Champions for Indy’s black history and for each other.
As the most intact 19th century neighborhood associated with African-Americans in Indianapolis, we are dedicated to preserving our area’s history through storytelling, conservation, and civic involvement. We tell the story of those who came before us.
Ransom Place Neighborhood Association brings together residents and neighborhood advocates to celebrate Indianapolis’s rich black history and the legacy of Indiana Avenue. It exists to promote positive change and improvement in the neighborhood, and encourage renovation, restoration, and new construction appropriate to the fabric of the existing buildings.
Connecting with Neighbors
This is a front porch kind of neighborhood, and you’ll meet a lot of folks just walking your dog or strolling over to the canal. We like to get together for garden, clean-up days, and chili cook-offs.
Indy Health District
The Indy Health District is a community-guided nonprofit working to help residents of our area live longer, healthier lives. Residents of the district currently have an average life expectancy of just 67 years, several years below the rest of Marion County.
The District’s work goes beyond healthcare. It also focuses on the things that shape our health every day: affordable housing, healthy food, job training, education, and walkable neighborhoods. Recent projects include a pop-up farmers market, a new affordable housing development at 22nd and Illinois, and the Mosaic Center, a hub for healthcare career development.
Best of all, the District’s plans are shaped by residents like you.
Request Indy
See a pothole, missed trash pickup, abandoned car, or overgrown lot? Report it to the City through RequestIndy, the Mayor’s Action Center’s free service request system.
Three ways to submit a request:
Online: indy.gov/RequestIndy
App: Search “RequestIndy” in the Apple App Store or Google Play
Phone: Call the Mayor’s Action Center at (317) 327-4MAC (4622)
You can drop a pin on a map to mark the exact location and attach a photo. Your request goes straight to the right City department, and you can check its status anytime.
It’s one of the most effective ways to get problems in our neighborhood fixed, and the more neighbors report an issue, the more visible it becomes to the City.
In the 1830s this area just northwest of the Circle became the neighborhood for Indy’s black community to reside, and many of its homes remain intact. The neighborhood later was named for Freeman Ransom, a prominent black lawyer who managed the legal affairs of Madam CJ Walker and her enterprises.
Contact
Feel free to contact us with any questions.
Email
hello@ransom.place
Phone
(317) 975-1752