Third Annual
Boots, Bourbon, & Brickyard
About
SERVE
Noblesville
SERVE Noblesville is a asset based community-driven nonprofit dedicated to bringing people together to build relationships, serve one another, and create a stronger Noblesville. Through eventas and programs, and collaborative partnerships, we work to make our city a place where everyone feels connected and cared for.
Whether we’re painting a home, organizing community festival, or fostering local engagement, our goal is to turn kindness into action—and that starts with people like you. Thank you for being part of this mission tonight. Your support helps us continue making a difference, one act of service at a time.
Neighborhood
Activation &
Beautification
Noblesville has the largest historic residential neighborhood in Hamilton County. Within it, exists 12 nearly forgotten historical neighborhoods. We plan to work with the neighbors in those communities to bring those neighborhoods back to life, helping to create within each them their own vibrant, unique identity.
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We've already begun work in the Old Second Ward and East Plum Prairie. Last year nearly 2 dozen Cherry trees were planted in residents yards to begin the unique revialtilization. These blooming trees are part of a larger dream to help unify the aesthetic of historic downtown by making Noblesville a "blooming" Midwest City. We hope to plant 5,000 flowering trees in the next 5-10 years in historical neighborhoods, and surrounding areas so that Noblesville is a destination in the spring to as it flowers and blooms.
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But people won't only have the trees in the spring to desced upon the historic Noblesville to visit and see, in addition, we have begun to a Mural Pathway in the alleys that will wind it's way throughout the 6.1 historic square miles. This will eventually carve out a 3-mile trail of art that guests to our downtown will be able to appreciate when they come to town on the trails, to shop, dine, and enjoy a concert.
About
Old Second
Ward
The Old Second Ward consisted of middle-class housing that was built predominately in the 1870’s to the 1900’s. Many of the town’s early baseball players
lived in the second ward including James “Scooper” Barnes and clarence Wyant. The Second Ward school opened its doors in 1873 and was eventually closed and torn down in 1969 after serving as a school for over 100 years.
In 1984, the city of Noblesville created Seminary Park on the former Second Ward grounds which today hold the annual “Peony Festival”. Many homes in the “Old Second Ward” have been featured on the Noblesville Preservation Alliance home tours in the past and have an array of period architecture including Victorian, Queenanne, Italianate, American Craftsmen, Classical Revival, and Colonial Revival.