BOI - Understanding Financial Statements

Understanding Financial Statements

Examine key business financial statements to understand how they are generated and how you can use them to analyze your business and make management decisions. $10

Wednesday, Feb. 18, 6 – 8 p.m.
Location: Business Ownership Initiatives, 4755 Kingsway Dr., Suite 314
Instructor: Larry Borthwick, Charter One Bank
(317) 917-3266, ext. 100

BOI - Growing Your Child Care Business

Growing Your Child Care Business

Learn to use key principles of marketing to attract more clients to your child-care business. $10

Tuesday, Feb. 17, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Location: Business Ownership Initiatives, 4755 Kingsway Dr., Suite 314
Instructor: Crystal Coleman, Child Care Answers, and Ronda Taylor, MBA, Ivy Tech School of Business
(317) 917-3266, ext. 100

Spirit & Place Collaboration Workshops

Spirit & Place Collaboration Workshops

Spirit & Place is facilitating two Collaboration Workshops - choose either Thursday, February 5 or Wednesday, February 11, from 9:00 a.m. to noon, at The Polis Center, 1200 Waterway Boulevard. All participants will receive a free copy of Collaboration Handbook: Creating, Sustaining, and Enjoying the Journey by Michael Winer and Karen Ray. Although workshops are free, RSVP is required - click here to RSVP

BOI - Small-Group Life Coaching: Self-Discipline

Small-Group Life Coaching: Self-Discipline

Learn how to adopt daily habits that strengthen and improve perseverance in reaching personal and professional goals. $25 for series

Tuesdays, Feb. 17, 24, March 3 and 10, 6 – 8 p.m.
Location: Business Ownership Initiatives, 4755 Kingsway Dr., Suite 314
Instructor: Elaine Voci, Ph.D.
(317) 917-3266, ext. 100

Educational Opportunity!

Educational Opportunity!

Purdue has designed a community leadership development program for Southeast residents. The program consists of a six week course that guides participants through leadership growth from the individual, group and community levels. A Certificate of Completion from Purdue will be awarded to those who successfully complete the program.

The class will meet on Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings at SECS, 901 Shelby starting in late February. There is no charge to residents who would like to participate, but class size is limited. Please contact Jennifer Rice VonDeylen if you are interested. She can be reached at 634-5079 x107 or by email: Jennifer@sendcdc.org. This program is being sponsored by SECS, SECS and GINI.

Snow Removal

To all,

Please consider this a gentle remind for all of us to be good neighbors and clear the snow off the sidewalks at our locations. You may already know that this is the responsibility of the individual property or business owner.

I know full well that we could all drive or walk around our neighborhoods and see more that don’t do this than those who do, but let’s all become a model for our neighbors and those who drive down our streets.

I have heard from many of you and seen for myself the numbers of pedestrians that are forced to walk in the streets because many residents do not shovel their sidewalks. This presents our community with an opportunity to improve the neighborhoods in which we live.

Please take a few moments and, if you are able, shovel out our sidewalks. Be careful, of course, but working together, we can make our neighborhoods safer and more pleasant places to live and raise our families.

Thanks to each of you,


Dennis G. Papenmeier
Neighborhood Liaison
Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services
Gregory A Ballard, Mayor
2160 City-County Building
200 East Washington Street
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
(317) 327-5595
(317) 327-5424

Dear Mr. Mayor

Please tell the Mayor how much we need this

Abdul's blog at www.indianabarrister.com, has put forth an idea we should all get behind since it calls for the efforts of the community instead of great monetary expenditures:

"The Mayor can endear himself to tons of parents by starting a citywide mentoring/tutoring/after-school program. He can partner with the areas colleges and universities to get the tutors and mentors and use local churches as after-school centers. The program can Monday-Friday from 3 p.m to 7 p.m., the time most kids are likely to get in trouble. Not only does the program reduce crime, but also helps improve the quality of education. "