Does your neighborhood need more housing? What about parks and places to shop?
Here’s your chance to tell the city’s Department of Metropolitan Development about your vision for future city planning.
The department’s long-range planning team will host a series of public meetings in June across Marion County. Residents can learn more about what development is already in their communities and share what they would like to see.
The information will be used to update the Marion County land use plan. In short, a land use plan informs zoning decisions, which determines what types of businesses can open and where housing can be built.
“Land use is the vision,” Logan Lane, DMD’s administrator of long-term planning, said at a recent Metropolitan Development Commission meeting. “Zoning is the law that allows us to do that.”
Lane said a new plan will be adopted in the spring of 2026. There will be more opportunities closer to then for residents to give feedback.
Here are the meetings you can attend in June:
Warren Township
🗓️ 5:30-8 p.m. June 2
📍 Warren library branch, 9701 E. 21st St.
Lawrence Township
🗓️ 5:30-8 p.m. June 3
📍 Lawrence library branch, 7898 Hague Road
Perry Township
🗓️ 5:30-8 p.m. June 9
📍 West Perry library branch, 6650 S. Harding St.
Franklin Township
🗓️ 5:30-8 p.m. June 10
📍 Franklin Road library branch, 5550 S. Franklin Road
Decatur Township
🗓️ 5:30-8 p.m. June 11
📍 Decatur Township School of Excellence, 5106 S. High School Road
Wayne Township
🗓️ 5:30-8 p.m. June 16
📍 Wayne library branch, 198 S. Girls School Road
Center Township
🗓️ 5:30-8 p.m. June 17
📍 Frederick Douglass Family Center, 1616 E. 25th St.
Pike Township
🗓️ 5:30-8 p.m. June 18
📍 Indy Global Village, 4233 Lafayette Road Suite A
Washington Township
🗓️ 5:30-8 p.m. June 24
📍 Broad Ripple Family Center, 1426 Broad Ripple Ave.
Countywide
🗓️ 5:30 p.m. June 30
📍 Martin University, 2186 N. Sherman Drive
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