211 CALL CENTER IS NOW A REALITY

Today the 211 service became available to the residents of Fayette, Rush, Union and Wayne Counties. 2-1-1 is a three digit phone number that anyone can dial at no cost to the caller to get information about health and human services. Residents of Fayette, Rush, Union and Wayne Counties will be able to dial 211 and receive information on housing options, employment opportunities, legal aid, food pantries, utility assistance, mental health and addictions counseling, health services, other human service needs and volunteer opportunities such as becoming a foster parent for a child or delivering meals to the frail elderly.

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Political Campaign Signs

Richmond residents and property owners are reminded that city code requires all political campaign signs be removed no later than 7 days after the election. 

Richmond’s Sign code chapter 154.43 is available on-line at www.richmondindiana.gov. 

Questions regarding signs should be addressed to Scott Zimmerman, City Planner, or Sarah Mitchell, Planning Technician, in the City of Richmond Department of Metropolitan Development at 765-983-7342.

LEAF COLLECTION WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS

The Richmond Street Department will begin Leaf Collection on Monday, October 20, 2008, and will run through December 5th, weather permitting.

Leaves are to be raked into the street two feet from the curb and will be collected approximately once every 10 days, weather permitting. ONLY LEAVES ARE TO BE PUT IN THE PILES! Absolutely no grass clippings, limbs, garden waste, shrubs, flowers, etc., can be put in the piles as this type of debris will clog the machines which will cause delays in collection.

The Richmond Sanitary District will pick up leaves along all State Right-of-Ways. This includes U.S. 27, U.S. 40 and S.R. 227 South (Boston Pike). These leaves are to be bagged and the resident must call the Sanitary District for a Special Pick Up. Residents are limited to ten 30-gallon bags of leaves per week.

If you have any questions, please contact the Richmond Street Department Office at 983-7225.

Ball State University

Public open space is not a leftover of little importance but it is rather the central artery where democracy flows and enriches community. Public open space must be linked consequentially to the entire community in order to promote good and healthy function that supports a good quality of life. Students fom this department explored 46 seperate projects which represent a creative effort to interpret and envision public open space in Richmond, Indiana. Please review these presentations by selecting the Forms and Reports tab above.

Its major purpose is to invite engagement and civic dialogue toward the articulation of a program of action for comprehensive improvement and capture of the open space opportunities in Richmond that will make the city an attractive place to live, relocate, work, and recreate. These are neither perfect nor final concepts but rather “burrs in the saddle” that may cause a stop to address conditions, ponder solutions. and effect the convenient and appropriate change.

Indianapolis, IN – The Indiana Chapter of the American Planning Association honored Richmond Mayor Sally Hutton and Fort Wayne Mayor Graham Richard with the Distinguished Leadership by an Elected Official Award May 30, 2008.

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