Urban Indiana

Carmel parks board says city is improperly diverting funding

A dispute between unlikely parties is playing out in Hamilton County Superior Court over how Carmel should fund parks and other public greenspaces.

In a complaint filed on Dec. 5, Carmel Clay Board of Parks and Recreation officials argue that the city has improperly diverted about $12.8 million to the Carmel Redevelopment Commission to be used in smaller park spaces in the city's urban core—to the detriment of larger, traditional parks throughout the city.

Michael Klitzing, the parks board director, said that has resulted in construction delays at the future Bear Creek Park in northwest Carmel near West 146th Street and Shelborne Road, and in creating places for canoeing and kayaking on the White River.

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