Change starts with one person… And becomes so much more.
A collaboration between IndyEast Promise Neighborhoods, Near Eastside and
Martindale Brightwood Quality of Life Plans, community-based institutions and YOU.
How does it work?
Step 1: Confirm your organization would like to participate in the program by contacting one or our team leaders listed below.
Step 2: Our team assigns 1 or 2 bordering blocks to your institution.
Step 3: You identify and recruit one resident member of the congregation per block as a “Block Captain.” The Block Captain is responsible for sharing important resources and information door-to-door.
Step 4: Your organization or institution acts as a base for block residents to gather for relevant meetings and events and helps to organize the broader Near Eastside and Martindale Brightwood neighborhoods simultaneously with other participating institutions.
Click on the icon in the top left corner of the map to view a listing of houses of faith on the Near Eastside and in Martindale Brightwood.
About the Partners
What is IndyEast Promise Neighborhood?
The IndyEast Promise Neighborhood is a student-centered initiative that focuses on four stages of growth – Learn Early, Learn in School, Learn for College and Career, and Learn in Community. Our promise is that every child on the Near Eastside and in Martindale-Brightwood will be ready for college and prepared for a career.
The initiative builds on the work already being done by providing more data-driven resources for schools and partners to support family engagement and academic achievement. Led by John Boner Neighborhood Center and Edna Martin Christian Center, the initiative launched in 2023. Learn more at indyeastpromise.org
What is Brightwood Concerned Citizens Neighborhood Organization?
BCCNO’s mission is people helping people, working together to build a better community.
Their purpose is to:
- improve the quality of life in Brightwood by creating a safer and more attractive environment for residents, children and businesses.
- maintain a leadership of integrity and exhibiting an essence of care and respect for the elderly, thus producing a community of neighbors helping neighbors.
- partner with businesses agencies/services, churches and other neighborhood organizations; working together to achieve common goals of community related projects and resolving community issues.
What is Quality of Life?
The 2020 Near Eastside Quality of Life Plan is a culmination of visions from the citizens of the 20 neighborhoods of the Near Eastside. The plan includes nine focus areas, ranging from arts and culture to safety and economic and workforce development. To see the plan, visit neareastplan.org.
Local organizations and neighbors are currently convening to create a Quality of Life Plan for Martindale Brightwood. Convening organizations are Martindale Brightwood Community Development Corporation, OneVoice, MOVE, and Edna Martin Christian Center.