Become a Friend of the Indianapolis Cultural Trail

In these tough economic times, it's important to surround yourself with good friends.The Indianapolis Cultural Trail: A Legacy of Gene & Marilyn Glick has accumulated many friends like you over the last several years.

Friends like you have...
...signed up for this e-newsletter or taken a bike tour.
...attended events like the groundbreaking, street lighting and ribbon-cutting (even in the pouring rain, see photo).
...told us how much the Cultural Trail will mean to your neighborhood or why it has made you choose to live downtown.
...expressed that even though you've lived in Indianapolis your whole life, you've never experienced it like you did from the Cultural Trail.
...asked us how you can help.

The Indianapolis Cultural Trail needs friends like you, now more than ever, to keep the project on track. We've completed one-half mile of the total eight miles planned. In 2009, we'll start construction on four more miles!  The Northeast, North, Southeast and Capitol Ave. Corridors will begin construction in 2009 (to be completed in 2010). This will provide incredible connectivity to nearly all of the Cultural Districts, leaving only the Central and West Corridors to start construction in 2010 and be completed in 2011 - just in time for the Super Bowl!

We cannot do it without help from ALL of our friends. It's now easy for you to make any size gift today through our new online donation form. For donations of $100 or more, you will become a member of "Trail Blazers," a friends of the Indianapolis Cultural Trail group that will receive a special t-shirt and invitations to members-only events throughout the year. 

Become a Trail Blazer and friend of the Indianapolis Cultural Trail today. Let's build this Indianapolis legacy together. 

Best wishes for a happy, healthy and safe holiday season.

Sincerely,

Brian Payne,
President
Central Indiana Community Foundation

The Indianapolis Cultural Trail: A Legacy of Gene & Marilyn Glick is a public-private partnership led by Central Indiana Community Foundation and the City of Indianapolis.

Web Site Updates Include New Blog

Check out our recent Web site updates including new photos on every page and the new Indianapolis Cultural Trail blog to provide more information on what's shaping this project and to get your feedback faster.

In the latest post, Brian Payne shares what he learned at the recent CEO's for Cities conference in Chicago, IL. Based on the "City Dividends" study reported at the meeting, he thinks the Cultural Trail will pay off big time.

Let us know what you think and what you'd like us to blog about. Contact Gail Payne, 317.713.3333 or e-mail Gail@IndyCulturalTrail.org.

New Address for Cultural Trail & Dec. Brown Bag Cancelled

The office in Union Station, 300 S. Meridian St., Ste 200, will be closed as of January 1, 2009.  Please be sure to update your files with the new address:

Indianapolis Cultural Trail: A Legacy of Gene & Marilyn Glick
c/o Central Indiana Community Foundation
615 N. Alabama St., Ste. 119
Indianapolis, IN 46204

Same phone number: 317.713.3333

The December Brown Bag, typically scheduled for the fourth Tuesday of the month or December 23, has been cancelled due to the holidays. Please check our News & Events page in January for a 2009 schedule of Brown Bag lunches and other events.