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Southsiders have a few more opportunities to spend time outdoors with neighbors before the winter weather begins.

The Bates-Hendricks Neighborhood Association will host a neighborhood cleanup and native planting noon to 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 26, at Ringgold Park, 1500 Ringgold Ave. Tools will be provided. 

The neighborhood group will also host a fall appreciation party to celebrate residents. The festivities will include a bonfire, s’mores and apple cider 6-7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 29, at Lincoln Lane Coffee Co., 302 Lincoln St.

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Mirror Indy reporter Elizabeth Gabriel covers the south side of Marion County. Contact her at elizabeth.gabriel@mirrorindy.org. Follow her on X at @_elizabethgabs.

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Join Bates-Hendricks’ neighborhood fall cleanup and bonfire party

by Elizabeth Gabriel, Mirror Indy
October 20, 2025

<h1>Join Bates-Hendricks’ neighborhood fall cleanup and bonfire party</h1> <p class="byline">by Elizabeth Gabriel, Mirror Indy <br />October 20, 2025</p> <p>Southsiders have a few more opportunities to spend time outdoors with neighbors before the winter weather begins.</p> <p>The <a href="https://www.facebook.com/bateshendricks" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Bates-Hendricks Neighborhood Association</a> will host a neighborhood <a href="https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1LnzUm9g85/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">cleanup and native planting</a> noon to 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 26, at Ringgold Park, 1500 Ringgold Ave. Tools will be provided. </p> <p>The neighborhood group will also host a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/4355010531384445/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22attachment%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22newsfeed%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">fall appreciation party</a> to celebrate residents. The festivities will include a bonfire, s’mores and apple cider 6-7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 29, at Lincoln Lane Coffee Co., 302 Lincoln St.</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mirrorindy.org/bates-hendricks-cleanup-ringgold-park-south-side-lincoln-lane-coffee/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mirrorindy.org&quot;&gt;Mirror Indy&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/cropped-Mirror-Indy-square-logo-1.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://mirrorindy.org/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=64769&amp;amp;ga4=G-X0R0QW371R&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://mirrorindy.org/bates-hendricks-cleanup-ringgold-park-south-side-lincoln-lane-coffee/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/mirrorindy.org/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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