INDIANAPOLIS — The Indy Health District is a recently established nonprofit dedicated to reducing health inequity across Indianapolis. Stretching from the north end of downtown up to Crown Hill Cemetery, the 1,500-acre district includes major institutional campuses, historic neighborhoods and several commercial and industrial zones.
The Indy Health District is a collaboration between several institutions, including IU Health, The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, Citizens Energy Group and Ivy Tech Community College and the neighborhoods located in and around the district, including Crown Hill, Historic Flanner House Homes, Highland Vicinity, Meridian Highland and Ransom Place.
The organization hopes to address food deserts, a lack of recreation space, increasing pedestrian activity, providing health care to the community, educational opportunity, economic stability, and many other challenges in those neighborhoods.
The district is designed to optimize existing pedestrian pathways while building additional infrastructure that supports the health of residents and users, such as bike lanes and trails. These initiatives will promote pedestrian and bicyclist activity while improving access to downtown Indianapolis and regional greenways.
For more information, visit indyhealthdistrict.org/