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June 2011 Agenda

ICC — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:12:54 +0000

Please join the Historic Irvington Community Council as we conduct our regularly scheduled meeting tonight at 7pm in the basement of the Irvington Presbyterian Church. The agenda below gives an outline of items on the docket. Agenda is subject to change.

Historic Irvington Community Council Agenda

June 21, 2011 – 7pm

7pm – Call to Order
Introduction and installation of newly elected Council members
Nomination and elections of HICC Officers for 2011-2012 business year
May 2011 Minutes
Treasurer’s report
Marti Icenogle – Talk about volunteerism and volunteer opportunities in the Irvington Community
Black Oak Mini Brewery Representative
Patrick Sullivan – StreetScape update
Halloween Festival Update
Issues & Concerns from the Floor
Council Committee Reports
Old Business
New Business
Adjournment (approx 830pm)

Vote Now for the 2011 HICC Board of Directors

ICC — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 01:46:39 +0000

Voting for the 2011 HICC Board of Directors is now open.

Nominations were made in person at the April HICC meeting on Tuesday April 19th.

The nominees are as follows…

District 1: Sally Johnson, Stan Denski and Bill Aughe

District 2: Kyla Thompson

District 3: Steve Nicewanger, Dale Harkins, Marty Powell, Jeff Coppinger, and Stephanie Smith

District 4: Seth Brooke, Mike Spilbeler, Ryan Trester, and Tom Padgett

Board members will be limited to no more than 20 Directors (5 from each of the four districts), and will serve a 2 year term from June 2011 – May 2013. Voting will take place now through Saturday, May 14th and the results will be announced on Tuesday, May 17th at the HICC meeting at 7pm in the Irvington Presbyterian Church.

Voting will be taking place on-line at…

http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22CAK2UBR59/

Voting is open to all Irvington residents and Irvington business owners/managers. Please only vote for the councilors that would represent your district.

The four HICC districts are as follows…

1) District 1 (Northwest Corner)
North Border: 10th Street (south side of street)
South Border: E. Washington St (north side of street)
West Border: Emerson Av (east side of street)
East Border: N. Audubon Rd (west side of street)

2) District 2 (Northeast Corner)
North Border: 10th St. (south side of street)
South Border: E. Washington St (north side of street)
West Border: N. Audubon Rd (east side of street)
East Border: E. Edmondson Av (west side of street)

3) District 3 (Southwest Corner)
North Border: E. Washington St (south side of street)
South Border: Brookville Rd (north side of street)
West Border: Emerson Av (east side of street)
East Border: S. Audubon Rd (west side of street)

4) District 4 (Southeast Corner)
North Border: E. Washington St (south side of street)
South Border: Brookville Rd (north side of street)
West Border: S. Audubon Rd (east side of street)
East Border: S. Kitley Av

2011 Historic Irvington Community Council Elections

ICC — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 17:02:42 +0000

Nominations are currently being accepted for the 2011 HICC Board of Directors. Any Irvington resident, property owner or business owners/managers of Irvington businesses age 18 or over may nominate up to five individuals from their district (including themselves)s.
Nominations must be made orally at the April 19th HICC meeting at 7pm in the basement of the Irvington Presbyterian Church.
If you would like to nominate yourself or someone else for the 2011 Board, please be at this meeting and make your nominations known before the current board. If you cannot attend this meeting but would like to be considered as a nominee, please send someone to nominate you. If no one can attend, please contact us here, so that we may read your nomination aloud before the current council. Please leave us your name, how long you’ve lived in Irvington, how long on the Council (if any) and the biggest concern you think Irvington currently faces.

Nominations are made now, with the elections taking place in May. The results of the elections will be made before or at the May 17th HICC meeting. New Board members will then take their place at the June, 21, 2011 HICC meeting.

Board members will be limited to no more than 20 Directors (5 from each of the four districts), and will serve a 2 year term from June 2011 – May 2013.

Information about the nominations, elections and results will soon be posted on the HICC website, our Facebook Fan Page and in future e-newsletters.

