Lilly Grants Bring Arts and Culture Projects to Waterway Neighborhoods
In December 2018, Lilly Endowment announced $48.8 million dollars in investment to 17 Indianapolis nonprofits through their Arts and Cultural Innovation initiative. Let's check in on a few of those impacting our waterway communities: White River - Thomas Taggert...
Volunteer Spotlight: Megan McKinney Cooper
This month, ROW thanks Megan McKinney Cooper for taking the helm as Co-Chair of the revitalized Well-Being Element Committee last year. McKinney Cooper is Communications Director with JumpIN for Healthy Kids, a Central Indiana-focused nonprofit that works to create...
Partner Spotlight: Health By Design
This month ROW highlights Health By Design, an Indianapolis-based non-profit working to ensure that Indiana has neighborhoods, public spaces, and transportation promoting active living for all, including those along our waterways. Executive Director Kim Irwin serves...
Race Into Our Water Future
September is White River Festival month! The Ninth Annual White River Festival organized by ROW partner White River Alliance (WRA) celebrates the river, its tributaries, and the entire watershed that includes 16 Indiana counties. This year's festival began with...
White River Festival Celebrates Our Watershed
The White River Festival is a celebration of the White River, its tributaries and the surrounding 16 county watershed. The purpose of the festival is to raise awareness of the role this natural asset plays: a place of beauty and inspiration, critical drinking water...
Pogue’s Run Bridge Partnership Progresses
After years of advocacy, community organizing, and continued engagement from ROW and City partners, the effort to restore the historic Daniel B. Luten-designed Nowland Avenue Bridge over Pogue's Run took a big step forward in moving from concept to design. Last...
Volunteer Spotlight: Naomi D’Andrea
This month, ROW expresses gratitude to Naomi D'Andrea and her family and friends for their indispensable volunteer help in preparing Municipal Gardens for helping with setup, during the event, and cleanup of the ROWPort event D'Andrea and her teenage crew of...
Partner Spotlight: Develop Indy
This month ROW highlights Develop Indy, the economic development arm of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce or Indy Chamber. Develop Indy focuses on business attraction, retention, and expansion to support the people, communities, and companies that make up Indy's...
Thanks for an Amazing ROWPort 2019!
On a beautiful July 26 morning along the White River, over 100 people representing ROW's Waterways, Elements, Financial Supporters and Partners, came together to celebrate our collective waterway success at ROWPort 2019: Watershed Wonder. Participants were abuzz as...