Do you have your supplies, yet?! 

Established in 1976, the Irvington Luminaria has been a delightful event that depicts the beauty and humble atmosphere of both Irvington and the holiday season.

On the Sunday before Christmas, the Luminaria is brought to life by hundreds of Irvington residents displaying thousands of candles in the early hours of night.

This years Irvington Winter Luminaria will be Sunday December 18th from 6pm – 9pm!!

Supplies:  Supplies are available now at Central Ace Hardware, Deering Cleaners, Snips, Dufour’s in Irvington, and Antique Mall of Irvington by Jack & Jill.  Candles and bags can be purchased 3 for $1 or 10 for $3.

Free sand will be available at Ellenberger Park beginning on Wednesday December 14th.

If you need more information, please contact us at info@irvingtoncouncil.com

Established in 1976, the Irvington Luminaria has been a delightful event that depicts the beauty and humble atmosphere of both Irvington and the holiday season.

On the Sunday before Christmas, the Luminaria is brought to life by hundreds of Irvington residents displaying thousands of candles in the early hours of night.

This years Irvington Winter Luminaria will be Sunday December 18th from 6pm – 9pm!!

All the details are still being worked out, but expect an update soon on when and where candles will be available.  We will attempt to have them ready to sell shortly after Thanksgiving (sooner if we can!)

Block Captains:  Block Captains are responsible for selling candles and bags to their neighbors from their home and collecting money.  We will drop off the supplies at your home and collect $$ after the event.

Merchants: We are also looking for merchants that are interested in selling supplies.  Again, we will drop off all supplies, signage for windows, and will collect $$ after the event.

Volunteers:  Can’t sell candles, but still want to help?  We are always looking for anyone that can assist.  Making copies, delivering supplies, setting up candles and bags in public spaces, etc.

Groups:  If you have a group that wants to do some community work, we will need volunteers to set up candles around Ellenberger Park and possibly other public space areas!  The Historic Irvington Community Council will supply candles for public spaces, but we will need volunteers to set them up and tear down the next morning.

If you are interested, please contact Bill Aughe at bill_aughe34@yahoo.com or info@irvingtoncouncil.com

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• 7pm – Call to order
• Reading and approval of secretary and treasurer reports
• IMPD report
• Mayor Liaison report
• Keep Indianapolis Beautiful – Irvington project report and by Joseph Jarzen
• IDO report - Streetscape
• Luminaria Update – vote on budget
• Halloween Festival wrap-up
• Old Business
• New Business
• Adjournment – approximately 830pm

Please join us Tuesday October 17th at 7pm in the basement of the Irvington Presbyterian Church for our regular monthly meeting of the Historic Irvington Community Council.

Below is the agenda for the meeting:

• 7pm – Call to order
• Reading adn acceptance of treasurers report and minutes from last meeting
• IMPD report
• Rebuild Indy presentation by DPW
• IDO report by Margaret Banning
• Neighborhood Awards
• Halloween Festival Report
• Zoning report
• Old Business
• New Business
• Adjournment – approx 8:30pm

Wednesday October 5th at the Bona Thompson Memorial Center. (5350 E. University Av)

The event begins at 5:30pm and the candidates will be available from 6pm – 8pm.

All Mayor Candidates, City County Council At-Large Candidates, and City County Council District 17 and 21 Candidates have been invited.

Food and Beverage are being provided courtesy of local Irvington Eateries.

Please come out and support and show the candidates that Irvington matters!

9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Our Lady ofLourdesParishCenter,5333 East Washington Street,Indianapolis

Did your old house come in the mail? During the first half of the twentieth century thousands of Americans built homes from plans sold by mail-order companies, including Sears and Montgomery Ward. Some houses arrived as complete kits – timber, bricks, fixtures, and all.

 On October 1, Some Assembly Required: A Mail-Order House Experience offers immersion in pattern book and catalog homes. The day includes lectures, lunch and tours of catalog and pattern-book homes inIndianapolis’s historicIrvington neighborhood.

 Featured speaker John Crosby Freeman, nationally known “color doctor,” discusses period paint colors for early twentieth-century catalog homes. Architectural historian and author Paul Diebold’s overview will offer clues to identifying catalog and pattern book houses.

 The program includes one owner’s account of restoring three Irvington houses, an expert’s take on Lustrons (factory-made all-steel houses), and a talk on the little-known Architectural Guild of Indianapolis, an architects’ service that offered ready-made house plans in the 1930s.

 The experience ends with a tour of four Irvingtonhomes, including a Gustav Stickley catalog house and Sears’ Osborn and Saratoga models.

 Sponsored by Sherwin-Williams.

 Cost: $45 per person, $40 per member of Indiana Landmarks. Includes lunch, tours, and all materials.

 Register online!

 Contact: Suzanne Stanis, 317-639-4534 or sstanis@indianalandmarks.org.

Our agenda for this week is as follows:

• 7pm – Call to order
• Review of Secretary & Treasurer reports
• IMPD report
• CSL Plasma – Brian Kelly.  Presentation on drugs made from plasma and its critical uses
• IDo discussion regarding Indy East Motel – Project 5855 E Washington
• Black Acre update – Justin Miller
• Meet the Candidate Night update – Sally Johnson
• Halloween Festival update – Seth & Kyla
• Super Bowl Committee update
• Proposal for Neighborhood awards – Stan Denski
• Zoning Report – Dale Harkins
• New & Old Business
• Adjournment approx 8:30pm