Maintenance: A Top Priority
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
See trash? Please pick it up. Thanks.
Now that the first half-mile is complete, we are creating a plan to maintain this as a world-class facility for decades to come. The Cultural Trail’s $50.35 million budget includes a $5 million maintenance endowment* that will provide some funding for maintenance long-term. We also plan to build a team from our partnership with the City of Indianapolis and bring in new players to help, like Indianapolis Downtown, Inc., which already provides maintenance management for much of the downtown area.
We need your help, too. The Cultural Trail provides trash receptacles, among other site furnishings (lighting, bike racks, bollards, benches) that we felt would most enhance the trail’s experience and help maintain it as a world-class amenity.
If you see trash, pick it up and place it in the trash receptacles.
If you see glass on the Trail, call us (317.713.3333). We will have it cleared as soon as possible.
If you see people vandalizing the Trail with stickers or paint or skateboards, call them names and then call us. We will make sure it is reported.
If you’re smoking on the Trail, please put out your cigar or cigarette safely in an appropriate container. The butts are trash, too. They don’t belong on the ground.
And, if you’re chewing gum, whatever you do, do not throw it on the trail or the in the plant bed or anywhere on the ground. Let’s just say that Brian Payne may personally come after you if you do!
We need to work together to keep our city clean and beautiful. Thank you for your help and cooperation!
*The Margot L. and Robert S. Eccles Charitable Fund, a CICF Fund, will match your gifts to the Cultural Trail maintenance endowment! For example, every $2 you give, it will chip in $1. Contact Gail Payne today to make a gift: 317.713.3333 or Gail@IndyCulturalTrail.org