King Park

Community Calendars — Jan 2010

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The King Park neighborhood — just a stone’s throw across the Monon Trail from the home of Schools Building Communities and its first school — is defined by Fall Creek to the north, the Monon to the east, I-65 and I-70 to the south and Meridian Street to the west.

King Park was home to the most important moment in Indianapolis history, an event that is now memorialized at Kennedy-King Park, just a few blocks away from the future home of Schools Building Communities. From National Public Radio in 2008:

It was supposed to be a routine campaign stop. In a poor section of Indianapolis, 40 years ago Friday, a largely black crowd had waited an hour to hear the presidential candidate speak. The candidate, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, had been warned not to go by the city’s police chief.

As his car entered the neighborhood, his police escort left him. Once there, he stood in the back of a flatbed truck. He turned to an aide and asked, “Do they know about Martin Luther King?”

They didn’t, and it was left to Kennedy to tell them that King had been shot and killed that night in Memphis, Tenn. The crowd gasped in horror.

Kennedy has been credited with keeping the city calm that night while many others burned. His biggest applause came after this passage, “What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the United States is not violence and lawlessness, but is love and wisdom, and compassion toward one another, and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country, whether they be white or whether they be black.”

NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS OF KING PARK

The Mayor’s Neighborhood Liaison for the Northeast Center Region is Charles Ingram (317.327.4139). The borders of his coverage area are — North (Fall Creek & 42nd Street), South (Massachusetts Avenue & I-70), East (Arlington Avenue), West (Meridian Street).

• Bruce’s Place
Phyllis Williams, President (317.926.0719)
Borders — North (Fall Creek), South (21st Street), East (College Avenue), West (Pennsylvania Street). Bruce’s Place meets the second Monday of the month at 7 pm at the Good Samaritan Baptist Church (608 East 22nd Street).

• Citizens Neighborhod Coalition
Kenneth Qadir, President (317.926.0858)
Borders — North (30th Street), South (10th Street), East (The Monon Trail), West (Pennsylvania Street). The Citizens Neighborhood Coalition meets the first Thursday of the month at 6 pm at Kennedy-King Park (601 East 17th Street).

• Fall Creek Place Homeowners Association
Patrick Roth, President (317.253.1401 x 237)
Borders — North (Fall Creek), South (22nd Street), East (College Avenue), West (Meridian Street). The Fall Creek Place Homeowners Association meets the fourth Tuesday of the month at 6 pm at the KPADC Office (2430 North Delaware Street).

• Friends & Neighbors Block Club Association
Gwendolyn B. McGill, Acting President (317.439.8283)
Borders — North (30th Street), South (25th Street), East (The Monon Trail), West (College Avenue). The Friends & Neighbors Block Club Association meets the first Monday of the month at 6 pm at the Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church (2815 Sutherland Avenue).

• Herron Morton Place Association
Rodney Weaver, President
Borders — North (22nd Street), South (16th Street), East (Central Avenue), West (Pennsylvania Street). The Herron Morton Place Association meets the first Monday of the month at 7 pm at the Joy of All Who Sorrow Church (16th Street & Delaware Avenue).

• Kennedy-King Neighborhood Association
Irene Odom, President
Borders — North (22nd Street), South (16th Street), East (The Monon Trail), West (College Avenue). The Kennedy-King Neighborhood Association meets the third Monday of the month at 6 pm at the Sunrise Missionary Baptist Church (1831 Bellefontaine Street).

• King Park Area Development Corporation
Janine Betsey, Executive Director (317.924.8116 ext 3)
Borders — North (Fall Creek), South (I-65/I-70), East (The Monon Trail), West (Meridian Street). The King Park Area Development Corporation meets the third Wednesday of the month at 5:30 pm at the KPADC Office (2430 North Delaware Street).

• Old Northside Neighborhood Association
Ken Sauer, President
Borders — North (16th Street), South (12th Street), East (Bellefountaine Street), West (Pennsylvania Street). The Old Northside Neighborhood Association meets the first Monday of the month at 7 pm at The Propylaeum (1410 Delaware Street).

• Reagan Park Community Action Group
Jesse Adair, President (317.926.2640)
Borders — North (25th Street), South (22nd Street), East (The Monon Trail), West (Central Avenue). The Reagan Park Community Action Group meets the third Thursday of the month at 2:30 pm at the Solid Rock Church (2357 North Carrollton Avenue).

• Unity Park Residents’ Council
Pam Storey, President
Borders — North (25th Street), South (22nd Street), East (Central Avenue), West (Alabama Street). The Unity Park Residents’ Council meets the third Tuesday of the month at 4 pm at the KPADC Office (2430 North Delaware Street).