will be to bring more attention to how well our neighborhood lends itself to being “Green”.

To highlight the green nature of our neighborhood, we will feature a series of articles in the newsletter and website about energy saving products, materials and other ways that we can reduce energy consumption, save money and reduce the impact on the environment. This fall, we hope to have an open house to show off at least some of these energy saving products and techniques.

~See: Emerson Heights - A Green Neighborhood~

The Emerson Avenue Corridor Gateway Project will create a visual and physical sense of entry to the eastside of Indianapolis, while defining individual neighborhoods. The project will begin at the I-70/Emerson Avenue Interchange and go south to intersect with the Irvington Streetscape Project at Washington Street and on to the proposed Pennsy Trail.

This project will emphasize connectivity—through modes of transportation—pedestrian, bike, bus, and automobiles, as well as access and linkages to parks, trails and other cultural assets providing a sense of place and continuity. In all, this project will restore, rehabilitate and promote the community assets of the neighborhoods along the Emerson Avenue Corridor, adding further momentum to the revitalization efforts currently underway on the Eastside of Indianapolis.

The Emerson Avenue Corridor Gateway Project will partner the neighborhoods and businesses of both sides of Emerson Avenue with Community Hospital East, and will be led by representatives from the Emerson Heights Neighborhood. The lead team —Tina Jones, Kurt Wiegand, and Rebecca Seifert have expertise in the areas of landscape architecture, park and transportation planning, historic preservation, project scheduling and budgeting, and meeting facilitation.

Representatives from the neighborhoods, schools and businesses along this corridor will be invited to part of this visualization and planning process.


More information on the Emerson Avenue Corridor Gateway Project

A group of Emerson Heights residents are exploring how to improve 10th Street. The project is in the beginning stages and involves discussions with other neighborhood organizations that share 10th street as a boundary. The project is a product of the Revitalization Committee and interested parties may become involved by attending the Revitalization Committee meetings. More information will be provided as it develops.

The Good Schools, Good Neighborhood Initiative recognizes that quality neighborhood schools are an asset to the community, not only for the quality of education that they provide, but also for their ability to attract strong, stable families to a community and for their impact on property values.

The Good Schools, Good Neighborhood Initiative seeks to make both current residents and potential residents aware of the broad range of excellent schools that serve the Emerson Heights neighborhood and to work with education providers to make those choices as attractive as possible.

See our listing of neigborhood schools for more information.

The Marketing Committee is a new group that works to develop and deliver consistent messages about the neighborhood that furthers the community's objectives. Emily Myers is the Chair.

The group meets on the second Thursday of the month with the Revitalization Committee. Contact Kurt Wiegand or Emily Myers for more information.

The Revitalization Committee is currently working on an inventory of housing, as well as assembling statistics and demographics on the neighborhood. The goal will be to have as complete a picture as possible of the community. The next project will be to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to the neighborhood. With this foundation of knowledge, it should be possible to make good decisions about where to focus revitalization efforts. Rebecca Seifert is the Chair.