Tracking an Eastside Evolution: Perceptions of Change in the East 38th Street Corridor (full report)

By Abbey Chambers

This study was commissioned by United Northeast Community Development Corporation (UNEC) to understand how economic develpment is impacting community members in the East 38th Street Corridor on Indianapolis’s northeast side. Rather than looking only at one economic development intervention at a time, and rather than looking only at aggregated data, this study has looked at the area’s econoimc interventions as a dynamic, multifaceted network that ought to work together seamlessly to benefit existing community members. This report details community members’ responses to changes that have already come to the area and changes that are anticipated. It also details community members’ perspectives on what is going well and challenges that still exist.