Fall Creek Place, Indianapolis

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Fall Creek Place is one of many gentrified neighborhoods in inner Indianapolis, Indiana. The neighborhood is bounded by Meridian Street on the west, Fall Creek Parkway on the north, Central Avenue on the east, and 22nd Street on the south. The neighborhood consists of narrow, tree lined streets. Victorian homes from the late 19th century are the most prevalent house type as well as new homes built in period design. In the 1980s, the neighborhood fell into serious disrepair; entire city blocks were left abandoned. In 2001, city efforts to redevelop the area into a mixed-income residential community began. In 2003, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded Indianapolis with a Homeownership Zone Award for the way the city used a $4 million HUD grant to stimulate other public and private investment in the Fall Creek Place redevelopment.[1] Also in 2003, the American Planning Association selected Fall Creek Place as the winner of the 2003 Outstanding Planning Award for "Implementing Smart Growth." [2] In 2006, the National League of Cities gave Indianapolis the silver winner Award for Municipal Excellence for cities over 500,000 in population for the Fall Creek Place redevelopment project.[3] and [4]

The area was previously nicknamed "Dodge City," referring to the fact that people had to literally dodge bullets from the frequent drive-bys that plagued the neighborhood during the 1980s and 1990s.