Formed in May of 2013, and launching their first route just one month later, WUI (pronounced “woo-y”) has two main components to their program: Educational Route Guides – providing measured routes and themed information about the neighborhood you’re walking through, and Walking Group Coordination – encouraging the formation and sustainability of walking groups through a series of events, workshops, and on-line information.
About Martha Baker Blue (Blue Earth)
Blue Earth is an asset-based community development initiative that celebrates our “Good Stewardship” of the Earth. Martha Baker Blue, a life-long resident of the Historic Watson Park area, developed the initiative to foster our inherent ties to the earth through health, art, and an appreciation for the vibrancy of the world around us through workshops, camps, seminars, and other community-based activities. As a Blue Earth Project, she brings to WUI her passion and expertise in sustainable programming as well as her knowledge of community-based assets. The Mapleton Fall Creek Community Development Corporation (MFCDC), a 501(c)(3), acts as Fiscal Agent for Blue Earth.
About Brenda Havens (Digital Runes)
A self-employed IT Consultant for the last 20-some years, Brenda Havens has never driven a car; she brings to WUI a lifetime of experience walking, cycling, and using public transportation as well as her technical skills with data analysis, computer programming, mapping, database controls, technical writing, photography, and desktop publishing. She has made Historic Watson Park her home for the last 24 years and has been actively involved in her neighborhood association, including past member and officer of the board.
Walk Urban Indy, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) and a registered business with the State of Indiana.
Tax-free donations can be made to:
Walk Urban Indy
534 Powell Place
Indianapolis IN 46205
Attn: Brenda Havens, Secretary