twin aire

Requests are out for redevelopment ideas in the Twin Aire neighborhood. The city of Indianapolis has two properties it wants to find development solutions for.

Southeast Neighborhood Development, Inc. (SEND) and Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett announced Tuesday that the Twin Aire community was awarded a $45,000 Technical Assistance Grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration. SEND plans to match the grant and invest $90,000 in a feasibility study of a business incubator for job creation and training.

The council introduced a proposal hours before the meeting that would double council members' pay, currently at just more than $11,000 per year.

Twin Aire, a neighborhood on the southeast side of Indianapolis, was a thriving, popular place in the 1950's. But it's been in steep decline ever since.

The whole project, which city officials refer to as a community justice campus, is part of a push for criminal justice reform from Mayor Joe Hogsett's administration.

The city is pitching the jail as a catalyst for economic growth on the southeast side.

After months of review, the mayor and his team recommend building the facility where the old Citizens Energy coke plant was located, southeast of downtown Indy.

Great Places 2020 began a couple years ago - through it a group of civic organizations picks out Indianapolis neighborhoods in need of development.