Millersville at Fall Creek Valley, Inc was awarded an $8500 grant from the 2023 CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS NEIGHBORHOOD GRANT PROGRAM. This award is administered by Indianapolis Neighborhood Resource Center, with funding from the City of Indianapolis through an American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Allocation. Our grant request primarily focused on the reclamation and beautification of the overgrown hillsides on each side of the Emerson Way bridge along the Fall Creek trail at Fall Creek Parkway N Dr.
We partnered with Indy Land Stewardship, the Marion County Soil and Water Conservation District, and Holeman Landscaping to remove and control the invasive trees and shrubs that were blocking Fall Creek trail access paths, Emerson Way bridge sidewalks, and traffic sight lines. Then we planted a mix of prairie grasses and wildflowers to prevent erosion and invasive vegetation regrowth.
We now have a much safer intersection for drivers and clear sidewalks for safer pedestrian use in this area.
Millersville volunteers along with Marion County Soil and Water Conservation and Holeman Landscaping, with funding from Millersville at Fall Creek Valley and supplies from Circle City Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area (CISMA), will maintain the site to prevent invasive regrowth and ensure successful prairie establishment.
We're looking forward to beautiful prairie grasses and flowers on these hillsides in the future.
