• Infrastructure Projects – completed Meridian Street and 56th street sidewalk projects
• Transportation Enhancement Project at Meridian and Westfield (currently underway)
• Alice Carter Place Park/Gateway Plaza (sidewalks in the park, options for a children’s play area )

Questions? Call or email Cindy Zweber-Free ( or 317-727-7125).

Support Alice Carter Place by donating a brick or a bench to the Gateway Plaza. Please bring your completed Brick Order Form to the meeting.

Donations of used books and media for our new retail outlet will support Indy Reads adult literacy programs! Start boxing up your gently used books, DVDs, CDs, audiobooks and video games, and help others learn to read.
 
Indy Reads, central Indiana’s only accredited adult literacy organization, is preparing to open a community bookstore. The store, to be called Indy Reads Books, will be located in downtown Indianapolis along The Cultural Trail. It will be the only bookstore in downtown Indianapolis and is scheduled for completion later this spring. Indy Reads Books will sell donated used books with proceeds benefitting Indy Reads’ literacy tutoring programs.

All types of books and media items, except for textbooks and magazines, are welcome at this time. Some items may be sold through a third-party service prior to the store opening. Book and media collection boxes are located at the following locations.

• Indy Reads Office – 2450 N. Meridian St. (12 to 5 p.m. weekdays)
• WFYI – 1630 N. Meridian St. (9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays)
• The Best Chocolate in Town – 880 Mass. Ave. (11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday)
• Global Gifts – 446 Mass. Ave. (10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday)
• The Athenaeum – YMCA – 401 E. Michigan St. (5 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays, 11 a.m. to 5. p.m. weekends)- this box will be available by 2/7/12

Book-drives will also take place on the Butler Campus (Feb. 24) and IUPUI (March 1). The local organization Giving Sum will also be conducting book-drives. Contributions are tax-deductible as provided by state and federal law. Indy Reads can not give receipts for books donated through the collection boxes. If donors wish to claim a deduction they will need to keep a record of the number of books and type (hardcover or paperback) donated at this time. Receipts will be available at the store after it opens.

Indy Reads Books will further support the mission of Indy Reads by providing private space for tutors and students to meet, training opportunities, and more. Initial funding for Indy Reads Books has been secured through generous grants from Margot Lacy Eccles, the Efroymson Fund, the Glick Fund, and Giving Sum.

Additional collection locations will be announced soon. For more information, or to inquire about maintaining a collection box at a business or other organization, please contact Travis DiNicola, Executive Director of Indy Reads, at 317-275-4035 or .

Indy Reads is unwavering in our mission to improve the literacy skills of adults in central Indiana who read or write at or below the sixth grade level. Our goal is to make Indianapolis 100 percent literate. First established more than 30 years ago, Indy Reads is the only organization in Indianapolis, accredited by ProLiteracy Worldwide, which uses volunteers to provide free, basic literacy tutoring to illiterate and semi-literate adults. Indy Reads programming includes one-on-one tutoring, small group sessions, English as a Second Language instruction, and “Literacy Labs” at neighborhood centers. Learn more at www.IndyReads.org.

What: Post Holiday Recycling

When: Saturday, January 14th, 2012 (10:00am to 2:00pm)

Where: Broad Ripple Park, Ellenberger Park, Krannert Park, Garfield Park

Why: The City of Indianapolis’ Office of Sustainability will partner with Keep Indianapolis Beautiful to accept the following materials for recycling — live holiday trees (all lights, ornaments and decorations removed), electronics (anything with a cord), cardboard, white molded foam packaging and paper shredding (5 box maximum per vehicle).

Midtown Holiday Market at the Riviera Club
Free and open to the public!
Looking for the perfect holiday gifts? Get a jump on your shopping while supporting local artists and merchants. The second annual Holiday Market is filled with unique merchandise for your friends, family and you. Relax with soup, sandwiches and dessert or join us for the monthly Rivi Brunch Sunday 11-2. Midtown musicians will get you in the holiday mood.
 
Very Special Arts of Indiana will be at the Midtown Holiday Market offering their work for sale. VSA Indiana provides access to lifelong learning and expression through the arts for people with disabilities.
 
Local artists and shops participating include:           
Kat Barrett
Brock Cagaan              
Michelle Hayes
Gayle Herrli                 
Jennifer Marshall 
Camille Richards                  
Karen Seltzer 
David Sloma
Beasley Orchard          
Blue Marble Custom Woodwork
Letters From Home
Mother Nature’s Sun
Organic Ceramics
Susan Van Huss Design
Palm Court Design
The Playful Soul

The Knit Chick

VSA Indiana

Local Musicians
Freshly Brewed
Caleb Hawkins
Chad Mills
Tom Peters
Robert Scott
Evan Slusher
Ted Yoder
 
Thanks to our Sponsors!
Silver Level
National Bank of Indianapolis
NUVO
Marigold Clothing
Printing Partners
The Riviera Club
 
Affiliate Level
Digital Color Graphics
G Thrapp Jewelers
Gerdt Furniture
Gregory & Appell
Meridian & Binkleys
Plymate
Sullivan’s Hardware
 
Good Neighbors
Meridian Heights Cleaners
Langdon & Company
Burroughs Upholstery

Our guest speaker will be new Butler president James M. Danko, who became the 21st president of Butler University on Aug. 1, 2011.

Mr. Danko has had an extensive career as both an academic and a business leader. After nearly two decades in his home city of Cleveland, Ohio, where he established his own medical equipment company, he served at top institutions including Dartmouth College, the University of Michigan, the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and, most recently, Villanova University as the Helen and William O’Toole Dean of the Villanova School of Business.

Information courtesy of Butler University.

We hope to see many Butler Tarkington residents in attendance!

Butler-Tarkington

Neighborhood

Garage Sale

Saturday

August 20

9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Family Garage Sales Throughout Butler-Tarkington