Peter Blanchard

3 days ago | mirrorindy.org | Peter Blanchard

A grocery store. A dog park. Apartments. Those are some of the possibilities for a prime piece of real estate — colloquially referred to as “The Bulge” — located immediately west of the Monon Trail between 25th and 28th Street in the Monon Yard neighborhood on the north side. After years of being vacant and going through a cleanup effort, the 16-acre site of an old railyard is ready and ripe for development.

1 week ago | mirrorindy.org | Peter Blanchard

The Center Township Trustee’s Office is offering assistance programs to residents who qualify. Individuals in need of assistance can go to the Center Township Trustee’s Office at the Julia Carson Government Center, 300 E. Fall Creek Parkway N. Drive or call 317-633-3610. Residents can also sign up for the Center Township Trustee monthly calendar by emailing [email protected]. Here’s a list of events happening in May. 🗓️ 6-8:15 p.m. Tuesday, May 13📍 Julia Carson Government Center, 300 E.

1 week ago | mirrorindy.org | Peter Blanchard

After 30 years of living on Washington Boulevard, Portia Jackson is finally seeing some street improvements in her northside neighborhood. The new sidewalks and redone streets are part of a project to improve drainage between 29th Street and 40th Street in the Mapleton Fall-Creek neighborhood. That would seem like good news to Jackson, who has congestive heart failure and carries around oxygen tanks.

1 week ago | mirrorindy.org | Peter Blanchard |Jenna Watson

Trying to make sense of hundreds of legislative bills and a 178-page state budget is hard work. To help make sense of it all, Arika Herron from Axios Indianapolis recently came by the Mirror Indy studio. She discussed with local government reporter Peter Blanchard how this year’s legislative session could impact Indy residents. It was a busy 2025 legislative session. Indiana lawmakers crafted legislation aimed at giving Hoosiers property tax relief at the expense of revenue for local governments.

3 weeks ago | mirrorindy.org | Peter Blanchard

Every weekday morning, LaDonna Freeman asks her clients at the Center Township Trustee’s Office a simple question: How can we help you today? It’s an example of Freeman’s people-first approach to the job. Freeman, a Democrat who was elected Center Township Trustee in 2023, is responsible for making sure township residents have access to basic needs like food and housing. She earns an annual salary of $128,000.