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Neighborhood Safety

Muncie Police Department – Booklets & Brochures

For tips on starting a neighborhood watch download the Neighbor Helping Neighbor Handbook  (pdf)

Take Crime Prevention To Work (pdf)

Robotripping (pdf)

Campus Safety (pdf)

Auto Theft (pdf)

ATM Thefts (pdf)

Articles

This issue of Geography and Public Safety looks at topics, definitions, and technologies that demonstrate that neighborhoods matter. It shows how to use data about neighborhoods to combat crime and other public safety problems.

Infographics

Holiday Safety Tips (pdf)

Holiday Fire Safety Tips (infographic)

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VIDEO: A Legacy Etched in Glass: The Ball Brothers in Muncie

This video, produced by Chris Flook was created by Ball State Student Media.  Follow them on Vimeo!

https://vimeo.com/104363786

Director: Ben Redar
Producer: Chris Kosinski
Executive Producer: Chris Flook
Assistant Director: Brad Dailey
Cinematographer: R. Aaron Webster
Interviewees: James Connolly, Lauren Connor, Jud Fisher, Bruce Geelhoed, Karen Vincent
Music: Barbara De Biasi
Voice-Over: Michael Dangerfield
1st Assistant Camera: Rachel Hopkins and Olivia Laird
2nd Assistant Camera: Haley Turk
Camera Operator: Joe Sailer
Chief Lighting Technician: Daniel Johnson
Grips: Mark Miller and Jillian Clark
Production Sound Mixer: Miranda Wuestefeld
Story by: Ben Redar and Chris Flook
Research: Ronald V. Morris and Chris Flook
Editors: Ben Redar and Chris Flook
Colorist: R. Aaron Webster
Motiongraphics and Animation: Chris Flook

Funding: Ball Brothers Foundation

Special Thanks: The Ball Brothers Foundation, Minnetrista, Kelli Huth, Stacey Alexander, John Straw, Neil Coil, Earl Conn, Augusta Wray, Susan Smith, Karen Vincent, Betty Brewer, Jud Fisher, Kris Scott, Jarred Scott, Tim Pollard, Joshua Carroll, Bracken Archives and Special Collections, Terry King, Lori Byers, Roger Lavery

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Neighborhood Leadership Council

NLC Logo

The Neighborhood Leadership Council is an initiative of the Muncie Action Plan that brings together neighborhood association leaders from across the city of Muncie to share best practices, take advantage of educational opportunities, and connect with local resources and area non-profits. The group meets on the third Tuesday of each month on the third floor of the E.B. and Bertha C. Ball Center (400 W. Minnetrista Pkwy) at 6:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend. 

Updated list of neighborhood leaders for 2025

September 16th NLC Meeting:

It’s hard to believe that it’s already mid-September! Please join us for tonight’s Neighborhood Leadership Council monthly meeting 6-7 p.m. at the E.B. Ball house (400 N. Minnetrista Pkwy). Suzanne Clem and Neil Kring will be joining us to share their experience in resident listening. Dinner will be provided!

MAP President, Heather Williams, is leading a BSU Honors College Colloquium titled “Love Where You Live: The Importance of Neighborhoods.” There is an opportunity to work with the students on a program or project and receive up to $500 in funding to support the work. If your neighborhood is interested in applying, please fill out this form and email it back to Heather at hlwilliams@bsu.edu by 5:00 p.m. on September 22nd.

Thanks to funding provided by CenterPoint Energy Foundation, we have developed a training schedule for our Neighborhood Leadership Council / CenterPoint Scholar meetings that we hope will help build everyone’s leadership capacity. Here’s what you can look forward to over the next 12 months!

Tuesday, April 15 6-7 PM
The Importance of Neighborhoods		Tuesday, October 14 6-7 PM
CenterPoint Scholar Project Pitch
Tuesday, May 20 6-7 PM
Effective Communication – Listening with your Eyes		Tuesday, November 18 6-7 PM
Celebrating Lessons Learned
Tuesday, June 17 6-7 PM
How to Fund your Association’s Work		Tuesday, January 20 6-7 PM
Recruitment
Tuesday, July 15 7-9 PM
Neighborhoods Pool Party @ Tuhey		Tuesday, February 17 6-7 PM
Stakeholder Meet and Greet & CenterPoint Scholar Presentations
Tuesday, August 19 6-7 PM
Conflict Management		IDEA Conference – March 7 9 AM – 3 PM
Tuesday, September 16 6-7 PM
Resident Listening

Come hungry! We always provide dinner at the start of the training.

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Neighborhood Gardens

Gardens can be a great way to beautify your neighborhood, mitigate small scale flooding and drainage issues, and even produce fresh food for the community.

Gardens in Muncie

The Muncie Urban Garden Initiative (UGI) networks resources and community engagement to encourage more local urban food production. Gardens in the UGI network cover 1.75 acres across Muncie; these do not include hundreds of backyard gardens that are in production as well.

View maps of current UGI garden locations and potential urban garden properties.

UGI has many resources for potential gardeners, including a Facebook page, books, tools, rototiller, straw, compost, seeds, plants, and experienced gardeners to educate. If your neighborhood, church, school, or business.

Muncie also has an Urban Garden Committee.  They have compiled a map of urban garden resources that you can view here.

Local Farmer’s Markets

Flavor Fresh Mobile Market Tree Hill Farms
Tuesdays, Thursdays & Fridays
(Locations, start times, & options vary)		 Landess Farm Market Daleville
Sunday-Friday | 10am-6pm
(WIC/SFMNP)
Minnetrista Farmers Market
Saturdays | 8am-212pm
(WIC/SFMN_ & IU Health Bucks)		 Muncie Makers Market
Saturdays | 4pm-7pm
(SNAP)
Northern Tropics Greenhouse
Monday-Saturday | 12pm-6pm		 Open Door Farmers Market
Tuesday-Thursdays | 11am-2pm
(Open July 18th | WIC/SFMNP)
Yorktown Farmers Market
Wednesdays | 4:30pm-7pm
(SNAP & WIC/SFMNP)

Rain Gardens

Rain gardens are shallow landscaped area that collects rain water from roofs, driveways, sidewalks and lawns and filters it through soil and plants before it enters storm drains or streams.

Stormwater Educator Jason Donati from the Muncie Sanitary District created a presentation on creating your own rain garden: “Going Green with Rain Barrels and Rain Gardens.”

Learn more with this Rain Garden brochure from the Hoosier Heartland Resource Conservation and Development Council and the Clear Choices, Clean Water website.

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Western Woods Neighborhood

Neighborhood Association Meetings

The Western Woods Neighborhood Association meets on the fourth Thursday of each month at 6:00-7:00PM at The Café at the Crossing: 3506 W Jackson St Suite 2 & 3, Muncie, IN 47304. All are welcome.

Neighborhood Action Plan

MAP Westernwood Neighborhood Plan

On the Web

Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100081464053049

Email: westernwoodna@gmail.com

Neighborhood Map

Western-Woods-map (pdf)

Join the private social network for your neighborhood at Nextdoor.