Entries by Joe Jarzen

Cultivating Growth and Friendship: Schmidt Associates and the Felege Hiywot Center

In the bustling city of Indianapolis, a hidden gem has been nurturing and empowering neighborhood youth for decades. The Felege Hiywot Center is an amazing organization, led by visionary Founder and Executive Director Aster Bekele, who has been making great strides in the Martindale-Brightwood neighborhood. Deeply invested in community development and servant leadership, Bekele immigrated […]

Building Community: How Schmidt Associates Supports Midtown Indy

For over 45 years and counting, Schmidt Associates has proudly supported the development of Midtown neighborhoods, and our portfolio further reflects it. This area focuses on the midpoint of Illinois and 38th Streets and works to coordinate efforts from the Crown Hill, Butler-Tarkington, North Meridian Historic District, Meridian Kessler, and Mapleton-Fall Creek neighborhoods. Together, these […]

Preserving Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Midtown Dream

How the Schmidt Associates team helped keep MLK Center operating The Martin Luther King Community Center (MLK Center) at 40th and Illinois is an important community resource serving families from the Butler-Tarkington, Crown Hill, Mapleton-Fall Creek, and Meridian-Kessler neighborhoods by embracing the teachings and philosophies of civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Deeply […]