Awards and Honors
Millersville at Fall Creek Preserve
Creating the Millersville at Fall Creek Preserve
2017 Indy Chamber of Commerce
Monumental Award for Public Art
(2nd place) Millersville Marker park sculpture
2016 White River Alliance Award winner
“Excellence in Sustainable Design or Construction”
2016 Indianapolis Neighborhood Resource Center (INRC) Collaborative Spirit Award
(Finalist) Embracing the spirit of cooperation
2015 Arts Council of Indianapolis award
$20,000 for art in the park (sculpture)
2015 Keep Indianapolis Beautiful (KIB) / IPL
Project Greenspace award
$10,000 and project implementation support.
2015 SustainIndy Community Grant
Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee
$10,000 for development of pond conservation area and pocket park
2013-2014 Upper White River Watershed Alliance Cost-Share Grant through Fall Creek Watershed Partnership and IDEM
$20,000 for developing a sustainable conservation and recreation site
2013 Northeast Corridor Quality of Life Plan
$4,000 award for park benches
2012 IPL Golden Eagle Environmental Grant
$1,000 for transforming an acre of land into a community recreational area
Beautifying Millersville
2022 Herbert Simon Family Foundation grant, through Reconnecting to Our Waterways (ROW)
$3,000 toward creation of the Millersville Fall Creek Overlook
2021 Anonymous individual donor
$10,000 toward creation of the Millersville Fall Creek Overlook Fall Creek Overlook
2021 Anonymous individual donor
$10,700 for new Millersville Village signage
$1,000 for bronze hawk replacement at the Millersville at Fall Creek Preserve
$560 for beautification project maintenance supplies
2017 KIB Neighborhood Advancement Award
$1,000 for community engagement and beautification
2013 and 2012 Keep America Beautiful /
Lowe’s II Community Improvement Grant
$5,000 for landscaping and maintenance materials
2011 KIB / IPL Project Greenspace award
$17,000 for landscaping, hardscaping and more
Honoring Community Excellence
2020 Indianapolis Neighborhood Resource Center
(INRC) Greatriarchs award – Melinda Hall
Honoring great community builders of Indianapolis
2012 Neighborhoods USA
Neighborhood of the Year Award
Multi-neighborhood partnerships
(2nd place)
2011 INRC Collaborative Spirit Award – Winner
Community projects embracing the spirit of cooperation
Celebrating a colorful history
Celebrating a Colorful History
2015 Walmart Store, Inc.
$1,500 grant for community and history photos displayed at Neighborhood Market
2010 INRC IMAGINE grant
$5,000 for Millersville Treasures tour and book
2010 IUPUI Dept. of Earth Sciences award
$1,400 for Millersville Treasures book
