Program areas at Keep Indianapolis Beautiful
Beautification:kib connected with community groups throughout Indianapolis to hold 233 great indy cleanups (gics). An estimated 3,769 volunteers participated in cleanup projects this year. They collected more than 605,720 pounds (302.86 tons) of litter, which was disposed of at the south side landfill.every two years, we ask our adopt-a-block captains to renew their commitment. In 2022, one year into our biannual adopt-a-block cycle, a total of 621 block captains renewed their block or signed up for the first time to Keep their streets clean and litter-free, spanning a total of 156.4 miles of Indianapolis streets. A map of adopted blocks is available at www.kibi.org/adopt-a-block.
Youth programs and education: the 2022 youth tree team included 28 teens and 9 young adult leaders who helped maintain thousands of kib-planted trees throughout Indianapolis. Youth watered trees two days per week, mulched trees one day per week, and enjoyed weekly enrichment programming, focused on developing social, spiritual, environmental, physical, emotional, occupational, and intellectual wellness.our urban naturalist program is a paid internship for college students or recent graduates who are interested in environmental careers. 2022's un team led over 725 corporate and public volunteers in invasive removal and planting native perennials. They prevented invasive honeysuckle and purple wintercreeper from returning on more than 30 acres at pleasant run, brookside park, riverside park, and fall creek parkway.
Green infrastructure: kib's aes Indiana project greenspace program was created to transform vacant lots and underused spaces into natural, Beautiful, and functional pocket parks and greenspaces. In 2022, new greenspaces were created in keystone monon, constitution gardens, and mapleton-fall creek kib's community forestry program takes a community-based approach to plant thousands of trees. In 2022, we planted 3,423 treesover 95% of them native to Indiana and mostly large shade trees. Those trees are along streets in historically underinvested locations, in neighborhoods and parks, and in strategic locations to reduce flooding.