Thousands of vacant properties plague Indianapolis neighborhoods and continue to be a public health and safety issue, stalling revitalization.

The new project aims to promote two businesses in all 25 council districts across Indianapolis.

Cook Medical and a handful of community partners are developing a manufacturing facility on Indianapolis' northeast side. It’s known as the 38th and Sheridan project. Indiana University's Public Policy Institute analyzed the project.

One local organization is holding resident-led workshops and storytelling to encourage better neighborhood connections.

Volunteers were back out cleaning up local neighborhoods of litter and illegal dumping.

The gap in life expectancy between different zip codes in the Indianapolis metro area is nearly 17 years, according to a new study by Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public health and SAVI, a community data center based at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis.

Bloomington, Indiana-based Cook Medical is investing $2.5 million to build a grocery store in the Indianapolis neighborhood where it is planning to open a new manufacturing facility. The company plans to let two local residents own and operate the store once it opens next year.

The 10th annual Neighbor Power Indy is underway. Approximately 400 neighborhood and community leaders and activists are participating in the 3 day event, featuring resident-led workshops and neighborhood storytelling.

Researchers at IUPUI studied over 40 years of neighborhood development in Indianapolis for a new report on income, education and gentrification in the city.

The mayor says a new neighborhood will be selected for the program every year, through a data-driven and competitive process.