The City of Shelbyville’s Board of Works approved a resolution Tuesday morning at City Hall to transfer four properties to Intend Indiana Inc., to construct houses on the properties.
The four properties are at 116 E. Pennsylvania St., 101 Walker St., 105 Walker St., and 109 Walker St.
“(Intend Indiana) has done a lot of good work around the state,” said Shelbyville Mayor Scott Furgeson, who also is a member of the Board of Works. “They come in and build new housing and do rehabs on houses to turn them over to lower income (residents) at a reasonable rate.”
Intend Indiana is an Indiana nonprofit corporation organized for educational, literary, scientific, religious, or charitable purposes that is exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code, according to the resolution approved Tuesday.
City attorney Jenny Meltzer confirmed the city has had possession of the four properties for nearly a decade now when several lots were transferred from the county to the city. Some were given to Habitat For Humanity and Rupert Boneham for similar type rehabilitation projects, according to Meltzer.
This will be Intend Indiana’s first project in Shelbyville. The non-profit is currently working with the Shelby County Commissioners to purchase more lots. Phase I of this project is expected to create 10 homes.
In other board business, the Board of Works gave approval to the Blue River Community Foundation to create an “Asphalt Art” project at the Blue River Trailhead.
Planet sculptures are already located along the Blue River Trail. The new art project will add the “Sun” to the trail with the assistance of Globe Asphalt Paving. Signage will be added by the sun with information about the trail along with a map of the planets.
The project is supported through grant funding as well as the foundation. There will be no cost to the city, which pair for the installation of the planets.
The design will be astrologically-themed and influenced by the work of artist Roland Hobart, an Austrian artist who lived and worked in Shelbyville from 1966 through the 1980s. His art included murals and printmaking work with sculptures created for Shelbyville High School proms.
The Grover Center in Shelbyville recently received a donation of a few of his astrological prints. An exhibit featuring them will open at the local museum on April 8.
The goal is to have the asphalt artwork installed by April 8, the date of the total solar eclipse.
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