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Meet the Team: Addis, Trail Maintenance Specialist

With 8 (soon to be 10!) miles of hardscape and over five acres of gardens to maintain, our landscape and maintenance team is growing! Please welcome our new Trail Maintenance Specialist, Addis Berry! In the months that Addis has been on the team, he has already made a noticeable impact on the Cultural Trail. Get […]

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Meet the Team: Jill, Volunteer Coordinator

Our volunteer program has grown exponentially over the years and we are thrilled to introduce our first Volunteer Coordinator – Jill Pierce! We’re excited about the experience and perspective that Jill brings to the Indy Cultural Trail team. We can’t wait for you to meet her. Until then here are her thoughts on volunteerism: Background: […]

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How to get involved this spring

Full disclosure, this is a shameless plug for ways for users to get involved in our horticulture program, but I have to take advantage of spring fever, right? As spring continues to get warmer and plants start blooming, I hear a lot of people saying something to the effect of, “I love gardening but I […]

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150 Buckingham Companies Volunteers on the Trail!

We are thrilled to partner with Buckingham Foundation on an afternoon Trail clean this Earth Day! More than 150 Buckingham Companies employees from across the country will join Cultural Trail staff on April 22 to clean stormwater planters, spread mulch, prune Rose bushes, and clean Pacers Bikeshare stations. The hard work of these volunteers will […]

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March Mulching Tips

It’s March! That means spring days start to appear and people begin to dust off their garden tools and bikes. The first task many dive into is mulching garden beds. There are a lot of pros to mulching – keeping your soil moisture high, suppressing weeds and protecting sensitive plants from temperature extremes. There are, […]

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Beaty Construction, very invested in the Cultural Trail

We are so excited to welcome a new partner to the Indy Cultural Trail Spring Clean this year – Beaty Construction. They are not only a new partner for this event but also a HUGE partner in our massive Indy Cultural Trail Expansion construction project! Let’s take a few minutes to get to know them […]

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HNTB celebrates the Cultural Trail

Our partners at HNTB – IND have been lending a hand at our annual Indy Cultural Trail Spring Clean event for 7 years now – WOW! Nothing, snow, wind, rain, or COVID, can keep them from bringing a group of volunteers out to help us clean up the Trail each spring. This year, they are […]

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Top Moments of 2021

The last year was arguably one of the busiest years to date at ICT HQ. Reflect on 2021 with some of our staff’s top moments: Kären Haley – Executive Director Bringing on new staff Launching our horticulture intern program ALL of the volunteers Live at the Orange Bridge New chairs on the Canal Sarah Frey – Director […]

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