The four HICC districts are as follows…

If you have any further questions, please contact us here.

Bookmamas featured in Metromix Indianapolis

ICC — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 12:27:29 +0000

Grassroots Indy: Beer, barns, bats, biking — and books.

via Metromix:

Kathleen Madinger Angelone’s store, Bookmamas — located in the historic Masonic Lodge in Irvington — brings together many of the things she loves most.

“Reading, Indiana history, old books and old buildings,” she said as she stood in the store at 9 Johnson Ave. that’s filled with 35,000 new and used books. “It’s all here: the wood floors and smell of the old books. It’s just wonderful.”

Angelone bought Bookmamas in 2007. Since then, she and her cousin, Carolyn Everett — the store’s other bookseller — have worked to make the place about community, too.

“Our vision is for it to be a cultural center for Irvington,” Angelone said. “I’d like this to be the 2000s version of the salons from the 1700s and 1800s where people come together to celebrate and share culture.”

Bookmamas does this with book signings by local authors, regular meetings by reading groups and special events in the basement theater called Underground Nine Studio. On March 5, the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library will use the space for a fundraiser, during which Vonnegut fans will read “Breakfast of Champions” aloud from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. Food will be supplied by Roll with It Bakery and Jockamo Pizza.

Another unique aspect of Bookmamas is its specialization in Hoosier-related authors and books, as well as gift items.

“We have books about Indiana bats, about biking in Indiana, about famous Hoosiers, about our barns, about Indiana Big Cat rescues,” Angelone said. “We have two books on Indiana beer. We have Indiana crossword puzzles. We have a book about an encounter with a flying saucer here in Irvington.”

While Angelone is bucking national trends by keeping her traditional bookstore alive in a time of so much new technology, she’s also beginning to connect with new trends in Indianapolis.

“What we’re doing fits right into the trend of localism. You see a lot of people shopping at places like farmers markets, trying to support local people,” said Angelone, who frequently sets up at markets. “We’re also connected with environmentalism by recycling books and giving them another new home.”

Learn more at www.bookmamas.com.

Irving owner eyes success where others have failed

ICC — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 15:30:19 +0000

Dale Harkins and the Irving Theatre are featured in the The Indianapolis Star:

When Dale Harkins bought the Irving Theater in 2008, he collected a stack of newspaper clippings about former owners who tried — and failed — to bring the Irvington landmark back to life.

The theater opened as a movie house in 1913 and flourished for half a century. Howard Caldwell, author of “The Golden Age of Indianapolis Theaters,” recalls taking dates to the Irving in the early 1940s, when he was a student at Howe High School.

“The Irving was very popular with the young folks, because it was very reasonable in its price, and most people could walk to the theater,” he said.

But when the Washington Street corridor changed, the Irving changed with it. Starting in the 1970s, different owners used it for adult films, foreign and independent films, and second-run bargain films. It was also used as a concert venue, and one group proposed using the building as an art school.

Harkins moved to Irvington in 1981, and he watched as the theater repeatedly changed hands, often sitting vacant for years at a time. An architect who specializes in historic preservation, he decided to scoop it up.

“It literally sits in my front yard, so there’s an attachment to it, whether I like it or not,” Harkins said. “The timing was right, I wanted to do it, and it looked like fun to see if I could turn around something.”

Now, quietly, he’s been bringing the community an eclectic blend of events. The Irving has welcomed a writers’ conference, ghost-hunting classes, theatrical productions, a John Lennon retrospective and a popular monthly midnight showing of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” One of Harkins’ favorite roles is hosting local bands.

Along the way, Harkins has met hundreds of people who have shared their memories of the Irving. Among them: the son of the hardware-store owner who made the original sconces in the theater, a man who met his wife while working as an usher in the ’40s, and a woman whose parents owned the theater during its glory days.

“With my background in architecture and preservation, I thought I would be the biggest fan of the theater,” Harkins said. “I’m finding out that I’m not even among the top 100 people in this neighborhood who look at the theater as an icon.”