History
Englewood Community Development Corporation was formed in 1996 as an outgrowth of Englewood Christian Church – a neighborhood church that has been in the same location on Rural Street since 1895. We received our separate 501(c)3 status as a non-profit organization in 1997.
Located on the Near Eastside of Indianapolis, Englewood CDC focuses its work primarily within the Englewood Neighborhood, one of 20 small neighborhoods that collectively make up the Near Eastside.
Throughout our history, ECDC staff has built capacity from leading or participating in more than 100 projects or programs spanning all facets of housing, economic development, early childhood education, sports leagues, greenspace creation, food access, job creation strategies for returning citizens, creative placemaking and more. These projects span small-scale initiatives with no staff and no formal budget to a $38 million redevelopment which is one of the most sophisticated in the country.
1897
Englewood Christian Church founded on Rural Street.
Groundbreaking for original Englewood Church building at 57 N Rural Street.
1905
IPS School #3 (Lucretia Mott School – now Commonwealth Apartments) constructed.
1921
Purchase of former Wonderland Amusement park and construction of industrial campus by General Electric.
1929
PR Mallory purchases General Electric’s development at Washington and Gray Streets.
1996
Englewood Community Development Corporation established.
Englewood Christian Church, which houses Englewood CDC and DayStar Childcare
1996
DayStar Childcare established.
DayStar Childcare students play in Englewood’s nature playspace garden.
2007
First Near Eastside Quality of Life Plan.
2012
Commonwealth Apartments redeveloped and open.
2012
Englewood Nature Playspace and Community Garden receives first grant.
2013
Tlaolli Mexican Cuisine opens (expanded in 2018).
2016
Oxford Place Senior Apartments opens.
2018
Oxford Flats opens.
2019
Parker Place Senior Apartments open.
2020
Purdue Polytechnic/Paramount Englewood and Uplift Produce open on the PR Mallory Campus in the Englewood neighborhood.
