Meredith Hackler joined WRTV as a Multi-Media Journalist and Reporter in February of 2022.
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Avenue has a rich history. It was once a vibrant economic driver for the Black community.
Since then, as we've reported, development along the Avenue has been a contentious topic. Many longtime residents like Williams want to see developments made but with reconciliation in mind. "Research shows that the first step of reconciliation is acknowledging what happened,” Lourenzo Giple, Deputy Director of Planning, Preservation and Design Indianapolis, said. “Then understanding and coming to terms with a clear vision — a unified vision, which is the process of what we are going through."
"More equitable development is important, especially in a community that has been, for a lack of better terms, railroaded over the years,” Laster said.
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