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“If highly educated and creative individuals can now live anywhere in the world, why in the world would they choose Indianapolis?” Brian Payne, President, Central Indiana Community Foundation and the Indianapolis Foundation, will answer this question by examining the importance of our community and the role of the arts, culture and connectivity in Indianapolis. 

When: Wednesday October 24, 11:00-11:50 AM; then lunch; then a chance for less formal discussion with Brian
Where: Where: North United Methodist Church, 3808 N. Meridian St. Indianapolis

The Mid-North Shepherd Center serves older adults, but opens its events to everyone. You should stay for lunch, which is at noon. Bring a few bucks for lunch, but the talk is free.

The Great Decisions Domestic Series is presented by the Mid-North Shepherd Center. This fall, it focuses on how Indianapolis will confront the challenges associated with its revitalization and get comfortable in its new skin balancing traditional values with world class stature. The series features seven speakers with widely different expertise– seven unique opportunities to have a conversation with the people shaping the future of Central Indiana. Questions? Contact 317-924-0959 or mnscenter@aol.com or Dotti Gerner.

“The Indianapolis Cultural Trail will completely change the way our nation and the world perceives Indianapolis,” says Brian Payne. Longtime residents in the city may find this unlikely, but community leaders — including Brian Payne — are accomplishing incredible things to make this a reality. By no means is this a Cinderella story. One of the central ideas behind the cultural trail is that a world class city is vasculated by a thriving cultural scene. And who makes up that scene? Young professionals, artists, writers, activists, and educators do. And when they make choices about where they want to live in the US, the list includes Chicago, New York, Boston, DC, or San Francisco, but rarely Indianapolis. What will it take to make people chose our city? If the construction in Indianapolis over the past decade has made it look like a real city, the cultural trail will make it feel like a real city, and Indianapolis will ascend to the list of really cool places to visit and live.

Know before you go … Read the interview with Brian Payne in Indianapolis Monthly.

If Brian Payne’s talk sounds interesting, you should check out … A coupe of other talks in the Mid-North Shepherd Center’s “Domestic Decisions” series: David Hoppe’s “To Be or Not – A 21st Century Question for Indianapolis” October 3, and John Clark’s “Can Indianapolis be a World Class City without being a Global City?” November 7. An internationally renowned thinker wrestling with these issues is Witold Rybczynski, who talks about “Development and Desire” September 27. To see and touch what David Hoppe and Brian Payne discuss, attend the Spirit and Place event Hidden in “Plain Sight: Discovering Community Treasures” November 10.

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