City officials in Indianapolis hope a new bus line targeting the needs of low-income residents will be the catalyst that transforms an underinvested corridor through economic development.

"It will help address food deserts in underserved communities. It will cultivate youth leadership and it will encourage and provide for school gardens year round," said Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett.

“There are no requirements, the event is free,” Hannah Scott, spokesperson for the city of Indianapolis, said. “The ride will be a mix of trails and roads that will go past 10 completed, ongoing and upcoming [Department of Public Works] projects.”

The Indianapolis Office of Sustainability and the Department of Public Works hosted another successful post-holiday electronics recycling (E-Cycle) event this past Saturday at Garfield Park. During the five hour event, 603 cars and bicycles attended, recycling 60,689 total pounds of material.

The Indianapolis Department of Public Works and Indy Parks are once again teaming up to accept live Christmas trees for recycling at multiple drop-off points in public parks throughout the city.

The Indianapolis Office of Sustainability is spreading the word about the risks of extreme cold and individual actions you can take to keep warm during the dark days of winter. Part of the office's mission is to empower residents to be more resilient in the face of a changing climate.

Earth Charter Indiana has received a $225,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture grant that will support expansion of its Thriving Schools Challenge with the development of gardens at K-12 schools throughout the state.

Mayor Joe Hogsett and Kären Haley, executive director of Indianapolis Cultural Trail Inc., announced a two-mile expansion of the trail during a groundbreaking ceremony Nov. 4.

Today, the City's Office of Sustainability revealed a comprehensive overhaul to ThriveIndianapolis.com, the website that hosts Thrive Indianapolis ("Thrive"), Indy's first-ever sustainability and resiliency action plan originally published in 2019.

The city used public input to name future uses for the Blue Indy charging stations - including electric vehicle charging stations, placemaking and bike or scooter sharing. More than 1,200 residents responded to a survey about the Blue Indy sites in their neighborhoods.

Indianapolis is putting $25 million toward a list of nine trail, greenway and road projects that could make it easier for bikers and pedestrians alike to get where they need to go—to work, play and run the mundane errands in between.

The Indianapolis affiliate of not-for-profit Keep America Beautiful is using data on tree cover, litter, illegal dumping, community engagement and a dozen socioeconomic indicators to target where some of those thousands of saplings will go.

The Indianapolis Office of Sustainability and Knozone will celebrate National Drive Electric Week in Indianapolis with an EV Showcase Pop-Up on Monument Circle on September 30 and October 1.

Indy’s City-County Council approved $50 million in new bonds this month to tackle a backlog of drainage projects across the city.

A heat advisory is in effect for Tuesday, August 24 from 2:00 to 9:00 p.m., and Indianapolis is forecasted to experience temperatures in the low- to mid-90s all this week. This summer, North America endured its hottest June on record, and summer is not over yet.