The Pike Township Residents Association, Inc. (PTRA) is a non-profit organization that provides a forum for Pike Township neighbors to discuss regional and local neighborhood concerns such as land use, development, parks and recreation, transportation, schools, drainage and sewage problems, water supply, area beautification, etc. PTRA serves as an umbrella organization for local neighborhood associations as well as serving the needs of individual residents and businesses. PTRA meets on the second Wednesday of each month at 7:00 PM at the Pike Township Government Center ( 5665 Lafayette Road ) and this meeting is open to the public.

For membership information and application form  CLICK HERE

You are invited to join PTRA and participate in their meetings. If you need more information, please contact the current president, Susan Blair, whose name is listed below.

Contact Information:

      Susan Blair
Pike Township Residents Association
P.O. Box 78673
Indianapolis , IN 46278
317-872-6744
Email:

6/05/2009

PARK IT WITH INDY PARKS DURING SUMMER KICKOFF WEEK 
JUNE 10-JUNE 14!  

INDIANAPOLIS – (June 4, 2009) Park it with Indy Parks during Summer Kickoff Week June 10-June 14 and learn how to make Indy Parks your summer destination! Splash into pools, listen to live music, watch a movie in the park, ride at the Velodrome, shop a Farmer’s Market and shimmy at the annual Egyptian Dance Celebration. You will find all this AND MUCH MORE during Indy Parks Summer Kickoff Week!  

Kick off the fun at Indy Parks on The Circle from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 10, 2009, on Monument Circle in Downtown Indianapolis. The free event features live music, giveaways, whiffleball and soccer demonstrations, our new Waters Education Trailer, special announcements, Indy Parks partnering organizations and more. Indy Parks staff will host interactive booths highlighting everything from environmental education, golf and playground programs to greenways and aquatics. Joining in the fun will be Indiana Pacers mascot Boomer, Indianapolis Indians mascot Rowdie, and Indiana Ice mascot Big E. Foot with the team’s Clark Cup trophy. Come check out everything Indy Parks offers!  

Summer Kickoff Week June 10-14 also features:  

• Concerts at Eagle Creek Park , Holliday Park , Garfield Park , Willard Park Pool and Watkins Park
• Farmer’s Market at Ellenberger Park
• Egyptian Dance Celebration and Workshops at Garfield Park
• Friday Night Racing at Major Taylor Velodrome
• Pleasant Run Splash ’N Ride Bike Parade and Dedication of Spray Grounds
• Pack-The-Pools Party 

Please see attached media kit for dates, time and locations of these events and more. For additional information, visit www.indyparks.org or call (317) 327-PARK.  

Bike Indy. Swim Indy. Run Indy.

PLAY INDY!

6/04/2009

INDIANAPOLIS - The Department of Metropolitan Development will hold two public hearings to seek input on housing and community development needs in Indianapolis and to distribute its 2010 Neighborhood Survey.

Meetings will be held on the following dates:

* Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 6 p.m. Indianapolis Marion County

Public Library, Central Library, One Library Square, 40 E St. Clair Street

* Monday, June 15, 2009 at 10 a.m. Indianapolis Neighborhood

Resource Center, 1802 N Illinois Street

The Annual Action Plan is the framework for allocating federal funding; the Community Development Block Grant funds that benefit low and moderate income people, eliminate slum and blight or meet an urgent need; the Home Investment Partnerships funds that provide affordable housing for low and very low income people; the Emergency Shelter Grant funds that provide shelter, essential services and homeless prevention; and the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS funds that provide housing and supportive services to persons with AIDS.

People who can not attend the meeting are asked to complete our 2010 Neighborhood Survey at http://www.indy.gov/eGov/City/DMD/Pages/home.aspx

The survey will be available June 8-July 2, 2009.

5/27/2009

Public Works Committee to Hear Councilor Jose Evans'

Odor Ordinance

INDIANAPOLIS - A proposal authored by Councillor Jose Evans to protect neighborhoods from offensive odors will be heard Thursday by the Public Works Committee of the City-County Council. The committee meets at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 28, 2009 in Room 260 of the City-County Building .

Councillor Evans is proposing a new law for Indianapolis that will allow a subcommittee of the existing Air Board to investigate and stop the operations of companies that produce disrupting and offense odors to nearby residents. Modeled after a successful ordinance in Des Moines, Iowa, this proposal is co-sponsored by Councillor Doris Minton-McNeill and is supported by the Pike Township Residents Association, Pike Township Fire Department, Westside Neighborhood Association, Lafayette Road Neighborhood Association, Greater Garden City Civic Association, 500 View Neighborhood Association and Kessler Parks Neighborhood Association

Earlier this year, Evans stood outside of Ecological Systems Incorporated (ESI), a company that runs a wastewater treatment facility located in Pike Township , to call for an end to the disgusting odor that is bothering nearby residents. Due to the awful gas smell coming from ESI, the Pike Township Fire Department has received over 38 emergency calls during the past year. Over the past five years, the Pike Township Fire Department estimates that they have spent $60,000 responding to emergency calls relating to odors from ESI.

"I'm grateful that Chairman Ben Hunter has decided to hear this proposal," said Councillor Jose Evans. "I hope that the members of Public Works Committee share my belief that all citizens of Indianapolis have the right to live in their homes without fear of a horrible stench nearby."

Jose Evans represents the northwest corner of Pike Township on the Indianapolis City-County Council. A member of the Council since 2008, Evans made history as the first Democrat elected to represent District 1. Evans was raised in the Haughville neighborhood of Indianapolis and is a graduate of Cathedral High School . He earned a B.A. in Political Science and English from the University of Indianapolis and an M.B.A. from Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Indiana.

For more information about Councillor Evans please visit www.evansforindy.com  or call 317-698-8890.

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