New funding options in the environmental realm could create opportunities for parks, urban canopy and other green projects.

A nonprofit organization working to preserve and grow a parks system in Zionsville launched this week.

A new community park in the Far Eastside of Indianapolis is named after a local nonprofit leader. The Ross Foundation partnered with national nonprofit Kaboom to create the green space and playground in an area that suffers from years of disinvestment.

The park sits on a strip of land between Fletcher Place and Fountain Square, right off the Indianapolis Cultural Trail.

The latest report finds Indy out of the bottom spot and an investment in walkable areas on the rise.

Ross Claypool park reopened on the west side of Indianapolis after nine months of underground tunnel construction. Features include a new basketball court and rain garden.