Mapleton-Fall Creek Unity Forums Have Built Enduring Connections

Historic Meridian Park neighbor Brenda Truedell Bell joins Watson-McCord resident Morgan Tilleman and Haywood Park residents Karen and Max McAleavey in the dinner line at the third and final Unity Forum on Youth held at The Children’s Museum on May 12.A group of...

Congratulations to Former Resident

Congratulations to neighbor and basketball standout George Hill who became the first IUPUI Jaguars basketball player ever drafted by the NBA when he was picked in the first round by the San Antonio Spurs. George, who grew up in our Mapleton-Fall Creek neighborhood,...

Summer BBQ and Pitch-in set for Sunday, July 20

Historic Meridian Park’s Summer BBQ & Pitch-in will be held at Christy Krieg’s home in the 3300 block of N. Washington Blvd. from 4 to 7 p.m. The neighborhood association will provide hamburgers and hotdogs while residents are invited to bring their favorite...

Tab Recreation Field to Get Major Facelift

Thanks to the generosity of Republic Services, former Indianapolis Colt Tarik Glenn’s D.R.E.A.M. Alive, and other donors, Evans Field—Tabernacle Presbyterian Church’s recreation field—is undergoing a major renovation. Construction began in June and is expected to run...

Did You Know?

The name of our neighborhood, Historic Meridian Park, has its roots in the subdivision and sale of the Osgood Estate Lands in 1905, which up to that time had been devoted to agriculture. Osgood’s Meridian Park is one of several original subdivisions that is...

June Association Meeting: Legislative Update

Representative Gregory Porter will provide a legislative update at our next meeting to be held June 16 at Trinity Episcopal Church. Meet him personally in the Fortune Room, starting at 7:15 pm. Mr. Porter has been the Indiana House Representative of our district, the...

Talking Trash

Don Watson, Eric Baiz, Rob Lomax, Dick Luchtman and Shawn from DPW.For the first time, Historic Meridian Park teamed with its neighbors to the south, Haywood Park, in a joint Alley Cleanup on April 26. With a turnout of around 35 participants, which included...

Obama Rally

On May 3, several neighbors including Hope Tribble, Deborah Riley, Anne and Chris Gautier, Tom and Collin Hargraves, and Dwayne Engram, organized a rally on 32nd St. between Delaware St. and Washington Blvd. to support US Presidential Candidate Barack Obama. The rally...

Cajun Brunch and New Neighbors Reception

“Dee-licious” was the word of the day at the April 20 Cajun Brunch and New Neighbors Reception. Close to 50 neighbors gathered for the fifth annual brunch and pitch-in, held at the home of Drs. Jeanette Holloway and Stephen Towns. Brigitte Mills and hosts Drs....

Pennsylvania Street Homes Featured in SRS Production

On April 18 and 19, St. Richard’s middle school students produced and preformed the musical Godspell. SRS teacher Chantal Diedrich painted the play’s background scenery which incorporated several of HMP’s Pennsylvania Street homes.