Neighborhood Liasons

	Liaison	Area	Phone
	Helen Jackson	Northwest Outer District	833-4530
	Gary Loveless	Northeast Outer District	833-4938
	Kelly Carter	West & Southwest Outer District	408-1991
	Betty Smith-Beecher	Northwest Center District	429-7806
	Charles Ingram	Northeast Center District	777-2391
	Paul Ross	Downtown Center East District	452-0336
	Lisa Laflin	South Center District	452-0316
	Karen Lightbourne	East Outer District	833-4933
	Ashley Davis	South & Southeast Outer District	429-7807

Neighborhood Liaisons serve as a bridge between citizens and city government, acting as ombudsmen and providing a communication link between neighborhoods and the City. Neighborhood Liaisons provide assistance to neighborhoods and businesses.

Neighborhood Assistance

• Assistance in establishing new neighborhood organizations.
• Bring community groups together which may benefit from combining forces in addressing common issues.
• Attend community meetings to hear citizen and business concerns first hand and address them with the appropriate government officials.
• Educate the public on zoning ordinance interpretation and land use issues and how they can participate in the zoning process.
• Provide the general public with applicable zoning ordinances, re-zoning variance procedures and information about permitting issues.

Business Assistance

• Attend community meetings to hear citizen and business concerns first hand and address them with the appropriate government officials.
• Educate the public on zoning ordinance interpretation and land use issues and how they can participate in the zoning process.
• Provide businesses with applicable zoning ordinances, re-zoning variance procedures and information about permitting issues.
• Assist merchants in business expansion or relocation of operations focusing on the economic needs of the community.
• Assist in locating vacant properties and buildings.

If you click the attached link, they provide an option for you to type in your address to let you know who your Neighborhood Liason is. http://www.indy.gov/egov/city/dmd/neighborhood_services/ta/Pages/home.aspx