Thanks to the work of the Historic Meridian Park and Watson McCord Neighborhood Associations, Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, The Children’s Museum, and the City of Indianapolis, Mapleton-Fall Creek Neighborhood has a community recycling bin in the Double 8 parking lot. Our neighborhood will temporarily have the bin until the City evaluates if it can remain there [...]

Project HOME Indy, an Indianapolis-based non-profit serving pregnant or parenting homeless teenage girls, has received a $190,000 grant from the Housing Trust Fund.

All residents are invited to Historic Meridian Park’s Winter Warm-up and New Neighbor Reception on February 16 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM. Jay Van Santen and David Conrad have offered to host the event at their HMP home, located at 3145 North Delaware Street.
Attendees are welcome to bring snacks or desserts to share at this [...]

Christy Krieg and Lorraine Vavul at the Historic Meridian Park booth at The Children’s Museum’s Holiday Open House on December 11.

At the December Holiday Party and Pitch-in, the neighborhood association elected its 2009 board of directors. The nine-member board includes seven returning directors, and two first-time directors— Cassie Mehlman-Rhys of Delaware Street and Brenda Truedell-Bell of Washington Boulevard. The association extends its sincerest appreciation to outgoing directors and past presidents Lorraine Phillips Vavul and Larry [...]

Joseph and Bella share their Christmas wish lists with Santa Claus.Left to Right: Washington Boulevard residents Robert, Melia, and Mikayla enjoy the holiday dinner with Jett, Kara, Haley, and Matt of Pennsylvania Street.
The annual Holiday Party and Pitch-in was held on December 7 at in the Fortune Room of Trinity Church. Neighbors brought their [...]

January marked the beginning of Historic Meridian Park’s annual membership drive. If you haven’t done so already, please pay your association dues for 2009. There are several dues levels to choose from available so everyone can participate:
$10 – Craftsman$25 – Colonial Mission$50 – Tudor Revival$100+ – American Four-Square
Funds collected by the Historic Meridian Park Neighborhood [...]

Mark your calendars and please join us for coffee, treats and an open meeting on the 2009 home tour on the morning of January 10th.
What: 2009 Home Tour Open MeetingWhen: Saturday, Jan. 10, 9-10:30Where: Cassie Mehlman’s house @ 3070 N. Delaware St.
Whether you are new to the neighborhood, have never [...]

The neighborhood received a very nice comment from a participant in the recent Indianapolis Monumental Marathon via the web site. Several runners commented on the beauty of our area as they ran past our homes. Many thanks to all of the neighbors who turned out to support the runners, gave them high fives or played [...]

Please join your neighbors at HMP’s annual Holiday Party and Pitch-in on Sunday, December 7 from 4-7:00 pm in the Fortune Room of Trinity Church. Santa will pay a visit and there will be coloring activities for children. Professional chef and long-time neighbor Jim Assendelft will be preparing lasagna for everyone and the neighborhood will [...]