With Summer in full swing, the NEAR team has been keeping busy with the opening of our new office, the Center for Community Development (and dodging pickup trucks in the process), promoting and expanding our NEAR Indy Guide, hosting neighborhood…
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To support businesses in the Near Eastside, we recently conducted a small business survey to provide an overview of area businesses and identify next steps for NEAR to continue engaging with the individuals that make the Near Eastside a one-of-a-kind…
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100 Redeveloped Homes Join us at our 2017 Annual Community Luncheon for great food and focus on how NEAR is helping to shape the Near Eastside’s future. Keynote Speaker • Dr. Lewis Ferebee Dr. Lewis Ferebee is Superintendent of Indianapolis…
MoreFEBRUARY 2, 2017 // BY JOHN FRANKLIN HAY, NEAR Looking Forward: Our 100th Home Join us at our Annual Community Luncheon for great food and focus on how NEAR is helping to invest in our community’s future. Invited Keynote Speaker •…
MoreIn 2009, Near East Area Renewal (NEAR) accepted the community’s challenge to revitalize St. Clair Place—a near-downtown neighborhood that had become notorious for vacancy, violence, and blight. Seven years and 89 new and rehabbed houses later, the neighborhood has made…
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