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Indy Star: Inspiring urban neighborhoods is a family affair

Inspiring urban neighborhoods is a family affair By Erika D. Smith “It really started with this picture of my grandfather.” Justin Moore fished around in the pocket of his suit jacket for his smartphone. He tapped the screen a few times, and found a black and white photo of a distinguished-looking, balding black man. The […]

Sunflower Mural Complete!

After a great effort in visioning, fundraising, and lots of drawing, painting and community collaboration, we have completed the 1,100 sqft. mural project.  If you’re in Indy, walk, bike, bus or drive by 30th and Central to take a look at our contribution to making the inner city better through local art projects.

Urban Patch in the News

Urban Patch’s Justin Moore presented the social enterprise’s work at this year’s We Are City SUMMIT in Indianapolis.  The talk focused on the multiple scales of urban strategies as well as varied approaches to community-based development.  Following the event our work was recognized in the local press, including an interview with Joyce Moore by Jessica Key […]

Urban Patch on the News

Urban Patch co-founder Joyce Moore was interviewed about the Indy Land Bank indictment by Kara Kenny of RTV Channel 6. (The segment starts at 2:45 into the video link below). Over the course of our work investing in our community and building Urban Patch we, like many others, ran into issues with the Indy Land […]

Where We Are: Urban Patch Progress

We have had an incredible year at Urban Patch! We have big plans for our next phase of work, but we are energized by all of the great work we’ve accomplished and the excellent partners we have collaborated with so far.  Our mission is to help make the American inner city better, and our work […]

Winter Solstice Open House Recap

photos by George VanSickles On Friday, December 21, 2012, the Urban Patch and Fall Creek Gardens hosted their Winter Solstice Open House at the Urban Patch’s Delaware Project in Historic Meridian Park.  The event celebrated a year of the two organizations’ collaboration in the Mapleton-Fall Creek area to help promote community gardening, nutrition, self-help, and urban revitalization.  The […]

Stone Soup Kitchen Winter Canning Workshop Recap

Urban Patch and Fall Creek Gardens recently hosted our December canning workshop.  Our participants made Grape Jelly , Strawberry Jam, Apple Marmalade to USDA standards for use at home or as holiday gifts.  

Urban Patch & Fall Creek Gardens Open House

Please RSVP by December 19th to info@urbanpatch.org or 317.643.0383.