Indianapolis, IN
Tiny home community to house those experiencing homelessness in Indy
INDIANAPOLIS — More people across the nation and right here in Indianapolis are experiencing homelessness — Sanctuary Indy hopes to provide a solution,
Sanctuary Indy has a new concept for permanent supportive housing starting with a five-acre piece of land on the city’s far east side.
Right now, the property sits on a completely wooded area at 10200 E. 38th street, but by 2025 its goal is to be transformed into a tiny home community for those experiencing homelessness.
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“We have permanent supportive options in the city, but number one there’s not enough,” said Sanctuary Indy Founder and President, Michelle Shelburne. “By doing tiny homes that’s being very proactive and purposeful.”
Shelburne has worked closely with those experiencing homelessness.
The project has been years in the making for her organization and comes as chronic homelessness is on the rise in the county.
“My family was evicted and when we were evicted we just couldn’t find a place to stay nowhere,” said veteran Antonio Wilson, whose family was homeless for six months before getting help from HVAF (Helping Veterans and Families).
According to the Coalition for Homelessness Intervention & Prevention as of January 2024 more than 1,700 individuals in were listed as experiencing homelessness in Marion County including veteran Alan Stewart.
“I’ve been homeless, sleeping outside or at Wheeler Mission,” Stewart said.
He’s been struggling with permanent housing since 2010 and is now living in transitional housing at HVAF.
Stewart is volunteering there while he looks for a full-time job and permanent place to live.
“I can’t afford nothing cause I ain’t got a job yet,” said Stewart. “If I did find anything it wouldn’t even last 90 days.”
Sanctuary Indy hopes to work with other local organizations like HVAF to prioritize veterans like Stewart and those chronically homeless Hoosiers for its new housing community.
The tiny home village will be made up of 27 homes, up to 480 square feet each designed by the minority- owned business Next Great Architects.
Sanctuary Indy
The homes will be split into three-micro communities on the same property prioritizing veterans first.
Shelburne said all residents would come from the city’s coordinated entry system, which connects the most vulnerable people to housing in Indianapolis.
For the residents, the community would be much more than just housing.
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“We’ll also have a Missional living on the property with them so a missional is what we should say is a mentor,” Shelburne said.
The faith-based organization also plans to provide support services and case managers to tenants of the community.
“With the case management we’ll be going through working on those barriers of mental illness and substance use disorders,” Shelburne told WRTV. “Then we’re definitely working on the next level of getting into job services.”
Shelburne said tenants will be expected to pay 30% of their income toward paying their own rent.
“We believe everybody wants to give independently to their own monthly expenses,” Shelburne said. “The vision for the community is that people will not have just have a house with a roof over their head and a door that locks but they’ll have a home.”
The project is estimated to cost around $3.2 million, which the faith-based organization said they plan to raise through city and state-wide grants along with private funding.
Shelburne told WRTV the permanent supportive tiny home village would be the first of its kind in Indianapolis and across the state.
The community would focus on a nature feeling, with lots of trees, trails, and a pond.
Sanctuary Indy hopes to get the first phase of the project finished by the end of 2025.
They want to eventually have a tiny home community in all four quadrants of the city.
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Potential for strong storms and heavy rain moves in Thursday and Friday.
This morning:
Quiet conditions again for another morning, with mild temperatures and relatively clear skies this morning.
Wednesday:
Today will be the warmest day of the week, with southeasterly winds blowing in some milder temperatures throughout the day. We may see a few puffy clouds develop late in the afternoon, but overall, we should have a sun-filled Wednesday across the area. Highs will top out into the mid- and potentially upper-80s in parts of southern Indiana.
Wednesday night:
We’ll begin mostly clear for the evening hours, with partly cloudy skies developing overnight. We will keep our eye out on storm development back to our west in Iowa and Illinois overnight, but most storms should avoid our state until Thursday. Lows will dip down to the mid-60s.
Thursday:
A complex of weakening storms will start to roll through the state early in the morning on Thursday. The best chances for rain in the morning as of now appear to be in the western portions of the state.
Meanwhile, we expect more convective development in Illinois later on into the afternoon. Those storms will head our way by late afternoon into the evening hours. There is the potential for some strong to severe storms, mainly damaging winds, and some very heavy rain.
High temperatures will top out in the lower 80s on Thursday.
Friday:
Scattered showers and thunderstorms look to continue overnight Thursday into Friday. The potential still exists for very heavy rain during that time frame. Much of central Indiana could pick up anywhere between one and three inches of rainfall through Friday afternoon.
7 day forecast:
The pattern should start to quiet down just a bit heading into the weekend and early next week. The humidity will remain elevated but not super high for the weekend. Look for just isolated showers and thunderstorms on Saturday, with dry conditions on Sunday. The pattern should remain quiet as we open up the new work week with highs into the low 80s on Monday and back to near-normal temperatures by Tuesday of next week.
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum is selling off some legendary and prized automobiles as a way to help finance the future.
The museum is partnering with the famed Sotheby’s auction house to sell 11 cars to increase its endowment and to help ensure long-term financial sustainability.
One of the cars, a 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196 Streamliner is estimated to sell for between 50 and 70 million dollars.
Sotheby’s
Also up for auction is the Le mans winning 1964 Ferrari 250 LM.
Sotheby’s
The vehicles will be sold at multiple sales late this year and into 2025. The oldest cars are from 1907, 1908 and 1911.
The museum is currently undergoing a massive renovation to become more modern, interactive and better showcase its massive collection of racing memorabilia.
WATCH | IMS Museum closes until April 2025 for renovations
IMS museum closes until April 2025 for renovations
It is set to reopen in April.
Indianapolis, IN
‘Stranger Things’ star to teach acting, singing classes in Indianapolis – Indianapolis Business Journal
Although the sci-fi horror story of Netflix series “Stranger Things” is set in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana, cast members rarely visit the state.
Discovering Broadway, a not-for-profit that invites creative teams to develop musicals while spending time in central Indiana, will bring a “Stranger Things” star to Indianapolis this week.
Gaten Matarazzo, known for his portrayal of brainy adolescent Dustin Henderson, is scheduled to teach classes in acting and singing Aug. 16 on the campus of Butler University. Matarazzo will collaborate with Nathan Salstone, who’s been a cast member of “Sweeney Todd” and “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” on Broadway, to lead two classes—one devoted to acting and one to singing.
On Aug. 22, Broadway actress Samantha Pauly will teach two dance classes presented by Discovering Broadway. Pauly portrays high-society golfer Jordan Baker in the current musical version of “The Great Gatsby” on Broadway, and she was part of the original Broadway cast of “Six” in 2021.
To reserve a spot in Pauly’s classes, scheduled at Noblesville’s Grace Church, visit discoveringbroadway.org. Tickets for the classes taught by Matarazzo and Salstone are sold out.
“Stranger Things,” which debuted in 2016, is made in Georgia. The show’s fifth and final season is expected to arrive at Netflix in 2025.
The Indiana Comic Convention hosted public appearances by “Stranger Things” stars Millie Bobby Brown and David Harbour in 2017 and 2018, respectively.
Matarazzo was scheduled to visit the Hoosier Dome, an all-ages music venue in Fountain Square, with his rock band, Work in Progress, in 2019. The show didn’t happen, however, because Matarazzo became ill while on tour.
The Broadway credits of Connecticut native Matarazzo, 21, include roles in “Les Misérables” in 2014 and “Sweeney Todd” in 2023.
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