Nov. and Dec. Brown Bag Lunches Cancelled

Enjoy the gift of time this holiday season! The monthly brown bag lunches scheduled for Nov. 25 and Dec. 23 have been cancelled. The team is working diligently through the holidays to focus efforts on the next phases of construction and year-end fundraising.

The 2009 Brown Bag lunch meeting schedule will be posted by the end of the year.  In the meantime, please contact Gail Payne with any questions at 317.713.3333 or e-mail Gail@IndyCulturalTrail.org.

Construction Update

In the last issue of Trail Talk and at the October 28th Brown Bag lunch meeting, it was reported that the Northeast Corridor construction contract had been awarded to Sunesis Construction Company. The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) conducted the bid process and granted the notice to proceed on Friday, Nov. 14. Next, Sunesis and the Cultural Trail team will have a pre-construction meeting to coordinate plans.

In addition to the Northeast Corridor construction starting soon, which will connect North St. and Alabama St. to the Monon Trail at 10th St., the North Corridor, connecting North St. and Alabama St. to Indiana Ave., will be bid through INDOT in spring 2009. Capitol Ave., from Washington St. to South St., will be done in conjunction with the Indiana State Convention Center Construction in mid-2009.

The Southeast Corridor construction has been pushed back from spring 2009 to its original schedule in fall 2009.  Three blocks were added to the Southeast Corridor so that the existing Cultural Trail at Market St. and Alabama St. could connect to the Southeast Corridor.  The schedule change is due to time needed for designing these extra blocks, additional work required for INDOT processes and procedures, design updates and more time needed to raise private funding for this corridor.  The Southeast Corridor will bid through the City of Indianapolis.  

For more information, please see the Cultural Trail timeline map or contact Gail Payne, 317.713.3333, e-mail Gail@IndyCulturalTrail.org.

Cultural Trail Office Moving

As of January 1, 2009, the Cultural Trail office is moving from Union Station, 300 S. Meridian St., Ste. 200, Indianapolis, IN 46225 to the English Foundation Building in the Central Indiana Community Foundation offices.

Please update your records 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

The phone number, 317.713.3333, will not change.  Thank you!