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Keep Indianapolis Beautiful outlines programs, volunteer opportunities at neighborhood meeting
Summary
Keep Indianapolis Beautiful told neighborhood association members it runs Adopt-a-Block and city tree-planting programs, manages 400 projects annually and seeks support for a 50th-anniversary capital campaign to upgrade green spaces.
Keep Indianapolis Beautiful representatives presented their programs and volunteer opportunities to members of the McKenna neighborhood association, explaining how the nonprofit works with volunteers and the city to maintain public green space.
"We pick up almost 1,000,000 pounds of litter every single year throughout thoroughfares, waterways, and neighborhoods of Indianapolis," Mal Chamberlain, manager of community engagement at Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, told the meeting. Chamberlain said KIB runs about 400 projects annually with roughly 36 staff members and relies on neighborhood volunteers to carry out cleanups and plantings.
KIB described a menu of engagement options ranging from the Adopt-a-Block program, which supplies tools and asks neighbors to maintain a small section of public right-of-way, to larger organized efforts such as the Great Indie Cleanup, for which KIB can provide dumpsters or packer trucks. Chamberlain said the organization posts a public projects calendar on its website and that seasonal services generally run April through October.
The presentation included practical details for residents: KIB plants trees in the public right-of-way at no cost to neighbors, maintains new trees for three years, and coordinates with the city Department of Public Works to transfer long-term care. Chamberlain encouraged neighbors to apply on kibi.org and to contact staff with questions.
