Fishers awards more than $420,000 to local neighborhoods for community projects

FISHERS, Ind. (WISH) – Fishers officials awarded $422,582 to local neighborhoods building more vibrant communities. 

This year’s Neighborhood Vibrancy Grant Program will fund 23 projects across Fishers, including pollinator gardens at Bridger Pines, tennis and pickleball courts at Burberry Place, and Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant outdoor spaces in Sweet Briar. 

Fishers officials say the grant program has invested more than $2.2 million in quality-of-life projects over its lifespan, including nearly $750,000 to 46 neighborhoods in 2024.  

In a statement to News 8, Fishers Mayor Scott Fadness says, “The Neighborhood Vibrancy Grant has grown alongside our community over the past 25 years, and I am continuously amazed at the projects that are proposed by our residents and HOAs to increase safety, enhance vibrancy, and encourage community.” 

The smallest grant recipient was $3,791.52 for new basketball hoops and backboards in Gray Eagle, while five different projects earned the maximum grant of $25,000.

Homeowner associations and neighborhood groups within Fishers’ city limits are able to apply for the grants each year, which cover up to 80% of project costs.

Money for the Neighborhood Vibrancy Grant Program is pulled from Fishers’ general operating fund. Fishers officials has not announced whether there will be a second round of grants in 2025.

Full list of 2025 grant recipients, via City of Fishers: 

• Archer Estates ($17,329.04) to improve landscaping at neighborhood entrance.
• Ashwood ($14,750) to replace 21 dead trees that were removed last year.
• Bridger Pines + Bridger Pines West ($15,108.86) to install pollinator gardens and replace dead plants and trees.
• Britton Falls ($24,000) to replace two landscaping beds at neighborhood entrance and install monument sign.
• Britton Ridge Pond Adjacent ($25,000) to install an erosion control barrier along the pond.
• Burberry Place ($25,000) to install new courts for tennis and pickleball.
• Delaware Pointe ($25,000) to improve sidewalk along Delaware Parkway and upgrade to an Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant playground.
• Gray Eagle ($3,791.52) to replace basketball hoops and backboards.
• Hickory Woods ($20,119) to install a new retention pond and landscaping at neighborhood entrances.
• New Britton Woods ($12,676.26) to beautify neighborhood entrance and exit.
• Pine Bluff Overlook ($23,880) for pond improvements.  
• Prescott POA ($11,465.60) to remove 6 trees at neighborhood entrance and improve landscaping with new metal mulch barrier.
• Quaker Ridge ($23,000) to replace fence surrounding neighborhood entrance.
• River Glenn ($11,011.71) to replace current plantings with vibrant ones.
• Royalwood ($22,506.84) to upgrade signage, lighting, and install native plants.
• Sand Creek Woods ($25,000) to improve and install pond fountains.
• Saxony ($19,724) to replace landscaping at neighborhood entrance and along medians.
• Silverton ($23,000) to install plants at both neighborhood entrances.
• Stevenson Mill ($13,286.69) to enhance landscape and remove dying plants.
• Sumerlin Trails ($7,849) to plant native seeds around ponds.
• Sweet Briar ($25,000) to create Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant outdoor spaces, resurface basketball courts, and improve landscaping.
• Timberstone Villas ($15,271.15) to increase safety of median at entrance to neighborhood.
• Windjammer Bay ($18,830.74) to install new lighting and replace landscaping at neighborhood entrances.