National Publicity Keeps Rolling In

The Indianapolis Cultural Trail: A Legacy of Gene & Marilyn Glick continues to deliver on its promise to enhance the city's reputation nationally and globally as a bicycle and pedestrian friendly place that values outdoor fitness, arts and culture and "green" alternatives to urban living.

This week, the Cultural Trail is featured in the Chronicle of Philanthropy, a national publication self titled "the newspaper of the nonprofit world." "On a Fund-Raising Roll" features Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF) President Brian Payne in the "Day in the Life" article about a philanthropy executive and how he uses Segways to raise funding for the Cultural Trail.

The Cultural Trail has also received press this year from Metropolis magazine and Northwest Airlines' WorldTraveler magazine. In addition, a Washington Post article was reprinted in the Denver Post and Miami Herald.

Photo: Brian Payne recently led members of the Glick family on a Segway tour of the Cultural Trail. Segways may be rented in White River State Park. For more information call 317.569.0879.

Upcoming Events

September 23 - Brown Bag Lunch Meeting - 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. - English Foundation Building, Room 8 (lower level), 615 N. Alabama St. Bring your lunch and learn the latest about the Indianapolis Cultural Trail.

October 4 - Last Bike Tour of 2008! - 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Starting and finishing at the English Foundation Building parking lot, 615 N. Alabama St. Spaces are limited so sign up today by calling 317.713.3333 or e-mail Gail@IndyCulturalTrail.org.

For more information about our Brown Bag Lunches and Bike Tours, visit www.IndyCulturalTrail.org/Get-Involved.

Photo: Mona Kheiry (right, front) and James Williams (left, back) enjoyed the bike tour on September 6. "I enjoyed the tour very much!" said Mona. "The Cultural Trail is a dream-come-true for avid cyclists like me. It's going to connect the city and make it more pedestrian friendly, which I think is fabulous. I learned a lot on the tour and it was great to see the city in a light I hadn't experienced before."

Cultural Trail Receives Health by Design Award

Health by Design, an Indianapolis coalition created to build on the "active living by design" movement, recognized CICF and the City of Indianapolis with an award for its work and public private partnership on the Indianapolis Cultural Trail: A Legacy of Gene & Marilyn Glick.

The award honored local projects that achieved Health by Design's priority goals to:
-- Increase neighborhood, city and regional connectivity
-- Increase walking, biking and other public transit options
-- Encourage land use decision making that promotes public health
-- Reduce dependency on automobiles

The award was presented at Health by Design's second annual conference, "Balanced Transportation for Healthier Communities," on Sept. 8. Other award recipients included IndyGo for its Commuter Express service between downtown Indianapolis, Carmel and Fishers, and Laurence Brown, for his early inspiration and involvement leading the Health by Design efforts.

For more information about Health by Design or to view presentations from the conference, visit www.healthbydesignonline.org.

Where's Ann?

Our first permanent public art installation, “Ann Dancing” by Julian Opie is “taking five” for a little “repair and renovation.” One of four sides of the LED display was not working properly and needed to be repaired at Atlas Signs of Indianapolis.

We hope she’ll be back soon, ready to rock out in the Mass Ave Cultural District on the corner of Vermont St., Alabama St., and Mass Ave.

Learn more about the new, permanent public art that will be along the Cultural Trail on our Web site: http://www.indyculturaltrail.org/publicart.html