Volume I | September 2019

Welcome to our new monthly community newsletter!

Millersville

Monthlya community spotlight from

Millersville at Fall Creek Valley

Millersville MusingsHere you'll find a note from Board President, Amy Hammes

related to all things MFCV.

Hi neighbor!

We're so glad you're checking out our new monthlynewsletter - welcome! Our goal is to let you know whatour community organization is doing to make Millersvillea better place to live. Along the way, some cool thingstranspire. Let me tell you how community happensunexpectedly, especially when there's a problem. By now many of you have heard about the stolen hawk: aone-of-a-kind sculpture cast in bronze that mirrors thelifesize representation of the red-tailed hawk with whomwe co-habitate. At the time of writing this, I don’t knowwhether it will be found or replaced. However, I want toreflect on the sense of community that developed to getus to this point.

We hold monthly Quick Hitter Litter Clean-Ups- Phyllis Starks organizes them. It’s anopportunity for folks who are frustrated by the litter to get together and do somethingabout it. Phyllis was out of town so I volunteered to lead the clean-up. A resident whofollows us on Facebook had just finished picking up litter and stopped in Starbucks tocheck in. She also mentioned that a few days prior she noticed the hawk was missing –community was happening. In the following days, a compact group of Millersville volunteers quickly mobilized. Wefiled a report with both IMPD and the Parks Department; notified the artist; notified thepublic; and contacted our partners on the project. We were shocked to see our Facebookpost alone reach thousands more people than we ever could have contacted on our own,because followers cared enough about our problem to spread the word. Thoughtfulsupport poured in from neighbors and partners across social media who shared ourfrustration and sadness. It was truly a surprising outpouring of compassion from acommunity that stretched further than we even imagined. Community happensunexpectedly.

When a problem occurs, community is all around. Our Millersville hands reached out andconnected with people who may have never heard of us, but we’re grateful for theirsupport. Many thanks go to the volunteers who are advocating for our community; to theteam at RTV – 6 and IndyStar; to our neighbors and partners in non-profit on socialmedia; to Officer Saunders and Park Ranger Slayton; and to our collaborators at KeepIndianapolis Beautiful, without whom the sculpture with the beautiful bronze hawk wouldnot have been possible. We want you to be proud of our community and the work we do to keep it beautiful. Youmight see Millersville volunteers wearing their safety vests around – honk and say hi!Keep your eyes open, because community happens unexpectedly.

MFCV NewsGet plugged in to what's happening in Millersville

STOLEN HAWK

The bronze-cast hawk wasstolen from the limestonesculpture at The Preservesometime before August24th. If you have anyinformation related to thisact of vandalism, pleasecontact:

millersvilleboard@gmail.com.

Upcoming EventsHere's your chance to help out in our community

Are you bummed seeinglitter around our beautiful

community?Got 15 minutes to spare?

Join us!

October

Quick Hitter LitterClean-Up

Saturday Oct 1910 AM

Starbucks on 56th(Every 3rd Saturday)

MORE INFO

HUGE THANKS

These helpful neighbors donatedtheir time Saturday morning for

the September Quick HitterClean-Up.

THANK YOU!Brad and Laurie Schrader; Ken Wiesert; RobinZumbaugh; Mel and Geoff Hall (not pictured);Amy Hammes; and Phyllis Starks, organizer

Millersville Village:Business DistrictGETTING TO KNOW YOU

Each month we will feature businesses in the Millersville Villagethat you may not know a thing or two about.

Millersville Night at a local restaurant

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Meet Danielle Turner, Manager at RegionsBank. Danielle and her colleagues are sohelpful with all of your banking needs -they are MFCV's go-to! Stop in and sayhello!

Got questions about managing yourassets? Did you know you they offerfinancial management education?

Regions Bank5640 Emerson Way317-259-7325

Full Service Bank: checking and savings,lending, investment advice, financialmanagement education, communityservice financial education programs,trusts and estates, safety deposit boxes,merchant credit card services

Click here for more info onRegions Bank

Need a little more zen in your life? Whodoesn't?? Check out Inner Peace Yoga,directed by Andy Alam and Megan Alam.

This studio is slated to move to Geist inDecember 2019. We'll be so sad to seethem go, but wish them well on their newadventure!

Inner Peace Yoga5038 East 56th Street317-257-9642

Services offered: daily classes and choiceof faculty, alternative and holistic healthservices, workshops, study groups,community service

Follow them on Facebook and Instagram@innerpeaceyogacenter

Click here for more info on InnerPeace Yoga Center

Curious about businesses in Millersville? Clickhere for our updated Business Directory!

Tell us what you think!Would you be interested in any of theseMillersville community-wide events? We want to

hear from

Millersville Beautification Day (planting,mulching, trash pick up)

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Millersville Festival (free food, vendors,activities)

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Any of the above

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you!

Looking for fun andorganized folks to join us!

(NEW)EventPlanningCommittee

We are looking for neighbors who lovea good party and want to plan a fun

community event!We can't do it without your help -Loan us your time and talents andwe know you'll feel great about it!

CLICK HEREto learn about this VOLUNTEER

opportunity and more!

FOLLOW USon social media

@millersvillefcv