Indianapolis Cultural Trail: A Legacy of Gene & Marilyn Glick

10/30/2026

Whether you walk, bike, roll, take transit, or drive, your perspective can help shape the future of how we move around our city.

The Indianapolis Metropolitan Planning Organization (IMPO) is gathering community feedback on its Active Transportation Plan, which will help guide future investments in walking, biking, and other ways of getting around Indianapolis.

As an organization dedicated to connecting people, places, and neighborhoods, we know how important safe, accessible, and connected transportation options are to a thriving city.

Take a few minutes to share your experiences, ideas, and priorities.

🔗 Take the survey: https://indympo.gov/plans-initiatives/active-transportation/

Whether you walk, bike, roll, or ride a scooter, your experience can help shape better ways to get around your community!

Take MPO’s Active Transportation Plan Survey and tell us what’s working, what’s challenging, and what would make your trips safer and easier.

→ Take the survey: indympo.gov/atp

10/29/2026

Help us plan what’s next for Downtown! 👀

Our programming may be wrapping up for the season, but there’s still time to make your voice heard! If you joined us for any of our events or activities this year, take a few minutes to complete our Public Space Survey and share your thoughts.

Your feedback helps us decide what’s in store for Downtown next year, and we want to hear from you!

Take the survey at the link in our bio 🔗

Big Car Collaborative + Indianapolis Cultural Trail: A Legacy of Gene & Marilyn Glick

10/29/2026

🎉 Two years of the South Street Expansion!

Two years ago, we celebrated a new connection for Indianapolis. Today, we’re celebrating the ways this 0.6-mile stretch continues to bring our city closer together.

Connecting the Wholesale District to Fountain Square, the South Street Expansion strengthens access to downtown destinations like Lucas Oil Stadium and the Indiana Convention Center. Every connection makes it easier to experience downtown Indianapolis in a new way, whether you’re walking to a favorite destination, discovering public art, biking across downtown, or simply taking the scenic route.

Here’s to two years of new discoveries, stronger connections, and more ways to experience the city we love.

Have you explored the South Street segment lately? Take a walk, hop on your bike, and see where the Trail takes you!

10/26/2026

Trail & Treat Recap 🎃🍬

We couldn’t have asked for a better turnout to our Trail & Treat on Saturday! The weather was incredible and so many families showed up for a fun, festive, and beautiful night along one of Indy’s greatest treasures: the Downtown Canal.

Thank you to our staff & volunteers, event partners, and our attendees for helping make this year’s event a great success! We couldn’t have asked for a better way to spend a fall evening in the city we call home.

💙 This event was made possible through a partnership with Downtown Indy Alliance (Downtown Indy Alliance) and the Department of Metropolitan Development (City of Indianapolis Department of Metropolitan Development).

💙 Big thanks to our amazing event partners:
Pacers Sports & Entertainment (Pacers Sports & Entertainment)
Mr. Daniel (Mr. Daniel•Kids Music)
PNC Foundation
White River State Park (White River State Park 🌿)
Eiteljorg Museum (Eiteljorg Museum of American Indian & Western Art)
Indiana State Museum (Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites)
Old World Gondoliers (OldWorldGondoliers)
Fresco Italian Cafe (Fresco on the Canal)
Funnie & Friends (Funnie And Friends)
Indiana Sports Corp (Indiana Sports Corp)
Indianapolis Fire Department
Homewood Suites by Hilton
The Nest Play Cafe (The Nest)
Health by Design (Health by Design)
S.O.A.R. Initiative (Soar Initiative)
Wheel Fun Rentals (Wheel Fun Rentals Indy)
IMPD (IMPD Downtown District)
Watermark Neighborhood
Purdue University

🎥: Amazing drone shots from Lowery Sky Systems

10/22/2026

We want to hear from YOU!

The Indianapolis Cultural Trail is testing some new wayfinding signage along Washington Street.

➡️ Take our quick survey to share your thoughts about this new pilot program and help us plan future wayfinding signage along the Cultural Trail: https://indyculturaltrail.typeform.com/to/VKmwgztv

📷 Photo Credit: Hadley Fruits

10/19/2026

Your pollinator garden shopping list starts here. 🛒 🌱 🐝

We’re planting 3,000 new plants along the Cultural Trail this fall, including native favorites that support pollinators and wildlife.

Save this for your next garden center trip, and share it with a fellow plant lover! 💚

10/17/2026

Wow, wow, wow! What a beautiful day to celebrate fall in downtown Indianapolis! 🍂☀️

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our first-ever Downtown Fall Fest and made it such a wonderful day. From family fun and hands-on activities to great local partners and plenty of fall sunshine, Lugar Plaza was the place to be.

A big thank-you to Downtown Indy Alliance, Big Car Collaborative, City of Indianapolis Department of Metropolitan Development and pncbank and all of our partners, vendors, and collaborators who helped bring the day to life.

🎃 Tell us in the comments: What was your favorite activity at Downtown Fall Fest? 👇

10/17/2026

🎃 ONE WEEK UNTIL TRAIL & TREAT! 🍬

The countdown is on! Join us next Saturday, October 24, from 5–7 p.m. along the Downtown Canal for an evening of FREE Halloween fun on the Indianapolis Cultural Trail.

👻 Costumes encouraged
🍭 Treats along the Canal
🎨 Family-friendly activities
🌅 A festive evening outside

Bring your little ghosts, goblins, witches, superheroes, or whatever costume you’re dreaming up. Walk, roll, explore, and celebrate the season with us.

📅 Saturday, October 24
⏰ 5–7 p.m.
📍 Downtown Canal

RSVP at the link below, and start planning your costume. We’ll see you there! 🎃

Trail & Treat is brought to you by Indianapolis Cultural Trail Inc. in partnership with Downtown Indy Alliance and Indy DMD.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/trail-treat-on-the-canal-tickets-2002572827234

10/16/2026

Goldenrod in bloom 🐝

Fall and spring are especially exciting for the Horticulture & Landscape team at the Indianapolis Cultural Trail. These are the seasons when we add new native plants to the Trail’s gardens, helping keep our landscapes vibrant and supporting the pollinators and wildlife that call them home. Throughout the autumn season, our team will install about 3,000 new plants along the Trail!

As you explore the Cultural Trail gardens this fall, take a closer look at the goldenrod in bloom. Our Horticulture & Landscape Team has been planting and caring for six species of goldenrod (Solidago) since 2024. Goldenrod brings a beautiful burst of fall color, but its value goes well beyond its good looks. Research led by Doug Tallamy, author of "Bringing Nature Home" and "Nature’s Best Hope," found that the Solidago genus supports 112 native butterfly and moth species. It also provides an important food source for 11 native bee species that specialize in feeding on goldenrod pollen. Generalist pollinators, including the bumblebee pictured below, enjoy goldenrod, too.

So the next time you see a patch of goldenrod along the Cultural Trail, take a moment to appreciate it. Those bright yellow blooms are doing important work for our urban ecosystem!

➡️ Interested in supporting the Indianapolis Cultural Trail's gardens? Consider making a donation today: https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/cKuhOF3UMfhK0wIgkgqkCg?mc_cid=494bac386d&mc_eid=2f41ea0403

10/16/2026

See you tomorrow (10/17) at Downtown Fall Fest! 🍁

📍 Lugar Plaza (200 E Washington St.)
⏰ 10am - 1pm
🔗 Learn more: https://downtownindy.org/events/signature-events/downtown-fall-fest
🤝 Brought you in partnership with Downtown Indy, Big Car Collaborative, and City of Indianapolis Department of Metropolitan Development with support for the Kids Corner from PNC Foundation