Connecting Muncie Neighborhood partners and resources
The Forest Park Neighborhood Association meets every other month on the third Friday at 6:30 p.m. at the Delaware County Senior Citizens Center, 2517 W. Eighth St. All are welcome.
The neighborhood association supports the efforts of the Forest Park Senior Citizens Center. The upcoming events at the center can be found here.
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/Forestparkmuncie/timeline
Forest Park map (pdf)
The Eastside Neighborhood Association was established in 1988. This neighborhood is bordered by Muncie Bypass on the East, E. Jackson St (SR 32) on South, E. Manor St. on North, and N. Bellaire (Railroad Tracks) on the West. Three housing additions are located here:
The Association members value families and children and Mr. Cummins worked tirelessly to keep Claypool School open for the neighborhood. Bill Chambers, former Trustee of Center Township, purchased the land north of E. Manor to create the park which, at one time, hosted the Eastside Eagles Baseball Team. The Center Township Trustees is responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of the park.
Spring 2015 may very well see Kitselman Pure Energy Park build on this property.
Robert Green was the first president but shortly replaced by Perry Cummins who remained in office until 2013 when the association was closed. There have been many active members but none with the longevity and dedication as Mr. Cummins. The foundational members include:
Notable events include Easter egg hunts and picnics at Chambers Park and annual Christmas parties at the Claypool School Building (now Head Start).
Please refer back to this page for updates on the redevelopment of the Eastside Association!
The discovery of vast natural gas reserves in the 1880’s in the Muncie area attracted businesses that could take advantage of the cheap source of energy. Most notably, the Ball brothers moved their famous Ball Brothers Glass Manufacturing company in Muncie. With the influx of new money and citizens, the downtown core could no longer provide enough land for residential development. The local developers at the time then looked east and what is now know as the East Central Neighborhood was born.The new industrialists in the city constructed many of the early homes. As a consequence, these homes were often large and ornate. By the time the gas reserves were largely exhausted in the early 1900’s, the size of the newer homes were smaller and less grand. This history created the eclectic mix of housing sizes and styles in the neighborhood.As the bulk of the houses in the neighborhood were constructed in the 1880’s and 1890’s the predominate style of architecture was Victorian. Later infill construction provided some Arts and Crafts homes.
The East-Central Neighborhood is home to two different historic districts. The Emily Kimbrough Historic District was established in 1976 as a City of Muncie historic district and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 (the area of the district was expanded in 1989). The Kirby Historic District was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
The East Central Neighborhood Association Board of Directors meets every second Thursday at 7:00 pm at the Emily Kimbrough House (715 E. Washington St.). The meeting is open to the public. The East Central Neighborhood Association’s full membership meeting is a chili supper held every third Thursday in October at the Main Street Methodist Fellowship Hall, 115 S. Pershing.
East Central Neighborhood Association Plan & Immersive Learning Project
Website – http://www.muncie-ecna.org/index.html
FaceBook – https://www.facebook.com/pages/East-Central-Neighborhood-Assoc-Muncie-in/213873218624902
Email –info@muncie-ecna.org
East Central map (pdf)
(click the image to view the full poster as a pdf)
The Cowing Park Neighborhood Association meets on the third Thursday of every month at the Gardens of Gethsemane Methodist Church.
More info about Cowing Park will be posted as it becomes available.
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More info about the Carlton Neighborhood will be posted as it becomes available.
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More info about Granville will be posted as it becomes available.
Do you have information about this area that you’d like to share? Contact Building Better Neighborhoods. We’d love to hear about it!